How to install gcc
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@Boken-Lin Thanks for the additional feedback. I will check out your comments. Also, would be most interested to see the toolchain for Ubuntu 14.04 that you reference in your reply to @Bryan-Hilterbrand
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@Kit-Bishop, @Bryan-Hilterbrand: Files are uploading now.
SDK: https://onion-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/community/openwrt/OpenWrt-SDK-ar71xx-generic_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2.Linux-x86_64.tar
Toolchain: https://onion-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/community/openwrt/OpenWrt-Toolchain-ar71xx-generic_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2.Linux-x86_64.tarThe links should become active in a little bit.
EDIT: I posted the wrong links...
SDK: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onion-cdn/community/openwrt/OpenWrt-SDK-ar71xx-generic_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2.Linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
Toolchain: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onion-cdn/community/openwrt/OpenWrt-Toolchain-ar71xx-generic_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2.Linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
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@Boken-Lin Cool
That was quick
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@Boken-Lin Am I being impatient and the links you reference are not up yet, or is there a problem with the links?
- For: SDK: https://onion-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/community/openwrt/OpenWrt-SDK-ar71xx-generic_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2.Linux-x86_64.tar I get:
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@Kit-Bishop Strange... Let me take a look...
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@Eric-P. @Kit-Bishop: I posted the wrong links... I've edited the post with the correct links now. My bad!
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@Boken-Lin No problem - can access them now
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After battling with this for quite some time, I finally have success with what I've been wanting to do
Ended up being quite straightforward - I think I got bogged down in all the intricacies of building OpenWRT packages when all I wanted to do was build some basic C/C++ programs that would run on the Omega.For the record, in case it is of help to others, this is what I ended up doing based largely on the info in:http://techfindings.one/archives/1487
For the record my host system for the compilation is a pretty standard KUbuntu-14.04 system running in a VM under VirtualBox- Download the tool chain from https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onion-cdn/community/openwrt/OpenWrt-Toolchain-ar71xx-generic_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2.Linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
- Unpack it to some suitable directory (referred to below as <tc_dir>)
- Set up environment variables as follows (I put this in my ~/.profile file so it was always there):
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- PATH=<tc_dir>/OpenWrt-Toolchain-ar71xx-generic_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2.Linux-x86_64/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/bin:$PATH
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- STAGING_DIR=<tc_dir>/OpenWrt-Toolchain-ar71xx-generic_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2.Linux-x86_64/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2
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- export STAGING_DIR
- Create your c program - e.g. test-prog.c
- Compile the program using (e.g.): mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc test-prog.c -o test-prog
- Transfer the output file (test-prog) to your Omega using you favourite tools.
- On the Omega in the directory you placed the file, run it by: ./test-prog - and there you are
I'm sure there will be other issues (e.g. using a makefile with multiple sources; access to libraries; building dynamic link libraries which I will want too), but these are all pretty standard development issues now that I have the code cross-compilation working.
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@Boken-Lin Setup a Docker with the tool chain and cross compilers pre-configured. This way people can just docker run it from Ubuntu 14.04.
A VM for virtual box would be more general, similar to what the C.H.I.P. people are doing.
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@John-Richardson In addition get one of the Arduino style libraries for Linux that the Intel Galileo people did to ease porting of Arduino Sketches.
Eventually the tool chain could plug into the Arduino IDE.
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@John-Richardson Great ideas! We already have the docker image on our todo list. Just added the virtualbox VM to our todo as well.
Can you explain what you mean by Arduino style library for Linux?
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@Boken-Lin Sure. Intel Edison and Galileo create a library (it's open sourced) that allows you to take simple Arduino programs and generate a native Linux executable. It easier the porting of existing projects.
The basic Arduino program setup is straightforward, the challenge is getting the right libraries and macro's to compiled out some AVR specific modifiers and intrinsics.
It may be a lot to ask, but it's popular to create Arduino IDE add-ins for different embedded devices. Recent work with Arduino 1.6.5 or later makes it easier to add in CPU specific compilers and tool chains, library headers, etc. They now have an SSH option to upload programs as well.
Maybe it's something the community could work on.
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@John-Richardson This seems interesting, but could you elaborate on the generated executable?
Does the Arduino IDE generate an executable to run on the dev boards processor and flash an ATmega chip?
Or does it actually cross compile the Arduino sketch into an executable that can run natively on the dev board's processor?
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@Lazar-Demin In the case of an Arduino/AVR it generates an executable using the gcc cross compiler, linker, ar, etc. It then generates a .hex file from the executable for firmware upload to the board using a tool such as avrdude, dfu, etc.
For a board which has an embedded linux, it generates a cross compiled executable for the board using the proper gcc, linker, ar, etc. It then has an SSH/RCP style method of copying the executable to the target system.
The key is recent changes to the Arduino IDE lets you customize the actions for every step. You can choose the headers and libraries to compile against for the target, you can choose the tools (cross compilers that run on the host and generate for the target), and the upload/copy method.
Intel Edison/Galileo is one example of such as setup targeting a board with embedded Linux from an Arduino IDE. It's made available as an add in as a "board package". Arduino 1.6.5 supports this newer way of supporting multiple embedded boards.
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@John-Richardson wow, very cool of Atmel to build that in!
We'll be looking into this!
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@Lazar-Demin Actually the Arduino project did the add-in work, and Intel did the Galileo/Edison "board package". But the board support package model is available to all and documented at Arduino.cc.
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@Kit-Bishop thanks for your steps "how to do" to setup compiler was very helpful, I finaly have also a c program working, I had the same "file not found" problem, after following the wiki
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@Kit-Bishop said:
mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc test-prog.c -o test-prog
Hi,
I installed the toolchain and made a makefile to compile following code:
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int nArgc, char* pArgv[])
{
printf("This is my first C app for Onion\n");
return 0;
} // main
<<<I get an error like this, I must be missing some initialisation #define !?
[simonjo@ASTR76L0 build]$ make -f Maketest.onion
rm -rf ../test.o test.onion
g++ -c -I /usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/include -DONION -DOS="LINUX" -DLINUX -DDEBUG ../test.cpp -o ../test.o -I..
In file included from /usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/include/stdio.h:36,
from ../test.cpp:8:
/usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/include/bits/types.h:132:3: error: #error your machine is neither 32 bit or 64 bit ... it must be magical
In file included from /usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/include/stdio.h:36,
from ../test.cpp:8:
/usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/include/bits/types.h:137: error: ‘__STD_TYPEâ€
does not name a type
/usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/include/bits/types.h:138: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘unsignedâ€
/usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/include/bits/types.h:139: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘unsignedâ€
/usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/include/bits/types.h:140: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before ‘unsignedâ€
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Ok I managed to get past the problem in bits/types.h by adding '#define _MIPS_SZPTR 32'
But then I came to realize I was using the standard x86 compiler from my CentOS 6.5, not the one from the MIPS toolchain.
So I used the instructions to extend PATH and set STAGING_DIR, then use 'mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc test.cpp -o test.onion'
Now I get below error, I presume this is because my CentOS is 32bit and the toolchain contains 64bit executables... Do you have a 32bit version available ???
[simonjo@ASTR76L0 build]$ mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc test.cpp -o test.onion
/usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/bin/mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc: line 82: /usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/bin/mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc.bin: cannot execute binary file
/usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/bin/mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc: line 82: /usr/onion/toolchain-mips_34kc_gcc-4.8-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/bin/mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc.bin: Success
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