====== Intro: Minimal CentOS 6.5 ======
FIXME - Need to update this since CentOS is no longer installed.
The Spectrum XMC1151 digitizer libraries we have require a specific flavour of Linux to operate.
Download the specific version by getting the [[http://vault.centos.org/6.5/isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso]] which is the "minimal" CentOS 6.5.
* Actual direct download link for minimal 6.5 CentOS ISO: [[http://archive.kernel.org/centos-vault/6.5/isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso]] (md5sum is **0d9dc37b5dd4befa1c440d2174e88a87** CentOS-6.5-x86_64-minimal.iso)
Kernel from OS install 2016.04.14
Linux lvisf 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Nov 22 03:15:09 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
In case your kernel is wrong, you can download the RPM and install directly
- Download the correct one (see above) [[http://vault.centos.org/6.5/centosplus/x86_64/Packages/kernel-2.6.32-431.el6.centos.plus.x86_64.rpm]]
cd ~/download
wget http://vault.centos.org/6.5/centosplus/x86_64/Packages/kernel-2.6.32-431.el6.centos.plus.x86_64.rpm
wget http://vault.centos.org/6.5/centosplus/x86_64/Packages/kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.el6.centos.plus.x86_64.rpm
- Install
sudo rpm -ivh --oldpackage kernel-2.6.32-431.el6.centos.plus.x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh --oldpackage kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.el6.centos.plus.x86_64.rpm
I had to do this, but not sure if really I needed to just install the top thing?
cd /usr/src/kernels
ln -s 2.6.32-431.el6.centos.plus.x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
======Kontron BIOS Changes ======
* To make these BIOS changes, we need to get to the UEFI shell.
- Reboot the computer
- Press key while booting to get to BIOS menu
- Boot -> Boot Option #1 -> UEFI: Built-in Shell
- Save and Exit (F4)
- Press while booting to get to the **Shell>** prompt.
- Increase the boot delay so that the Spectrum Digitizers have time to initialise.
- Enter the following on the **Shell>**
kboardconfig PciCfgDelay 5s
- Double check by running without the argument too see what the parameter is set to
kboardconfig PciCfgDelay
# will see [5s] highlighted in green (and that is the longest delay available)
- Disable hyperthreading and whatever VT stands for **NOTE: The non-RT version works great with hyperthreading** (at least so far: --- //[[david.rabine@nasa.gov|David Lloyd Rabine]] 2018/04/27 18:13// )
# ONLY RT version needs this DO NOT DO THIS for normal operations with NORT build (build02 / v2)
kboardconfig IntelVT disabled
kboardconfig IntelHT disabled
- Exit the bios
exit
* What is SpeedStep? What is CpuTurbo? Sounds like things we don't want on!
====== Base CentOS ======
Using the **500_00746_r100_SDR7000_Linux_SG.pdf** document, set up the core data system.
====== CentOS Package Servers ======
===== Adding Online Resources =====
* [[https://www.getpagespeed.com/server-setup/how-to-fix-yum-after-centos-6-went-eol]] (NO LUCK!)
This did work in adding the 6.10 repository to our system: (from) [[https://www.mark-gilbert.co.uk/fixing-yum-repos-on-centos-6-now-its-eol/]]
curl http://mark-gilbert-co-uk.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/CentOS-Base.repo --output /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
curl http://mark-gilbert-co-uk.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/epel.repo --output /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
* You can grab the file here: {{ :code:work:lvisf:2022:centos65minimal:centos-base.repo.gz |}}
* Modified the epel to http (instead of https) in here: {{ :code:work:lvisf:2022:centos65minimal:epel.repo.gz |}}
===== Use Archived Packages? =====
Maybe we should grab what we need? I dunno. Maybe we just make an image that we can expand to a 64 GB drive and be happy.
===== DVD Boot =====
**NOTE:** Press the **Delete** key while booting in order to change the boot to either the USB PLEXTOR drive or the LEXAR CFAST drive
* BIOS (delete key after eSATA RAID Marvel BIOS) -> Boot -> Boot Option #1
* Then F4: Save & Exit
- Attached the external USB CDROM drive to the computer via the USB3 port (USB stick with UNETBOOTIN did NOT WORK for me?!) (UnetBootin will work with later version of CentOS image... 6.5 is broken)
- Insert the Minimal CentOS 6.5 Install Disk
- Boot and set the BIOS to boot off the Plextor drive (our USB based DVD drive)
- At CentOS 6 Welcome, Click -> Next
- Language: English (English)
- Keyboard: U.S. English
- Storage Devices: Basic Storage Devices
- **NOTE:** If another OS detected, select: Fresh Installation (SURE YOU WANT TO DELETE THAT OS!?)
