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msuraev, 11/25/2016 02:56 PM
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OpenBSC build guide

This page will describe the entire installation process of OpenBSC under GNU/Linux.

This tutorial is based on Debian Netinstall 5.0 but will work more or less the same with other GNU/Linux
distributions.

Compiling + running OpenBSC

Dependencies

Installing software that OpenBSC depends upon is distribution-dependent. On Debian (or Debian-derived) systems,
you should install the following Debian packages before you start:
  • libdbi0
  • libdbi0-dev
  • libdbd-sqlite3
  • libortp-dev
  • build-essential
  • libtool
  • autoconf
  • automake
  • git-core
  • pkg-config
    (The list may be incomplete)

On Debian, you can install those packages with

sudo apt install libdbi-dev libdbd-sqlite3 libortp-dev build-essential libtool autoconf automake git-core pkg-config libtalloc-dev libpcsclite-dev libpcap-dev

Installation via packages

It is always better to use your distribution's package management system for installing stuff. Only use "make install" as a last resort. For example, almost all Osmocom projects include metadata required for building .deb packages (contributions for other package systems are more than welcomed). So if you're installing OpenBSC on .deb based system (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint etc) the right way to do it is:

git clone git://git.osmocom.org/XXX
cd XXX
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -tc
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Building libosmocore

  • Check out libosmocore from git using
    git clone git://git.osmocom.org/libosmocore.git
    
  • Change into the right directory using
    cd libosmocore
    
  • Rebuild the configure script using (unless you're using .deb-based system in which case refer to corresponding section above instead)
    autoreconf -fi
    
  • Run the configure script using
    ./configure
    
  • Build the actual software using
    make
    
  • Install the library by using
    make install
    
  • Don't forget ldconfig:
    ldconfig
    

Building libosmo-abis

  • Check out libosmo-abis from git using
    git clone git://git.osmocom.org/libosmo-abis.git
    
  • Change into the right directory using
    cd libosmo-abis
    
  • Rebuild the configure script using (unless you're using .deb-based system in which case refer to corresponding section above instead)
    autoreconf -fi
    
  • Run the configure script using
    ./configure
    
  • Build the actual software using
    make
    
  • Install the library by using
    make install
    
  • Don't forget ldconfig:
    ldconfig
    

Building libosmo-netif

  • Check out libosmo-abis from git using
    git clone git://git.osmocom.org/libosmo-netif.git
    
  • Change into the right directory using
    cd libosmo-netif
    
  • Rebuild the configure script using (unless you're using .deb-based system in which case refer to corresponding section above instead)
    autoreconf -fi
    
  • Run the configure script using
    ./configure
    
  • Build the actual software using
    make
    
  • Install the library by using
    make install
    
  • Don't forget ldconfig:
    ldconfig
    

Building OpenBSC

  • Check out OpenBSC from git using
    git clone git://git.osmocom.org/openbsc.git
    
  • Change into the right directory using
    cd openbsc/openbsc
    
  • Rebuild the configure script using (unless you're using .deb-based system in which case refer to corresponding section above instead)
    autoreconf -i
    
  • Point OpenBSC to the installation of libosmocore.
    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
    
  • Run the configure script using
    ./configure
    
  • Build the actual software using
    make
    
Congratulations, you should now have the OpenBSC programs like osmo-nitb, ipaccess-config and others in the subdirectories of 'src/',
like To proceed from here, you typically would

mISDN enabled kernel in case of E1 based BTS like BS-11

If you want to use a E1-based BTS (like the BS-11), you will need to install mISDN (or DAHDI).

If you have an IP/Ethernet based BTS (like the ip.access nanoBTS), you don't need this section!

Because OpenBSC's E1 support relies on mISDN (named ISDN4Linux before) and hfcmulti as an interface to the BS11, it has to be integrated as a module into the kernel.

First of all you will need to download the 2.6.31 Linux kernel from "Change to /usr/src/ on your OpenBSC machine.


Unpack the archive:
<pre>
tar --bzip2 -xvf linux-2.6.31.tar.bz2
</pre>
and create a symlink to fit the Linux standard conventions: 
<pre>
ln -s linux-2.6.30 linux
</pre>

Now change to linux-2.6.30 typing
<pre>
cd linux-2.6.30
</pre>

You are ready now to prepare for the main part:

Install some tools needed to build the kernel.

<pre>
apt-get install libncurses5-dev kernel-package
</pre>

Now configure the kernel modules with
<pre>
make menuconfig
</pre>

Include the _mISDN_ modules and _hfcmulti / hfc e1 drivers_.

Save the new configuration to *.config* .

You can now try to build the Debian kernel package:
<pre>
make-kpkg linux-image --initrd --revision=openbsc01.0
</pre>

Go a directory higher
<pre>
cd ..
</pre>

and install the new kernel package typing:

<pre>
dpkg -i  kernelpackagename.deb
</pre>

Now you only have to add the dslot=1 parameter for hfcmulti to load with this parameter.
Otherwise [[OpenBSC]] will talk on signalling timeslot 15 where BS11 uses 1.

Simply add the following in */boot/grub/menu.lst* :

Add this line to the "Kernel"-line

*hfcmulti.dslot=1*

Save changes and reboot your machine with your new kernel.

h4. DAHDI kernel in case of E1 based BTS like BS-11

This is an alternative to the mISDN drivers.  For DAHDI installation, please check with the Asterisk / DAHDI homepage.

<pre>
<pre>
dchan=1
bchan=2-30
</pre>

<pre>
<pre>
e1_input
 e1_line 0 driver dahdi
</pre>

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