TMDS64GPEVM: Cannot cross compile the rpmsg-char-simple example

paras bhanot

Part Number: TMDS64GPEVM

Hello everyone ,

I am trying to cross-compile the source code of "rpmsg-char-simple", but I am getting error "autom4te not found" due to which i cannot generate the MakeFile . i have followed the instructions given on the following link :

https://git.ti.com/cgit/rpmsg/ti-rpmsg-char/about/

Please Note that i am cross-compiling on Ubuntu 20.04 machine and using the latest SDK 8.0 .

it would be really helpful if we could use IDES like Eclipse and Qt creator to do the cross-compilation using the SDK instead of using the autotools .

over 4 years ago

0 Pekka Varis over 4 years ago

TI__Mastermind 27050 points

Have you installed the cross compile utilities with:

sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake bison flex libssl-dev bc u-boot-tools

We are working on a Linux Academy to help document this better but https://software-dl.ti.com/processor-sdk-linux/esd/docs/08_00_00_21/linux/Overview/Top_Level_Makefile.html currently has further documentation on the build process.

Pekka

0 paras bhanot over 4 years ago in reply to Pekka Varis

Prodigy 220 points

yes , everything is already installed . if you analyse my screenshot you will realise that in the first command "autoconf -i" is throwing an error . But when i export the SDK path as given the about/Readme of git repository bash is throwing "autoconf" is not found error.

0 Nick Saulnier over 4 years ago in reply to paras bhanot

TI__Guru** 107770 points

Hello Paras,

Note that Pekka's utilities list does not include GNU libtool, (listed in https://git.ti.com/cgit/rpmsg/ti-rpmsg-char/about/ section "4.1 Infrastructure Tools"), so you would also want to run

sudo apt-get install libtool

I am trying to replicate your observations on Ubuntu 18.04. So far the closest I got is if I install autoconf and automake WITHOUT installing libtool, I see this behavior:

user:~/git/ti-rpmsg-char$ autoreconf -i
configure.ac:23: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

but once all the packages listed in section "4.1 Infrastructure Tools" are installed, this is my output:

user:~/git/ti-rpmsg-char$ autoreconf -i
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, 'build-aux'.
libtoolize: copying file 'build-aux/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: Consider adding 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])' to configure.ac,
libtoolize: and rerunning libtoolize and aclocal.
libtoolize: Consider adding '-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
configure.ac:23: installing 'build-aux/compile'
configure.ac:23: installing 'build-aux/config.guess'
configure.ac:23: installing 'build-aux/config.sub'
configure.ac:17: installing 'build-aux/install-sh'
configure.ac:17: installing 'build-aux/missing'
examples/Makefile.am: installing 'build-aux/depcomp'

After that, I can build examples as detailed in the about page:

autoreconf -i
mkdir output
./configure --host=aarch64-none-linux-gnu --prefix=/home/user/git/ti-rpmsg-char/output
make
make install
make -C examples
make -C examples install

Regards,

Nick

0 paras bhanot over 4 years ago in reply to Nick Saulnier

Prodigy 220 points

"libtool" was already installed .

After installing few more packages as given in the following link the "autom4te not found " error went away but i could not run configure command .

software-dl.ti.com/.../Overview_Building_the_SDK.html

After executing the "./configure --host=aarch64-none-linux-gnu --prefix=/home/user/git/ti-rpmsg-char/output" command i have received the following errors :

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for aarch64-none-linux-gnu-strip... aarch64-none-linux-gnu-strip
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... aarch64-none-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking for aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc... aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/parasbhanot/ti-rpmsg-char':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

Fullscreen 7077.config.log Download

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by ti-rpmsg-char configure 0.3.0, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was

  $ ./configure --host=aarch64-none-linux-gnu --prefix=/home/parasbhanot/ti-rpmsg-char/output

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = parasbhanot-virtualbox
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 5.11.0-34-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #36~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 27 08:06:32 UTC 2021

/usr/bin/uname -p = x86_64
/bin/uname -X     = unknown

/bin/arch              = x86_64
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo      = unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/games
PATH: /usr/local/games
PATH: /snap/bin
PATH: /home/parasbhanot/SDK_Linux/ti-processor-sdk-linux-am64xx-evm-08.00.00.21/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin/