- Hostname: lvisf
- Timezone: New York
- root Password: the usual
- Partitioning: Create Custom Layout (bottom option)
- Delete any partitions on the new target drive (this 32GB **cfast** is the demo target)
- Select the Free disk area -> Create a new partition
- Select -> Standard Partition (top option)
- Mount Point: **/boot/efi**
- File System Type: **EFI System Partition**
- Size (MB): **1024**
- Additional Size Options: Fixed Size (default, but make sure)
- OK
- Select -> Standard Partition (top option)
- Mount Point: **/**
- File System Type: **ext4**
- Size (MB): **15360**
- Additional Size Options: Fixed Size (default, but make sure)
- OK
- Next
- Select the drive (for this case, the 60 GB (or 60000 MB drive) and put that to the right, then Write Changes
- Wait for install to complete (205 packages in ~**4** minutes)
- Drive will eject
- Remove DVD
- Reboot
- Load BIOS on reboot and select the **cfast** drive as the standard boot device
====== Hard Drive / Raid ======
* [[facility:subsystem:datasystem:dev:hardware:owc:1uraid:start|OWC 1U Raid]]
====== CentOS Configure ======
===== Virtual Box =====
Some notes on using virtual box
Used **RedHat 64 Bit** as the base machine, worked fine with the CentOS minimal
==== Local Network ====
In order to **ssh** to your host, you can add a rule to port forward into your VM
- Network -> Advanced -> Port Forwarding
- Add a rules that maps
- Name: Forward SSH (whatever you want)
- Protocol: TCP
- Host IP: 127.0.1.1
- Host Port: 2222
- Guest IP: 10.0.2.15 (or whatever your machine is)
- Guest Port: 22
- Now you can **ssh** directly from your host pc to the VM (so I can copy and paste from the wiki, yeah!!)
- Example:
ssh -CY root@127.0.1.1 -p2222
==== Screen Scale ====
- Display settings for the host, you can scale the screen directly now, up to 200%. YAY!
===== lvisf Config =====
==== Filesystem ====
- Add the navigation, internal and external drives to the **/etc/fstab** file
- Edit
sudo nano /etc/fstab
- Add these lines
LABEL=LVISF_INTERNAL /mnt/internal ext4 defaults,noatime 0 0
LABEL=LVISF_EXTERNAL /mnt/external ext4 defaults,noatime 0 0
LABEL=LVISF_NAV /mnt/nav ext4 defaults,noatime 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec,nodiratime,size=1M 0 0
- Make these directories for mount points
sudo mkdir /mnt/internal /mnt/external /mnt/nav /mnt/tmp /mnt/usb /mnt/nfs /mnt/ramdisk
- **Note:** Ram disk information: [[https://www.jamescoyle.net/how-to/943-create-a-ram-disk-in-linux]]
==== Network Temporary Configuration (DHCP) ====
- Setup the system for DHCP for now
- Log in as root
- Use **vi** to edit **/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0** so
ONBOOT=yes
- Startup network (will take a moment, DHCP)
sudo ifup eth0
- Logout and now, you should **ssh** to **gs694-lvisdev.gsfc.nasa.gov** and then to the new machine (whatever its DHCP IP address is now on the local LAN)
==== Prerequisites for Compiling Kernel Modules ====
* [[http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/x121.html]] <- build kernel module link for an example
- Install the development tools
yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
- Get some useful programs
yum install ftp -y
yum install nano -y
yum install wget -y
- Grab the ethernet driver while you still have access
- Current driver is here: [[https://downloadmirror.intel.com/13663/eng/igb-5.3.5.3.tar.gz]]
mkdir ~/down
cd ~/down
wget https://downloadmirror.intel.com/13663/eng/igb-5.3.5.3.tar.gz
==== Ethernet Driver Install and Configuration ====
- Log in as **root** on the main console since ethernet will be disabled by default
- Install Intel ethernet drivers **[Only needed if compiling on Kontron flight hardware]**:
- Download {{facility:subsystem:datasystem:dev:centos65minimal:igb-5.3.4.4.tar.gz|}} to a USB drive
- Current driver is here: [[https://downloadmirror.intel.com/13663/eng/igb-5.3.5.3.tar.gz]]
- Uncompress in the home directory
tar xvf igb-5.3.4.4.tar.gz
- Build and install the drvier
cd ~/tmp/igb-5.3.4.4/src/
make
sudo make install
- Modify this module file
sudo nano /etc/sysconfig/modules/lvisf.modules
- Put the following into this file
#!/bin/sh
# start intel network driver
/sbin/modprobe igb
- Change permissions so this script runs at boot time
sudo chmod 755 /etc/sysconfig/modules/lvisf.modules
**NOTE:** you can just do this
sudo cp /opt/lvisf/src/lvisF/scripts/ifcfg-eth* /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
- Configure our network device
- Change the **eth0** definition
- editing the config file
vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
- to the following
DEVICE=eth0
HWADDR=00:80:82:1B:E7:04
