Add doltool and script to convert linux kernel to .dol executable

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fi 2025-07-25 04:16:46 +02:00
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#!/bin/bash
# copied from https://themkat.net/2022/12/19/gamecube_linux_sd_boot.html, which itself copied it from the now offline gc-linux wiki
# edited slightly to make it more readable and convenient to use
KSRC=${KSRC:-.}
target=${1:-zImage}
ofile=zImage
[ -r ${KSRC}/arch/powerpc/boot/${target} ] || {
echo "Can't find target image ${KSRC}/arch/powerpc/boot/${target}"
exit 1
}
cp ${KSRC}/arch/powerpc/boot/${target} ${ofile}
CROSS=powerpc-linux-gnu-
echo "+ building DOL"
load=$(${CROSS}readelf -l "$ofile" | perl -lane'printf"%08x\n",hex($F[3])+0x80000000 if /LOAD/;')
echo " LOAD: $load"
entry=$(${CROSS}readelf -l "$ofile" | perl -lane'printf"%08x\n",hex($F[2])+0x80000000 if /Entry point/;')
echo " EP : $entry"
${CROSS}objcopy -O binary -R .comment -R .shstrtab -R .symtab -R .strtab -R .gnu.attributes ${ofile} ${ofile}.bin
doltool -c ${ofile}.bin $load $entry
doltool -i ${ofile}.dol
echo ""