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:2392: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:2460: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:2471: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:2526: result: yes
configure:2583: checking for aarch64-none-linux-gnu-strip
configure:2599: found /home/parasbhanot/SDK_Linux/ti-processor-sdk-linux-am64xx-evm-08.00.00.21/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin//aarch64-none-linux-gnu-strip
configure:2610: result: aarch64-none-linux-gnu-strip
configure:2675: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p
configure:2714: result: /usr/bin/mkdir -p
configure:2721: checking for gawk
configure:2737: found /usr/bin/gawk
configure:2748: result: gawk
configure:2759: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:2781: result: yes
configure:2810: checking whether make supports nested variables
configure:2827: result: yes
configure:2956: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles
configure:2965: result: no
configure:3009: checking build system type
configure:3023: result: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
configure:3043: checking host system type
configure:3056: result: aarch64-none-linux-gnu
configure:3097: checking how to print strings
configure:3124: result: printf
configure:3149: checking whether make supports the include directive
configure:3164: make -f confmf.GNU && cat confinc.out
this is the am__doit target
configure:3167: $? = 0
configure:3186: result: yes (GNU style)
configure:3216: checking for aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc
configure:3232: found /home/parasbhanot/SDK_Linux/ti-processor-sdk-linux-am64xx-evm-08.00.00.21/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin//aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc
configure:3243: result: aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc
configure:3512: checking for C compiler version
configure:3521: aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc --version >&5
aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc (GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 9.2-2019.12 (arm-9.10)) 9.2.1 20191025
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

configure:3532: $? = 0
configure:3521: aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc -v >&5
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/home/parasbhanot/SDK_Linux/ti-processor-sdk-linux-am64xx-evm-08.00.00.21/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/aarch64-none-linux-gnu/9.2.1/lto-wrapper
Target: aarch64-none-linux-gnu
Configured with: /tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm2--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--aarch64-none-linux-gnu/build/src/gcc/configure --target=aarch64-none-linux-gnu --prefix= --with-sysroot=/aarch64-none-linux-gnu/libc --with-build-sysroot=/tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm2--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--aarch64-none-linux-gnu/build/build-aarch64-none-linux-gnu/install//aarch64-none-linux-gnu/libc --with-bugurl=https://bugs.linaro.org/ --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-shared --disable-libssp --disable-libmudflap --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --with-gmp=/tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm2--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--aarch64-none-linux-gnu/build/build-aarch64-none-linux-gnu/host-tools --with-mpfr=/tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm2--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--aarch64-none-linux-gnu/build/build-aarch64-none-linux-gnu/host-tools --with-mpc=/tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm2--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--aarch64-none-linux-gnu/build/build-aarch64-none-linux-gnu/host-tools --with-isl=/tmp/dgboter/bbs/rhev-vm2--rhe6x86_64/buildbot/rhe6x86_64--aarch64-none-linux-gnu/build/build-aarch64-none-linux-gnu/host-tools --enable-fix-cortex-a53-843419 --with-pkgversion='GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 9.2-2019.12 (arm-9.10)'
Thread model: posix
gcc version 9.2.1 20191025 (GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 9.2-2019.12 (arm-9.10)) 
configure:3532: $? = 0
configure:3521: aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc -V >&5
aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:3532: $? = 1
configure:3521: aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc -qversion >&5
aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion'; did you mean '--version'?
aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:3532: $? = 1
configure:3552: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:3574: aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc    conftest.c  >&5
/home/parasbhanot/SDK_Linux/ti-processor-sdk-linux-am64xx-evm-08.00.00.21/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/aarch64-none-linux-gnu/9.2.1/../../../../aarch64-none-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory
/home/parasbhanot/SDK_Linux/ti-processor-sdk-linux-am64xx-evm-08.00.00.21/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/aarch64-none-linux-gnu/9.2.1/../../../../aarch64-none-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory
/home/parasbhanot/SDK_Linux/ti-processor-sdk-linux-am64xx-evm-08.00.00.21/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/aarch64-none-linux-gnu/9.2.1/../../../../aarch64-none-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lc
/home/parasbhanot/SDK_Linux/ti-processor-sdk-linux-am64xx-evm-08.00.00.21/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/aarch64-none-linux-gnu/9.2.1/../../../../aarch64-none-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find crtn.o: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:3578: $? = 1
configure:3616: result: no
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "ti-rpmsg-char"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "ti-rpmsg-char"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.3.0"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "ti-rpmsg-char 0.3.0"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "s-anna@ti.com"
| #define PACKAGE_URL ""
| #define PACKAGE "ti-rpmsg-char"
| #define VERSION "0.3.0"
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
| 
| int
| main ()
| {
| 
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:3621: error: in `/home/parasbhanot/ti-rpmsg-char':
configure:3623: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

