Image taken from [Beagle Board website](https://beagleboard.org/logo) and used in accordance with their trademark rules. # Getting started on the Beagle Bone Black The FSFW can be run on a Beagle Bone Black with the Linux OSAL, using an ARM linux (cross) compiler. Instructions will be provided on how to do this. ## General Information The following instructions will show how to build the example on the Beagle Bone Black directly. It will also show how to cross-compile on a host machine and mirror the Beagle Bone sysroot folder on the host machine so that the same libraries and headers used on the BBB are used for the cross-compilation process. Some Eclipse project files were provided as well to help with setting up the indexer in Eclipse more quickly. ## Prerequisites for direct compilation and cross-compiling 1. SSH connection to the Beagle Bone Black working 2. Beagle Bone Black linux environment set up properly 3. `CMake` installed ## Setting up general prerequisites for Linux systems 1. Install CMake and rsync ```sh sudo apt-get install cmake rsync ``` 2. Configure the Beagle Bone Black Linux environment. The last section of the [Linux README](README-linux.md#top) specifies how to set up a UNIX environment for the FSFW and is also applicable to the Beagle Bone Black. SSH into the BBB and follow the instructions in that section. 3. Install the `gpiod` library ```sh sudo apt-get install gpiod libgpiod-dev ``` ## Getting started on the Beagle Bone Black Make sure to follow the steps above. Now you should be able to build the software on the Beagle Bone Black. A ssh connection to the Raspberry Pi is assumed here You can build the software with the following commands ```sh mkdir build-Debug-BBB cd build-Debug-BBB cmake -DOS_FSFW=linux -DTGT_BSP=arm/beagleboneblack -DLINUX_CROSS_COMPILE=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug .. cmake --build . -j2 ``` ## Prerequisites for cross-compiling These prerequisites are valid for Linux as well as Windows hosts. 1. ARM Linux cross compiler installed 2. Beagle Bone Black sysroot folder mirrored on the host machine, using `rsync` 3. gdb-multiarch installed on host for remote debugging or `tcf-agent` running on the BBB ## Cross-Compiling on a Linux Host ### Setting up prerequisites for cross-compiling 1. Install `CMake` and `rsync` ``` sudo apt-get install cmake rsync ``` 2. Configure the Beagle Bone Black linux environment. The last section of the [Linux REAMDE](README-linux.md#top) specifies how to set up a UNIX environment for the FSFW and isalso applicable to the Raspberry Pi. SSH into the Beagle Bone Black and follow the instructions in that section. 3. Install the correct [ARM Linux cross-compile toolchain](https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/latest-7/arm-linux-gnueabihf/). provided by Linaro. Test the toolchain by running: ```sh arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc --version ``` 4. Set up a sysroot folder on the local host machine. Make sure the SSH connection to the BBB is working without issues. Then perform the following steps ```sh cd $HOME mkdir beaglebone cd beaglebone mkdir rootfs cd rootfs pwd ``` Store the result of `pwd`, it is going to be used by `rsync` later. Now use `rsync` to clone the BBB sysroot to the local host machine. You can replace `` with `beaglebone.local` to use DNS. Use the rootfs location stored from the previous steps as ``. ```sh rsync -avHAXR --delete-after --info=progress2 --numeric-ids @:/{usr,lib} ``` On Linux, it is recommended to repair some symlinks which can be problematic: Navigate to the folder containing the symlinks first: ```sh cd /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf ``` You can now use ```sh readlink libpthread.so ``` which will show an absolute location of a shared library the symlinks points to. This location needs to be converted into a relative path. Run the following command to create a relative symlinks instead of an absolute ones. The pointed to location might change to check it with `readlink` first before removing the symlinks: ```sh rm libpthread.so rm librt.so ln -s ../../../lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so.0 libpthread.so ln -s ../../../lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.so.1 librt.so ``` For more information on issues which can occur when cloning the root filesystem, see the [troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) section. 5. It is recommended to install `gdb-multiarch`. This tool will allow remote debugging on the host computer. This is not required if the `tcf-agent` is used. ```sh sudo apt-get install multiarch ``` 6. Perform the steps [in the following chapter](#cross-test) to build the software for the BBB and test it. ## Cross-Compiling on a Windows Host ### Additional Prerequites 1. [MSYS2](https://www.msys2.org/) installed. All command line steps shown here were performed in the MSYS2 MinGW64 shell (not the default MSYS2, use MinGW64!). Replace `` with respectively. It is recommended to set up aliases in the `.bashrc` file to allow quick navigation to the `fsfw_example` repository and to run `git config --global core.autocrlf true` for git in MinGW64. ### Setting up prerequisites for Windows 1. Install CMake and rsync in MinGW64 after installing MSYS2 ``` pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake rsync ``` 2. Configure the Beagle Bone Black linux environment. The last section of the [Linux REAMDE](README-linux.md#top) specifies how to set up a UNIX environment for the FSFW and isalso applicable to the Raspberry Pi. SSH into the Beagle Bone Black and follow the instructions in that section. 