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Introduction [edit section]

= Introduction =In order to build tests for your target board, you need to install a toolchain(often in the form of an SDK) into the Fuego system, and let Fuego knowhow to access it.

Adding a toolchain to Fuego consists of these steps: * 1. obtain (generate or retrieve) the toolchain * 2. copy the toolchain to the container * 3. install the toolchain inside the container * 4. create a -tools.sh file for the toolchain * 5. reference the toolchain in the appropriate board file

Obtain a toolchain [edit section]

= Obtain a toolchain =First, you need to obtain a toolchain that will work with your board.You should have a toolchain that produces software which will work with theLinux distribution on your board.  This is usually obtained from yourbuild tool, if you are building the distribution yourself, or from yoursemiconductor supplier or embedded Linux OS vendor, if you have been providedthe Linux distribution from an external source.

Installing a Debian cross-toolchain target [edit section]

== Installing a Debian cross-toolchain target ==If you are using an Debian-based target, then to get started, you may use ascript to install a cross-compiler toolchain into the container.  Forexample, for an ARM target, you might want to install the Debian armv7hf toolchain.  You can even try a Debian toolchain with other Linux distributions.  However, if you are not using Debian on your target board,there is no guarantee that this will produce correct software for your board.  It is much better to install your own SDK for your boardinto the fuego system.

To install a Debian cross toolchain into the container, get to the shellprompt in the container and use the following script: * /fuego-ro/toolchains/install_cross_toolchain.sh

To use the script, pass it the argument naming the cross-compile architectureyou are using.  Available values are: * arm64 * armel * armhf * mips * mipsel * powerpc * ppc64el

Execute the script, inside the docker container, with a single command-lineoption to indicate the cross-toolchain to install.  You can use the scriptmore than once, if you wish to install multiple toolchains.

Example: * # /fuego-ro/toolchains/install_cross_toolchain.sh armhf

The Debian packages for the specified toolchain will be installed into thedocker container.

Building a Yocto Project SDK [edit section]

== Building a Yocto Project SDK ==When you build an image in the Yocto Project, you can also build an SDKto go with that image using the '-c do_populate_sdk' build step with bitbake.

To build the SDK in Yocto Project, inside your yocto build directory do: * bitbake <image-name> -c do_populate_sdk

This will build an SDK archive (containing the toolchain, header files andlibraries needed for creating software on your target, and put it intothe directory <build-root>/tmp/deploy/sdk/

For example, if you are building the 'core-image-minimal' image, you wouldexecute:{{{#!YellowBox $ bitbake core-image-minimal -c do_populate_sdk}}}At this step look in tmp/deploy/sdk and note the name of the sdk installpackage (the file ending with .sh).

Install the SDK in the docker container [edit section]

= Install the SDK in the docker container =To allow fuego to use the SDK, you need to install it into the fuegodocker container.  First, transfer the SDK into the container usingdocker cp.

With the container running, on the host machine do: * docker ps (note the container id) * docker cp tmp/deploy/sdk/<sdk-install-package> <container-id>:/tmp

This last command will place the SDK install package into the /tmpdirectory in the container.

Now, install the SDK into the container, whereever you would like.Many toolchains install themselves under /opt.

At the shell inside the container, run the SDK install script(which is a self-extracting archive):  * /tmp/poky-....sh    * during the installation, select a toolchain installation location, like: /opt/poky/2.0.1

These instructions are for an SDK built by the Yocto Project.  Similarinstructions would apply for installing a different toolchain or SDK.That is, get the SDK into the container, then install it inside the container.

Create a -tools.sh file for the toolchain [edit section]

= Create a -tools.sh file for the toolchain =Now, fuego needs to be told how to interact with the toolchain.During test execution, the fuego system determines what toolchain to usebased on the value of the PLATFORM variable in the board file for the targetunder test.  The PLATFORM variable is a string that is used to selectthe appropriate '<PLATFORM>-tools.sh' file in /fuego-ro/toolchains.

You need to determine a name for this PLATFORM, and then create a filewith that name, called $PLATFORM-tools.sh.  So, for example if you createdan SDK with poky for the qemuarm image, you might call the PLATFORM "poky-qemuarm".  You would create a file called "poky-qemuarm-tools.sh"

The -tools.sh file is used by Fuego to define the environment variables neededto interact with the SDK.  This includes things like CC, AR, and LD.  The completelist of variables that this script neeeds to provide are described on the page[[tools.sh]]

Inside the -tools.sh file, you execute instructions that will set theenvironment variables needed to build software with that SDK.  For an SDK built by the Yocto Project, this involves setting a fewvariables, and calling the environment-setup... script that comes with the SDK.For SDKs from other sources, you can define the needed variables by directlyexporting them.

Here is an example of the tools.sh script for poky-qemuarm.  This isin the sample file /fuego-ro/toolchains/poky-qemuarm-tools.sh:

{{{#!YellowBox# fuego toolchain script# this sets up the environment needed for fuego to use a toolchain# this includes the following variables:# CC, CXX, CPP, CXXCPP, CONFIGURE_FLAGS, AS, LD, ARCH# CROSS_COMPILE, PREFIX, HOST, SDKROOT# CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are optional# # this script is sourced by /fuego-ro/toolchains/tools.sh

POKY_SDK_ROOT=/opt/poky/2.0.1export SDKROOT=${POKY_SDK_ROOT}/sysroots/armv5e-poky-linux-gnueabi

# the Yocto project environment setup script changes PATH so that python uses# libs from sysroot, which is not what we want, so save the original path# and use it laterORIG_PATH=$PATH

PREFIX=arm-poky-linux-gnueabisource ${POKY_SDK_ROOT}/environment-setup-armv5e-poky-linux-gnueabi

HOST=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi

# don't use PYTHONHOME from environment setup scriptunset PYTHONHOMEenv -u PYTHONHOME}}}

Reference the platform in a board file [edit section]

= Reference the platform in a board file =Now, to use that SDK for building test software for a particular target board,set the value of the PLATFORM variable in the board file for that target.

Edit the board file: * vi /fuego-ro/boards/myboard.board

And add (or edit) the line: * PLATFORM="poky-qemuarm"

Notes [edit section]

= Notes === Python execution ==You may notice that some of the example scripts set the environmentvariable ORIG_PATH.  This is used by the function [[function_run_python|run_python]] internally to execute the container'sdefault python interpreter, instead of the interpreter that was builtby the Yocto Project.