Thank you, I finally succeeded :) And I will love to update the documentation right away so that others won't struggle like I did. But I'm not sure how to go about it...
On Fri, 12 Mar 2021, 11:58 pm Joel Sherrill, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:55 PM Ida Delphine <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> Please I need some help. Following the GSoC getting started guide( >> https://docs.rtems.org/branches/master/user/start/gsoc.html),everything >> went well to the point I had to do an offline download. I used this command >> ../source-builder/sb-set-builder --source-only-download 5/rtems-sparc >> > > This command has a subtle mistake. If you are on the master, it should be > 6/rtems-sparc. > > I see 5 a couple of times at that URL. If you understand that when that > was written, the > git master was "headed to 5" and not that the "5 release branch" is cut, > the git master is > "headed to 6". That means 5 needs to change to 6 in there. > > Also any reference to autoconf/automake and configure with --enable type > options > is out of date. > > Corrections to documentation are very much appreciated. Please help > the next traveler avoid stepping in the same potholes. > > --joel > > >> Seems like there was a mismatch. I got this error: >> b-set-builder --source-only-download 5/rtems-sparc >> RTEMS Source Builder - Set Builder, 6 (5e449fb5c2cb) >> Build Set: 5/rtems-sparc >> error: no build set file found: 5/rtems-sparc.bset >> Build Set: Time 0:00:00.000205 >> Build FAILED >> I then replaced 5/rtems in the command with 6/rtems and everything >> worked. I was able to install the suite, build the board support package, >> and test my BSP though along the way I had to replace "5" with "6" in >> certain commands. Everything went well until I wanted to prove I can work >> on RTEMS. I followed the instructions to create my hello application and >> added the necessary .c files. The problem was when I tried configuring this >> application using waf with the command: >> >> ./waf configure --rtems=$HOME/quick-start/rtems/5 --rtems-bsp=sparc/erc32 >> >> I got this error: >> Setting top to : >> /home/idadel/quick-start/app/hello >> Setting out to : >> /home/idadel/quick-start/app/hello/build >> RTEMS path is not valid, "/home/idadel/quick-start/rtems/5/share/rtems5" >> not found. >> (complete log in /home/idadel/quick-start/app/hello/build/config.log) >> I thought I showld startover but and work with rtems.git/5 instead of >> rtems.git/master. Same with rsb. So I got the sources and did a "git >> checkout" from the master to the "5" branch. Everything went well with me >> not not having to change any "5" to "6" in some commands. I didn't make it >> as far as testing my BSP. I had issues with configuring my BSP with the >> command: >> >> ./waf configure --rtems=$HOME/quick-start/rtems/5 --rtems-bsp=sparc/erc32 >> >> I got this: >> bash: ./waf: No such file or directory >> I'm confused and don't know what I missed or where I went wrong. >> >> Ida. >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 6:03 PM Ida Delphine <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Okay. Thank you :) >>> >>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2021, 5:57 pm Gedare Bloom, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 9:48 AM Ida Delphine <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Thank you for your response. I am not working on the rtems.git/master >>>> branch. I'm not using it because earlier I tried downloading sources with >>>> it but I got this error >>>> > error: shell macro failed: >>>> /home/idadel/quick-start/src/rsb/source-builder/sb/rtems-build-dep -c gcc >>>> -l : 2: error: no library (-l) provided >>>> > So I decided to use the other alternative(get the sources from >>>> releases) >>>> > >>>> > Since I'm a GSoC applicant should I wait till the issue at the master >>>> branch is resolved? >>>> > >>>> Yes, that issue has been resolved so please try again. Hopefully, >>>> things work a bit better. We try not to break things, but unexpected >>>> problems come up from time to time, especially based on host OS >>>> dependencies. >>>> >>>> > Cheers, >>>> > Ida. >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 4:18 PM Gedare Bloom <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 7:33 AM Ida Delphine <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Hello everyone, >>>> >> > Was following the quick build documentation and had issues around >>>> where I have to do a manual BSP build. In the last step of configuring the >>>> BSP, I ran this command: >>>> >> > >>>> >> > ./waf configure --prefix=$HOME/quick-start/rtems/5 >>>> >> > >>>> >> Are you working on rtems.git/master branch or /5 branch? Note that >>>> you >>>> >> need to be sure to use a consistent compiler toolchain based on the >>>> >> version of RTEMS that you use. >>>> >> >>>> >> In rtems/5 branch we don't have waf support integrated yet. The >>>> >> upgrade to waf is happening currently on the master branch, which >>>> will >>>> >> eventually become the RTEMS version 6 release. >>>> >> >>>> >> For GSoC students we expect development to happen on the development >>>> >> head and not a release, so please make sure that you have the >>>> >> toolchain built from rtems-source-builder.git/master and the rtems >>>> >> source tree from rtems.git/master. >>>> >> >>>> >> > It didn't produce the expected output. I instead got: >>>> >> > bash: ./waf: No such file or directory >>>> >> > As a result I downloaded it with the command: >>>> >> > curl https://waf.io/waf-2.0.19 > waf >>>> >> >>>> >> https://git.rtems.org/rtems/tree/waf >>>> >> >>>> >> Currently, the waf-based build of rtems only supports "in tree" >>>> >> builds, which means you need to run waf from within the rtems.git/ >>>> >> root of your source. This is a limitation of the waf build. >>>> >> >>>> >> FWIW, waf build improvements could also fall under GSoC effort, >>>> >> although no one has written it up as a task yet. It would be mostly >>>> >> Python. >>>> >> >>>> >> > I ran the last command to configure the BSP again but still did >>>> not get the expected output. I got this rather: >>>> >> > Waf: Run from a folder containing a 'wscript' file (or try -h for >>>> the generic options) >>>> >> > Please how do I fix this? What am I missing? >>>> >> > I have tried looking for solutions but to no avail. >>>> >> > >>>> >> Sometimes the solutions only exist inside other people's heads, so >>>> >> asking questions is encouraged. >>>> >> >>>> >> > Thanks, >>>> >> > Ida. >>>> >> > _______________________________________________ >>>> >> > users mailing list >>>> >> > [email protected] >>>> >> > http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >
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