TYPE=Ethernet
UUID=98bd88d8-8fe8-4b8e-bca0-a58bd3306717
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
NAME="System eth0"
IPADDR=10.4.1.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
- Add our default gateway
- Edit the network configuration
vi /etc/sysconfig/network
- End up looking like this
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=lvisf
NETWORKING_IPV6=no
IPV6INIT=no
GATEWAY=10.4.1.1 # or 10.4.1.254 if using Dell Laptop Gateway for WiFi still
- Ensure our name server can be found
- Edit **resolv.conf**
vi /etc/resolv.conf
- End up with this
search gsfc.nasa.gov
nameserver 128.183.10.134
nameserver 128.183.50.17
- Turn off IPV6 (found here: [[https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7989]])
sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1
sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1
- Change the **eth1** definition
- editing the config file
vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
- to the following
DEVICE=eth1
HWADDR=00:80:82:1B:E7:05
TYPE=Ethernet
UUID=5eb0ea0f-b1e8-43ab-a64d-83d3d9e1dc95
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
NAME="System eth1"
IPADDR=192.168.0.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
- Change the **eth1:1** definition
- editing the config file
vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1:1
- to the following
DEVICE=eth1:1
HWADDR=00:80:82:1B:E7:05
TYPE=Ethernet
UUID=5eb0ea0f-b1e8-43ab-a64d-83d3d9e1dc95
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
NAME="System eth1:1"
IPADDR=129.100.0.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
- REMOVE the keyboard and mouse and never use them again (USB interrupts)
- Add **lvis** user to the system (still as root (logged in via SSH for me now))
- Add the user
useradd lvis
- Set password
passwd lvis
- Add **lvis** user to the list of **sudo** users
- Modify the super user file with the following (as logged in as root)
visudo
- After the line that has root and ALL and ALL permissions, insert this line
lvis ALL=(ALL) ALL
==== File System Extras ====
- Add **ntfs** drive capability
- Add the **epel** repository
sudo yum install epel-release
- Add **ntfs** to our system
sudo yum install fuse fuse-ntfs-3g
- Add **Exfat** drive capability
- Add the **epel** repository and this Nux Dextop repository
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-2.el6.nux.noarch.rpm
- Add **Exfat** to our system
sudo yum install exfat-utils fuse-exfat
- An example mounting an Exfat system is
sudo mount -t exfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/tmp
==== X11 ====
- This will allow you to run **X11**
# core X11
sudo yum install xorg-x11-xauth xorg-x11-fonts-* xorg-x11-utils xterm -y
# required for tuna
sudo yum install xauth pygtk2-libglade -y
- Install **tuna** tuning package
sudo yum install tuna -y
- Modify **/etc/ssh/sshd_config** and add this line to forward X11 (or make sure it is not commented out... this was already enabled last I checked)
X11Forwarding yes
==== Remove Unused Services ====
- Remove **exim** (NOTE, this was not on the CentOS Minimal I just installed 2018.01.04 (but leaving for historical))
- Stop the service
sudo service exim stop
- Remove the package from the system
sudo rpm -e --nodeps exim
- Remove **auditd**
sudo service auditd stop # now
sudo chkconfig auditd off # after reboot
- Remove **postfix**
- Stop the service
sudo service postfix stop
- Remove the package from the system
sudo rpm -e --nodeps postfix
==== eSATA Speed Limit ====
Our **eSATA** connection to the raid (and any external ATA devices) was occasionaly running into issues when running at high speed (6.0 GBPS). Dan Caplan found online notes that people put a speed limit on the kernel module that regulates the **ATA** commuincations, and that solved the types of errors we have been seeing.
- Modify **/etc/grub.conf** by adding this to the kernel starting command line
libata.force=3.0
==== /etc/grub.conf ====
#boot=/dev/sda1
device (hd0) HD(1,800,200000,a70d9e49-77c1-4fc8-b5ce-81ede8517477)
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
terminal --timeout=5 serial console
hiddenmenu
title CentOS (2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 ro root=UUID=2804bc4c-c850-4d83-9fec-7de10cb1e2b4 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD SYSFONT=latarc
yrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rd_NO_DM rhgb console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 libata.force=3.0
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64.img
==== Kernel Console Redirection ====
If you want to send the kernel messages out to the serial port for logging.
