tejp/forsete-docker

Forsete docker

Mimicks the powerpc assignment machine named Forsete.

For the course edaa25 taught at LTH.

HowTo

1. Install docker https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/#desktop.

2. Run docker build -t forsete . from this directory.

3. From assignment folder typing docker run --rm -it -v `pwd`:/workdir forsete will start forsete and enter the working directory.

4. Type

   • note to compile, test and generate a note.txt
   • run a.out to manually run the file with qemu

5. Remove the image with docker rmi forsete

Cross-compilation toolchain

If you are interested, the cross-compiler installation instructions can be found at https://wiki.debian.org/CrossToolchains.

Qemu

qemu-ppc-static was acquired from https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20170924T211901Z/pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-user-static_2.1%2Bdfsg-12%2Bdeb8u6_amd64.deb.

• There's a bug when running dynamically linked powerpc binaries with qemu, so must be compiled statically https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1349941.