Creates a bootable disk image from a Rust OS kernel.
> cargo install bootimage
First you need to add a dependency on the bootloader crate:
# in your Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
bootloader = "0.9.8"Note: At least bootloader version 0.5.1 is required since bootimage 0.7.0. For earlier bootloader versions, use bootimage 0.6.6.
If you want to use a custom bootloader with a different name, you can use Cargo's rename functionality.
Now you can build the kernel project and create a bootable disk image from it by running:
cargo bootimage --target your_custom_target.json [other_args]
The command will invoke cargo build, forwarding all passed options. Then it will build the specified bootloader together with the kernel to create a bootable disk image.
To run your kernel in QEMU, you can set a bootimage runner as a custom runner in a .cargo/config file:
[target.'cfg(target_os = "none")']
runner = "bootimage runner"Then you can run your kernel through:
cargo xrun --target your_custom_target.json [other_args] -- [qemu args]
All arguments after -- are passed to QEMU. If you want to use a custom run command, see the Configuration section below.
The bootimage has built-in support for running unit and integration tests of your kernel. For this, you need to use the custom_tests_framework feature of Rust as described here.
Configuration is done through a [package.metadata.bootimage] table in the Cargo.toml of your kernel. The following options are available:
[package.metadata.bootimage]
# The cargo subcommand that will be used for building the kernel.
#
# For building using the `cargo-xbuild` crate, set this to `xbuild`.
build-command = ["build"]
# The command invoked with the created bootimage (the "{}" will be replaced
# with the path to the bootable disk image)
# Applies to `bootimage run` and `bootimage runner`
run-command = ["qemu-system-x86_64", "-drive", "format=raw,file={}"]
# Additional arguments passed to the run command for non-test executables
# Applies to `bootimage run` and `bootimage runner`
run-args = []
# Additional arguments passed to the run command for test executables
# Applies to `bootimage runner`
test-args = []
# An exit code that should be considered as success for test executables
test-success-exit-code = {integer}
# The timeout for running a test through `bootimage test` or `bootimage runner` (in seconds)
test-timeout = 300
# Whether the `-no-reboot` flag should be passed to test executables
test-no-reboot = trueLicensed under either of
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