- Modify **/etc/grub.conf** so the default kernel command line redirects console to the serial port
sudo nano /etc/grub.conf
- Change
rhgb quiet
- To
rhgb console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8
=== Enable Serial Console Login ===
And, to make it such that you can log onto the system over that console port...
- Modify the grub boot line and add the following lines above all the kernel options
- Edit **/etc/grub.conf**
sudo nano /etc/grub.conf
- Make the top look like this
serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
terminal --timeout=5 serial console
hiddenmenu
- Add these lines to the kernel that you are using (probably already done, see above!)
console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8
- Add **ttyS0** to the **/etc/securetty** file
- Edit
sudo nano /etc/securetty
- Append this to the bottom of the file
ttyS0
- Modify **/etc/init/ttyS0.conf**
sudo nano /etc/init/ttyS0.conf
- And fill it with the following code
# ttyS0 - getty
#
# This service maintains a getty on ttyS0 from the point the system is
# started until it is shut down again.
start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345] and (
not-container or
container CONTAINER=lxc or
container CONTAINER=lxc-libvirt)
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
exec /sbin/getty -L 115200 ttyS0 vt102
########
===== Spectrum Config =====
Still as root logged into the main desktop
- Disable the Firewall
- Turn off the firewall
sudo service iptables stop
sudo service ip6tables stop
- Make this permanent
sudo chkconfig iptables off
sudo chkconfig ip6tables off
- Disable SELinux
- Edit the configuration file
sudo vi /etc/selinux/config
- Modify the file
- From
SELINUX=enforcing
- To
SELINUX=disabled
- Reboot for all changes to take place
===== Minimize Kernel Modules =====
- Disable **ipv6**, this addition is required along with a line in the modprobe file below
- Modifiy **/etc/sysconfig/network**
sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/network
- And append the following two lines
NETWORKING_IPV6=no
IPV6INIT=no
- Add these two lines to **sshd_config**
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# lvisf - ipv4 only
AddressFamily inet
ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
- Blacklist kernel modules we don't require
- Edit a file **lvisf-blacklist.conf**
sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/lvisf-blacklist.conf
- Add the following lines
# lvisf kernel module blacklist
# version 1.0 - dlr - 20160418
# ipv6
blacklist ipv6
# NMI watchdog
blacklist iTCO_wdt
blacklist iTCO_vendor_support
blacklist i2c_i801
# blacklist igb
blacklist lpc_ich
blacklist shpchp
blacklist dm_mirror
# intel sound
blacklist soundcore
blacklist snd
blacklist snd_seq
blacklist snd_hda_intel
blacklist snd_hda_codec_hdmi
# USB controller (still loads)
blacklist xhci_hcd
# this is required to REMOVE ipv6 module, I am not sure why
# http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/redhat-centos-disable-ipv6-networking/
install ipv6 /bin/true
==== Extras ====
* These two commands will remove some other modules I couldn't figure out how to make permanently go away
# USB driver... if you're using the nousb kernel, this will work
sudo modprobe --remove xhci_hcd
sudo modprobe --remove dm_mirror
==== Minimal Modules ====
Module Size Used by
e1000 170646 0
sg 29350 0
ext4 374902 3
jbd2 93427 1 ext4
mbcache 8193 1 ext4
sd_mod 39069 3
crc_t10dif 1541 1 sd_mod
ahci 42215 2
i915 624511 1
drm_kms_helper 44321 1 i915
drm 280012 2 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5935 1 i915
i2c_core 31084 4 i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
video 20674 1 i915
output 2409 1 video
dm_mod 84209 9
====== lvisf code ======
===== SVN Repository =====
:!: **NOTE:** This is obsolete (the repository link), but left here for posterity.
* Dave Yancich sent me this note back in May:
Repository URL: https://zj.yancich.com:8443/svn/NASA/trunk/lvisF
username "lvis"
password: standard lvis password
This is a cmake project.
To rebuild the make files:
In "build" directory type "cmake ../"
Then "make" to build everything.
"make clean" to clean the programs and kernel modules.
