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Re: Simple compile
grahamlab wrote:
>
>
> Sergei Gavrikov-4 wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 12:21:27AM -0700, grahamlab wrote:
>>> Hello everyone
>>> I am new to ecos and am trying to compile a simple program that uses the
>>> sleep function
>>> My code include <unistd.h> but when I compile i get this error
>>>
>>> hello.cpp:34: error: âsleepâ was not declared in this scope
>>>
>>> I am compiling using the following command
>>>
>>> arm-eabi-g++ -c -I ../DevBoardFast_install/include/ -I
>>> /opt/ecos/ecos-3.0/packages/isoinfra/v3_0/include/ -Wall -Wpointer-arith
>>> -Wstrict-prototypes -Wundef -Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-write-strings
>>> -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mthumb -g -O2 -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
>>> -fno-rtti
>>> -fno-exceptions hello.cpp
>>>
>>> The code looks like this
>>>
>>> #include <unistd.h>
>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>
>>> int main(int argc, char** argv)
>>> {
>>> sleep(10);
>>> printf("Hello main\n");
>>> }
>>>
>>> Please tell me why this does not compile
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Graham
>> Graham,
>>
>> To have sleep() you have to add posix package to default template. Do
>> you really need in the bloat posix stuff? The eCos has own "sleep" --
>> cyg_thread_delay(). Please, start to read eCos documentation. So, a
>> solution is
>>
>> ecosconfig add posix
>>
>> IMHO, you have to prepare a good Makefile to play with eCos. Why do you
>> use C++ ?!. There are good examples under eCos `examples' directory. Try
>> the examples, first. Those build_Makefile, build_Make.params are nice
>> script-helpers to get a test farm. build_Make.params is most important
>> then. It rebuilds actual GCC flags for project. Every time when you
>> rebuild eCos, run build_Make.params (U.T.S.L.) in a project directory.
>>
>> Just a demo about that eCos can do all for you
>>
>> i. build eCos
>>
>> ecosconfig new stm3210e
>> ecosconfig add posix
>> ecosconfig tree
>> make -s
>>
>> ii. Stand up a test farm
>>
>> mkdir test
>> cd test
>> cp $ECOS_REPOSITORY/../examples/build_Make.params .
>> DST=test SRCS=test.c $ECOS_REPOSITORY/../examples/build_Makefile ..
>> echo -ne 'clean:\n\trm -f test.o test\n' >> Makefile
>>
>> cat >test.c<<EOF
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> #include <unistd.h>
>>
>> int
>> main(void)
>> {
>> sleep(10);
>> printf("Test done\n");
>> return 0;
>> }
>> EOF
>>
>> make -s
>>
>> I've got
>>
>> ls
>> Makefile Make.params test test.c test.o
>>
>> And there is sleep there
>>
>> arm-eabi-nm test | grep sleep
>> 68009d98 T _ZN10Cyg_Thread5sleepEv
>> 6800c2a4 T nanosleep
>> 6800c358 T sleep
>>
>> But, eCos source can look as (no need posix package to compile it)
>>
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> #include <cyg/kernel/kapi.h>
>>
>> int
>> main(void)
>> {
>> while (true) {
>> cyg_thread_delay(100);
>> printf("I'm still alive\n");
>> }
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>>
>> This week read these manuals:
>> http://ecos.sourceware.org/docs.html
>>
>>
>> Sergei
>>
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>>
>>
> Hi Sergei
> Thanks for the advice and for taking the time
> I have build the test environment as you said and it all works perfectly.
> I was wondering if I can do somethin similar using the config tool, but it
> appears not as the filenames do no match up to those expected by
> build_make.params and build_makefile. The config tool does not produce a
> makefile either.
The ConfigTool (and ecosconfig) are for configuring the eCos kernel.
You're on your own for how to build your actual application. There
are tools to help; the build_make* scripts you've obviously seen,
as well as things like Eclipse which can be configured as an eCos
development environment.
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