CODECOMPOSER: Theia AM263P4: Custom Initialization Script Path Not Resolved Correctly

Kier

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Hello,

I'm trying to use Theia to debug AM263P4.

Problem 1:

My usual (CCS12.8.1) target configuration is active. The first problem is that when I hit Start Debugging, something flashes up in red (an error) then quickly disappears. It's only because I captured this in the GIF below that I know what is says:

It's complaining that it can't find the initialization script. See #2.

Anyway, please ensure any errors can be seen so that they can be tackled.

Problem 2:

I use a custom Initialization Script version controlled in the project itself in a subfolder of the target configuration file.

The relative path above which worked in CCS12.8 does not work in Theia:

Only an absolute path for the custome GEL file works but this is not portable.

Please ensure that the CC12.8 behaviour is carried over to Theia.

4 months ago

0 Nick Saulnier 4 months ago

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Hello,

I am reassigning your thread to the AM263x team. Feel free to ping the thread if you do not get a response within a couple of business days.

Regards,

Nick

0 Ki 4 months ago

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Kier said:
The relative path above which worked in CCS12.8 does not work in Theia:

I can't seem to reproduce the issue:

Can you provide more details on your environment? The error message you sent is truncated. Can you provide the full message?

Thanks

0 Kier 4 months ago in reply to Ki

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Hello Ki,

Here's the folder and file arrangement:

The target config is:

system_project/targetConfigs/AM263Px(r5ss0-1_lockstep).ccxml

It references:

system_project/targetConfigs/CustomGelFiles/AM263Px(r5ss0-1_lockstep).gel

In Eclipse, the following path from target config to GEL is as follows:

The same in Theia gives the following error in the Debug Output log:

So it's expecting my custom GEL file to be relative to the targetdb folder in the Theia installation.

0 Ki 4 months ago in reply to Kier

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I'll give this a try on my AM263P4 board when I am in the office tomorrow. Thanks.

+1 Ki 4 months ago in reply to Ki

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Kier said:
The target config is:

system_project/targetConfigs/AM263Px(r5ss0-1_lockstep).ccxml

It references:

system_project/targetConfigs/CustomGelFiles/AM263Px(r5ss0-1_lockstep).gel

In Eclipse, the following path from target config to GEL is as follows:

I confirmed that there is a difference in behavior between CCS Eclipse and CCS Theia.

In CCS Eclipse: When using a relative path, CCS will first search the directory of ccxml file first. If it cannot find it there, it will then search in the default <CCS INSTALL DIR>\ccs\ccs_base\common\targetdb

In CCS Theia: When using a relative path, CCS will only search in the default <CCS INSTALL DIR>\ccs\ccs_base\common\targetdb

Initially I assumed your CustomGELFiles was in <CCS INSTALL DIR>\ccs\ccs_base\common\targetdb. But after you clarified that it is in the same directory as the ccxml file then this explains it.

I won't go into the details on why the change happened. But it was intentional to support some other feature.