==== Build Document ====
(Yancich sent this to me in March 2016) Original document is {{facility:subsystem:datasystem:dev:rt:configuration_and_build_procedures_for_lvisf_and_support_libraries.docx|}}
==== Requirements ====
- Install **cmake**
sudo yum install cmake -y
- Install **htop**
sudo yum install htop -y
- Install **jed**
sudo yum install ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/jed-0.99.18-5.el5.kb.i386.rpm -y
- Install **nano**
sudo yum install nano -y
- Install **p7zip** and **pigz**
sudo yum install p7zip pigz -y
- Install PCI utilities
sudo yum install pciutils -y
- Install **screen**
sudo yum install screen -y
- Install **telnet**
sudo yum install telnet -y
- Install **wget**
sudo yum install wget -y
- Install the development package
sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
- Install development libraries for md5sum and gzip in real time
sudo yum install openssl-devel -y
- Install the ncurses development library assuming our console gets written using it
sudo yum install ncurses-devel -y
- Install md5deep so we can check file integrity
sudo yum install md5deep -y
- Install man pages
sudo yum install man -y
sudo yum install man-pages -y
- Install kernel development source
cd
mkdir download
cd ~/download
wget http://vault.centos.org/6.5/os/x86_64/Packages/kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64.rpm
sudo yum --nogpgcheck localinstall ~/download/kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64.rpm -y
- Install **gdisk** for partition manipulation on modern drives
sudo yum install gdisk -y
- Install the TIFF I/O Library for the CIMG library used for the DEM library
sudo yum install libtiff-devel -y
- Install the X11 Development library also used for the DEM library
sudo yum install libX11-devel -y
==== Debugging ====
* This looks like a great article on remote debugging: [[https://www.cnx-software.com/2012/01/31/debugging-embedded-linux-with-gdbserver-and-insight-gdb-gui/]]
- Install **gdb** and **gdbserver**
sudo yum install gdb gdb-gdbserver
- Install debug information (found this [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10389988/missing-separate-debuginfos-use-debuginfo-install-glibc-2-12-1-47-el6-2-9-i686]])
- Add these **yum** utility
sudo yum install yum-utils
- Modify this file and **enable** the repo by setting enable to = 1
sudo /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Debuginfo.repo
# and set
# enabled=1
- Install this
sudo debuginfo-install glibc
==== 3rd Party Libs to Build from Source ====
=== GSL (GNU Scientific Library) ===
Download version [[http://mirror.rit.edu/gnu/gsl/|2.5]] and follow install instructions. This will build libgsl and libgslcblas need for the //DEM// library.
- Grab the library and uncompress
cd ~/download
wget http://mirror.rit.edu/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.5.tar.gz
cd ~/code
tar -xvf ~/download/gsl-2.5.tar.gz
- Compile
cd ~/code/gsl-2.5
./configure
make -j 4
sudo make install
==== Code Base ====
- Create the repoistory home and check out the source code
- Create a repository home in **/opt**
sudo mkdir /opt/lvisf
- Set proper permissions
sudo chown -R lvis:lvis /opt/lvisf
- **[Optional]** Uncompress our locally attached mount with snapshot (faster than network initial checkout)
cd /
tar jxvf /media/LVIS-GH-2TB_WD209/lvisf_build/lvisf_sourcesnapshot_20160816_svn439.tar.bz2
- **[Either]** Check out he raw source code from scratch
cd /opt/lvisf
svn co https://svn.yancich.com:8443/svn/NASA/LVIS/trunk/ src
- **[Or]** Update it if you used the tar above
cd /opt/lvisf/src
svn update
- Enter the user home directory and create symbolic links
cd /home/lvis
mkdir src
ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/* /home/lvis/src/
- Add the following lines to the **.bashrc** for the **lvis** user
- Edit the file
nano /home/lvis/.bash_profile
- Add these lines
# For SVN commit comment editor
export SVN_EDITOR=nano
# For the Innovative digitizer
export WD_BASEDIR=/home/lvis/src/Innovative/WinDriver
# For the SyncClock timer card
export PLX_SDK_DIR=/home/lvis/src/PLX/PlxSdk
# For the spectrum digitizer
export SSP_INSTALL_ROOT=/home/lvis/src/spectrum
- Load this environment (re-run this script)
source ~/.bash_profile
- Edit the file
sudo nano /etc/ld.so.conf.d/lvisf.conf
- Add these lines
/home/lvis/src/Innovative/winCloudDrvr/winclouddrvr_installation/lib
/home/lvis/src/MIC3753/linux_driver_source_3.2.7.0_64bit/libs
/home/lvis/src/spectrum/shared/linux/pc64/lib
- Reload the library path
sudo ldconfig
