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| -# easylkb |
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| -easylkb - Easy Linux Kernel Builder |
| 1 | +# easylkb - Easy Linux Kernel Builder |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +easylkb is a simple script designed to make Linux Kernel Debugging easier and more accessible. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## How do you install easylkb? |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +easylkb is best run on a bare metal Linux system. You need the following things installed in order to use it: |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +- python3 |
| 10 | +- curl |
| 11 | +- gcc |
| 12 | +- make |
| 13 | +- qemu |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +You can clone this repo and run from the easylkb directory, or you can install with pip (not yet lol). |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +``` |
| 18 | +pip install easylkb |
| 19 | +``` |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +## How do you use easylkb? |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +Build a specific mainline kernel version: |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +``` |
| 26 | +easylkb -k 6.2 |
| 27 | +``` |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +Build some other kernel in a directory: |
| 30 | +``` |
| 31 | +easylkb -p path/to/linux/ |
| 32 | +``` |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +Command line flags are tied to specific parts of the build process. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +To (d)ownload, (c)onfigure, and co(m)pile a kernel |
| 37 | +``` |
| 38 | +easylkb -k 6.2 -dcm |
| 39 | +``` |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +To build a Debian (i)mage from this kernel |
| 42 | +``` |
| 43 | +easylkb -k 6.2 -i |
| 44 | +``` |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +To (r)un the generated image: |
| 47 | +``` |
| 48 | +easylkb -k 6.2 -r |
| 49 | +``` |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +Combine all of these steps into one: |
| 52 | +``` |
| 53 | +easylkb -k 6.2 -a |
| 54 | +``` |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +When it's running, it will run qemu with the Debian image and expose ssh and GDB debugging features accessible via localhost. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +## How Do I Interact With The Image? |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +The image, keys, and run script are stored in the img/ directory within the kernel source. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +You can ssh into your image like so: |
| 63 | +``` |
| 64 | +ssh root@localhost -p 10021 -i ~/kernel/linux-6.2/img/bullseye.id_rsa |
| 65 | +``` |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +The default login for the resulting image is the user "root" with no password. |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +This is an example ssh config entry for the resulting image, which you can add to your `~/.ssh/config` file. |
| 70 | +``` |
| 71 | +Host linux62 |
| 72 | + HostName localhost |
| 73 | + User root |
| 74 | + Port 10021 |
| 75 | + IdentityFile ~/kernel/linux-6.2/img/bullseye.id_rsa |
| 76 | + StrictHostKeyChecking no |
| 77 | +``` |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +Now you can ssh into your kernel by doing: |
| 80 | +``` |
| 81 | +ssh linux62 |
| 82 | +``` |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +You can scp files by doing |
| 85 | +``` |
| 86 | +scp myfile.bin linux62: |
| 87 | +``` |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +## Kernel Debugging |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +To debug the kernel, you need `$KERNEL_DIR/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py` |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +Add this to your `~/.gdbinit` file if you want to debug this kernel, changing the path to the kernel source you're working with. |
| 94 | +``` |
| 95 | +add-auto-load-safe-path /home/user/kernel/linux-6.2/scripts/gdb/vmlinux-gdb.py |
| 96 | +``` |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +Now to debug just do |
| 99 | +``` |
| 100 | +cd /path/to/your/kernel/ |
| 101 | +gdb ./vmlinux |
| 102 | +``` |
| 103 | +Once you're in gdb just do this: |
| 104 | +``` |
| 105 | +(gdb) lx-symbols |
| 106 | +(gdb) target remote :1234 |
| 107 | +``` |
| 108 | +Wow! You're debugging the kernel you just built, pretty neat. |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +For more info on kernel debugging with gdb: |
| 111 | +- https://docs.kernel.org/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.html |
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