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## Cache variables. ##
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includedir='${prefix}/include'
infodir='${datarootdir}/info'
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pdfdir='${docdir}'
prefix='/home/parasbhanot/ti-rpmsg-char/output'
program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
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runstatedir='${localstatedir}/run'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
target_alias=''

## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

/* confdefs.h */
#define PACKAGE_NAME "ti-rpmsg-char"
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "ti-rpmsg-char"
#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.3.0"
#define PACKAGE_STRING "ti-rpmsg-char 0.3.0"
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "s-anna@ti.com"
#define PACKAGE_URL ""
#define PACKAGE "ti-rpmsg-char"
#define VERSION "0.3.0"

configure: exit 77

i am also attaching the config.log.

0 Nick Saulnier over 4 years ago in reply to paras bhanot

TI__Guru** 107770 points

Hello Paras,

One thing to note is that neither the developers nor I have tested the build on Ubuntu 20. Please also note that our SDK 8.0 releases were developed and tested on Ubuntu 18, not Ubuntu 20. So it could be that changes are needed (e.g., updating some of the AutoMake files) to get things working on Ubuntu 20.

At this point my best suggestion is try again on Ubuntu 18. If you run into any issues with either of our SDKs on Ubuntu 20, we are not going to be able to support you.

Regards,

Nick

0 Suman Anna over 4 years ago in reply to Nick Saulnier

TI__Guru** 118255 points

Hi Paras,

Your screenshot shows that you were running the command autoconf -i and not autoreconf -i.

Please clean the repository of all artifacts fully (git clean -dfx) and try again if you were able to proceed further.

SDK is not tested for Ubuntu 20 as Nick pointed out.

regards

Suman

0 paras bhanot over 4 years ago in reply to Suman Anna

Prodigy 220 points

I am able to cross compile the example code on Ubuntu 18 but i am not able to cross compile it using the Eclipse or Qt creatror .

So how can i use the toolchain (which is a part of SDK 8) to cross-compile the same example using the IDES like eclipse or qt creator

0 Nick Saulnier over 4 years ago in reply to paras bhanot

TI__Guru** 107770 points

Hello Paras,

To confirm: Are you cross-compiling your AM64x Linux Processor SDK code in Eclipse or QT creator? I see ti-processor-sdk-linux-am64xx-evm-08.00.00.018/linux-devkit/sysroots/x86_64-arago-linux/usr/bin/aarch64-none-linux-gnu-gcc-9.2.1. So you should be able to use the same tools to cross compile ti-rpmsg-char as you do to compile the AM64x Linux Processor SDK.

Regards,

Nick

0 paras bhanot over 4 years ago in reply to Nick Saulnier

Prodigy 220 points

Yes i am using "AM64x Linux Processor SDK" for cross compilation .

i am not able to use Qt creator as it requires qmake which is not present in SDK .

For eclipse have used the flowing steps :

* New project with Cross gcc command

* Set the Cross compiler prefix to arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-

* Set the Cross compiler path to <Path of amm-none-linux-gnuebihf-gcc> folder

But build button is not working .

Am i missing something ?

i also want to extend the SDK by adding open source libraries like qt , libmodbus etc .

Is this SDK extensible ?

0 Nick Saulnier over 4 years ago in reply to paras bhanot

TI__Guru** 107770 points

Hello Paras,

I do not think TI supports building the Linux Processor SDK within an IDE. In other words, it may be possible, but I do not think we document how to do it, or answer questions on how to do it.

Let me reassign this thread to another team member to verify. Please ping the thread if they have not replied in a day or so.

Regards,

Nick

0 RonB over 4 years ago in reply to Nick Saulnier

TI__Mastermind 30746 points

Paras,

Nick is correct. We don't test or document building the SDK using an IDE. As such, we won't be able to support it.

Thank you.

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TMDS64GPEVM: Cannot cross compile the rpmsg-char-simple example