==== SyncClock32 PLX Drivers ====
- Build all drivers
- Go to the source code home directory
cd /home/lvis/src/PLX/PlxSdk/Driver
- Execute the build script
./buildalldrivers
- Build the samples
- Go to the source directory
cd /home/lvis/src/PLX/PlxSdk
- Make the programs
make clean
make
- Load the driver
- To the binary directory
cd /home/lvis/src/PLX/PlxSdk/Bin
- Execute the script for the 9030 card (our syncclock32)
sudo ./Plx_load 9030
# to just see what boards are supported, run the script with no argument
./Plx_load
==== MIC 3753 DIO Drivers ====
**NOTE** These drivers NEED to be built as root, you cannot **sudo** to build these drivers
- Become root all the time
sudo bash
- Go to the code base directory
cd /home/lvis/src/MIC3753/linux_driver_source_3.2.7.0_64bit/drivers/driver_base/src/lnx_ko
- Build the drivers
make
- Go into our specific card directory
cd /home/lvis/src/MIC3753/linux_driver_source_3.2.7.0_64bit/drivers/pci1753_mic3753_pcm3753i/src/lnx_ko
- Build the drivers
# to disable IRQs in this driver, just use this code where the IRQ calls are commented out
cp init.c.no_irq init.c
make
- Make symbolic links to these drivers in the kernel module
ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/MIC3753/linux_driver_source_3.2.7.0_64bit/drivers/bin/*.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/
- Load the drivers (this crashes when i load the bio1753 (IRQ!!! issue)
cd /home/lvis/src/MIC3753/linux_driver_source_3.2.7.0_64bit/drivers/bin
insmod biokernbase.ko
insmod bio1753.ko
- Exit the **sudo bash**
exit
==== Innovative Digitizer Drivers ====
Described in **LinuxNotes.pdf** (might be this **/usr/Innovative/MalibuRed-1.3/KerPlug/LinuxNotes.pdf**)
- Link our Innovative directory to **/usr/Innovative**
sudo ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/Innovative /usr/Innovative
- Untar the latest driver
tar -zxvf /opt/lvisf/src/tars/64WinDriver-12.3-0.X86_64.tgz.tar.gz --directory=/usr/Innovative/
- Build 12.3 Windriver
- Link 12.3 as our Windriver
cd /usr/Innovative
rm /usr/Innovative/WinDriver
ln -s WinDriver-12.3 WinDriver
- Go here
cd /usr/Innovative/WinDriver/redist
- Configure
./configure
make
sudo make install # they say do not do this, we live on the edge
- Kerplug
- Build (builds in the LINUX directory for the RT kernel)
cd /usr/Innovative/KerPlug/linux
./configure
make
- OK, this SHOULD fail.
- Edit the Makefile with
nano Makefile
- Add seven dot dot slashes to the line:
- Convert this
MOD_CSRCS = $(WD_BASEDIR)/redist/linux_wrappers.c
- to this
MOD_CSRCS = ../../../../../../../$(WD_BASEDIR)/redist/linux_wrappers.c
- Change 1180 to 1230
- Run **make** again
make
- Load the driver
sudo insmod LINUX.2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64.x86_64/kp_malibu_module.ko
- Need to link the generic library name with the compiled library
cd /usr/Innovative/KerPlug
sudo ./quicklink wdapi 1230
- Final license issue with changed authorization mode
- Install qt development
sudo yum install qt4 -y
sudo yum install qt4-devel -y
- Rebuild (and this will also copy the files where they need to go) (NOTE: I believe this is unnecessary, but it does not hurt anything to do this)
cd /home/lvis/src/Innovative/Malibu/Qt/Os_Mb
qmake-qt4
make
=== Historical Log ===
All of this below is just for historical records. Do NOT need to do any more Innovative.
Raw code from **/etc/rc.local** from the primary machine to load this
sudo bash
cd /usr/Innovative/WinDriver-12.3/redist && ./wdreg LINUX.2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64.x86_64/windrvr1230 auto
#/usr/Innovative/winCloudDrvr/winclouddrvr_installation/redist/wdreg winCloudDrvr auto
#chmod 666 /dev/winCloudDrvr
insmod /usr/Innovative/KerPlug/linux/LINUX.2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64.x86_64/kp_malibu_module.ko
exit
== Field Addendum ==
In the field we noticed that the driver was saying unregistered, and would only run for 60 minutes (sometimes it ran longer, but this was an issue). Dave found these instructions from an email:
FIRST!
Make sure this folder exists:
/usr/Innovative/Lib/Dll (and it is linked to the Innovative folder in src)
Make sure LicenseLoader.so exists in that folder.
(I have attached that file and a tar of the 3 others needed to rebuild)
Hopefully its just that the .so did not make it to that system disk.
If is does exist:
Copy all the files in the tar to:
/home/lvis/src/Innovative/Malibu
Cd to /home/lvis/src/Innovative/Malibu/Qt/Os_Mb
“qmake-qt4”
“make”
This will make the Os library and copy it to the correct folder.
“That is all I got” 😊
Dave
==== Spectrum Digitizer Drivers ====
- Create the symbolic link for /spectrum
sudo ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/spectrum /spectrum
- Enter the code directory
cd /home/lvis/src/spectrum/shared/linux/pc64/bin
- Copy the drivers for our kernel into the binary directory
cp -a /home/lvis/src/spectrum/shared/linux/pc64/bin/`uname -r`/*.ko /home/lvis/src/spectrum/shared/linux/pc64/bin/
- Execute the setup script
chmod 755 *.sh # not sure why these were not already executable
sudo bash ./setup_xmc1151_dvt.sh
- Select the proper option: 1)Install
==== Auto-load MIC-3753 Driver ====
- symlink the drivers into the kernel directory
sudo ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/MIC3753/linux_driver_source_3.2.7.0_64bit/drivers/bin/*.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/
- add to our startup script **/etc/sysconfig/modules/lvisf.modules**
- modify the file
sudo nano /etc/sysconfig/modules/lvisf.modules
sudo chmod 755 /etc/sysconfig/modules/lvisf.modules
- add the following
# start the MIC-3753 drivers
/sbin/modprobe biokernbase
/sbin/modprobe bio1753
==== Auto-load Plx9030 Driver ====
**NOTE: (in lieu of step 2 below)** I had this not work when I manually edited it the first time. A copy of the file is in the repository, you could just copy that file in:
sudo cp /opt/lvisf/src/lvisF/scripts/lvisf.modules /etc/sysconfig/modules/lvisf.modules
- symlink the driver into the kernel so it will come up on boot
sudo ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/PLX/PlxSdk/Driver/Source.Plx9000/Output/Plx9030.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/
- add to our startup script **/etc/sysconfig/modules/lvisf.modules**
- modify the file
sudo nano /etc/sysconfig/modules/lvisf.modules
- add the following
# start the Plx9030 syncclock32 driver
/sbin/modprobe Plx9030
- symbolically link in our **rc.local** into **/etc/rc.local**
- remove the original
# remove the symlink
sudo rm /etc/rc.local
# move the original to something else
sudo mv /etc/rc.d/rc.local /etc/rc.d/rc.local_orig
- link in the **lvisf** version
sudo ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/lvisF/scripts/rc.local /etc/rc.d/rc.local
sudo ln -s /etc/rc.d/rc.local /etc/rc.local
- verify that the system will not try to launch on boot (unless that is what you want!)
# look for this near the top
AUTOSTART_LVISF="false"
===== Installing Boost Library =====
The **boost** C++ library is required for the data system. The tarball of the 1.6.2 version is in the repository. Or download the latest from [[http://www.boost.org/users/download/]]. Here is the latest as of 2018.01.04 [[https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.66.0/source/boost_1_66_0.tar.bz2]]
- Uncompress the tar into **/opt**
cd /opt
sudo tar -jxvf /opt/lvisf/src/tars/boost_1_62_0.tar.bz2
- Symbolically link to a generic boost directory
sudo ln -s /opt/boost_1_62_0 /opt/boost
- Chown it all to **lvis** user
sudo chown -R lvis:lvis /opt/boost_1_62_0
- Set the environment variable for the **BOOST_ROOT** variable
- Edit the file /home/lvis/.bash_profile
nano /home/lvis/.bash_profile
- Add the line
# Add the boost root directory
export BOOST_ROOT=/opt/boost
- Run our profile to load this variable
source /home/lvis/.bash_profile
- Compile the **boost** libraries
cd /opt/boost
./bootstrap.sh
./b2 -j $(nproc --all) # should figure out number of cpus automagically
===== Installing Ethernet to Serial MOXA Drivers =====
Follow the instructions here:
* [[code:work:lvisf:2022:centos65minimal:nport5250a|Moxa NPort 5250A Series]]
===== Installing USB Temperature Library =====
Follow the instructions below to compile the USB temperature monitoring device libraries required.
* [[code:work:lvisf:2022:centos65minimal:mccdaq_usb|Measurement Computing USB-TEMP-AI]]
===== LVIS User Binary Path =====
- Create this directory
mkdir ~/bin
- Symbolically link in programs into this path from the **scripts** directory
ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/lvisF/scripts/applanix* ~/bin/.
ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/lvisF/scripts/build* ~/bin/.
ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/lvisF/scripts/javad* ~/bin/.
ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/lvisF/scripts/lvis* ~/bin/.
ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/lvisF/scripts/query* ~/bin/.
ln -s /opt/lvisf/src/lvisF/scripts/run* ~/bin/.
====== Clean Boot Operations ======
===== Load Drivers =====
- Load the MIC-3753 DIO Drivers
sudo insmod /home/lvis/src/MIC3753/linux_driver_source_3.2.7.0_64bit/drivers/bin/biokernbase.ko
sudo insmod /home/lvis/src/MIC3753/linux_driver_source_3.2.7.0_64bit/drivers/bin/bio1753.ko
- Load the SyncClock32 Timer Drivers
cd /home/lvis/src/PLX/PlxSdk/Bin
sudo ./Plx_load 9030
===== Compile Code =====
- Enter the **build** directory for lvisf
cd /home/lvis/src/lvisF/build
- Use **cmake**
cmake ../
- Build code
make
===== Run Tests =====
==== User Space Latency Test ====
- Enter the testing program
cd /home/lvis/src/lvisF/build/bin/tests/syncclock
- Run the latency program
sudo ./galvMove
====== Latency Tweaking ======
* Set CPU affinity to CPU 3 with something like, made it much more consistent since I guess most things go for CPU 0 by default
CPU_SET(3, &cpus);
* Change the scheduler policy, this information is displayed in the **syncclock** test program
sudo chrt --fifo 99 ./galvMove
* Isolate a CPU, and then have the code attach itself to that cpu
* In **/etc/grub.conf** add this command to the kernel command line, so all user space code will avoid CPU 2 and 3 in this example, leaving 0 and 1 for the OS
isolcpus=2,3
* Change the program such that
CPU_SET(3, &cpus);
* Run the program with **chrt** or not
sudo chrt --fifo 99 ./galvMove
* Set the timer card interrupt affinity to a single CPU (not the prime)
sudo bash -c 'echo 2 > /proc/irq/19/smp_affinity'
* Using **2** here put the interrupt 19 servicing on CPU 1 exclusively
* More low latency items to add to the kernel command line for **/etc/grub.conf**
rhgb nousb quiet isolcpus=2,3 nosoftlockup mce=ignore_ce audit=0
* **nosoftlockup** disables backtrace functionality
* **mce=ignore_ce** ignores corrected errors
* **audit=0** disables kernel components of the audit subsystem
===== Testing =====
* Testing delays
* Install **perf**
sudo yum install perf
* Run this command to record some latency data
cd /opt/lvisf/src/lvisF/build/bin/tests/syncclock
sudo perf sched record -o /dev/shm/perf.data chrt --fifo 99 ./galvMove
* Run the following to read the data
sudo perf sched -i /dev/shm/perf.data latency > /tmp/perf.latency.report
===== Show Interrupt Status =====
* This command shows interrupts for each core / CPU
cat /proc/interrupts
# notice that CPU1 has all the timer card interrupts (PLx9030)
[lvis@lvisf syncclock]$ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3
0: 125 0 0 0 IR-IO-APIC-edge timer
8: 1 0 0 0 IR-IO-APIC-edge rtc0
9: 0 0 0 0 IR-IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi
18: 1968 0 0 0 IR-IO-APIC-fasteoi eth2
19: 0 2021327 0 0 IR-IO-APIC-fasteoi Plx9030
24: 0 0 0 0 DMAR_MSI-edge dmar0
25: 0 0 0 0 DMAR_MSI-edge dmar1
26: 2 0 0 0 IR-HPET_MSI-edge hpet2
27: 0 0 0 0 IR-HPET_MSI-edge hpet3
28: 0 0 0 0 IR-HPET_MSI-edge hpet4
29: 0 0 0 0 IR-HPET_MSI-edge hpet5
34: 235 0 0 0 IR-PCI-MSI-edge i915
35: 0 0 0 0 IR-PCI-MSI-edge ahci
36: 7971 0 0 0 IR-PCI-MSI-edge ahci
NMI: 0 0 0 0 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 20569 29227 10924 50493 Local timer interrupts
SPU: 0 0 0 0 Spurious interrupts
PMI: 0 0 0 0 Performance monitoring interrupts
IWI: 0 0 0 0 IRQ work interrupts
RES: 324 194 372 353 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 47 197 178 211 Function call interrupts
TLB: 142 610 312 1 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 0 0 0 Thermal event interrupts
THR: 0 0 0 0 Threshold APIC interrupts
MCE: 0 0 0 0 Machine check exceptions
MCP: 1 1 1 1 Machine check polls
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
===== Test Results =====
* 2016.04.27: Ran a test for 2.7 hours. We missed 46 shots out of 49097902 at 5khz (200 useconds) so as far as actually reacting to the interrupt, we are in good shape.
* Time to make a build 1 data system and get better numbers as we do all our tasks.