3. Install the correct [ARM Linux cross-compile toolchain](https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/latest-7/arm-linux-gnueabihf/). provided by Linaro. Test the toolchain by running: ```sh arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc --version ``` 4. Set up a sysroot folder on the local host machine. Make sure the SSH connection to the BBB is working without issues. Then perform the following steps ```sh cd /c/Users/ mkdir beaglebone cd beaglebone mkdir rootfs cd rootfs pwd ``` Store the result of `pwd`, it is going to be used by `rsync` later. Now use rsync to clone the BBB sysroot to the local host machine. You can replace `` with `beaglebone.local` to use DNS. Use the rootfs location stored from the previous steps as ``. ```sh rsync -avHAXR --numeric-ids --info=progress2 @:/{lib,usr} ``` Please note that `rsync` sometimes does not copy shared libraries or symlinks properly, which might result in errors when cross-compiling and cross-linking. It is recommended to run the following commands in addition to the `rsync` command on Windows: ```sh scp @:/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/{libc.so.6,ld-linux-armhf.so.3,libm.so.6} /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf scp @:/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/{libpthread.so,libc.so,librt.so} /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf ``` For more information on issues which can occur when cloning the root filesystem, see the [troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) section. 5. It is recommended to install `gdb-multiarch`. This tool will allow remote debugging on the host computer. Replace `x86_64` with the correct processor architecture for other architectures. This is not required if the `tcf-agent` is used. ```sh pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb-multiarch ``` 6. Perform the steps [in the following chapter](#cross-test) to build the software for the BBB and test it. ## Testing the cross-compilation It is recommended to set the following environmental variables for the CMake build: - `CROSS_COMPILE`: Explicitely specify the name of the cross compiler - `LINUX_ROOTFS`: Explicitely set the path to the local BBB rootfs For example with the following commands ```sh export CROSS_COMPILE="arm-linux-gnueabihf" ``` It is recommended to test whether the environmental variables were set correctly, for example by running ```sh echo $LINUX_ROOTFS ``` These variables can either be set every time before a debugging session to keep the environment clean (should be done before starting Eclipse) or permanently by adding the `export` commands to system files. A helper script has been provided in `cmake/scripts/BBB` to perform setting up the environment. The scripts need to be `source`d instead of being run like regular shell scripts. You can also set up the environmental variables permanently by adding the export commands to the `.profile` or `.bashrc` file in the `$HOME` folder. On Windows, MinGW64 was used to set up the build system, so you can use the MinGW64 `.bashrc` file to do this. If you are using Eclipse to build the software, Eclipse will have the system variables from Windows, so it is recommended to either permanently set the three environmental variables in the Windows system environmental variables or add them in Eclipse. See the [Eclipse README](README-eclipse.md#top) for more information. Now we can test whether everything was set up properly by compiling the example and running it on the BBB via command line. Navigate into the `fsfw_example` folder first. 1. Build the software locally to test the cross-compilation process. A debug build directory is created first. ```sh mkdir build-Debug-BBB cd build-Debug-BBB ``` 2. Configure the build system. On Linux, run the following command: ```sh cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DOS_FSFW=linux -DTGT_BSP=arm/beagleboneblack -DLINUX_CROSS_COMPILE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug .. ``` On Windows, replace `-G "Unix Makefiles"` with `-G "MinGW Makefiles"`. Alternatively, you can use the helper shell scripts located inside `cmake/scripts/BBB/crosscompile` or the Python helper script `cmake_build_config.py` inside the `cmake/scripts` folder. The `BBB` folder also contains template shell files which can be `source`d to quickly set up the environmental variables if you want to keep the system path clean. 3. Run the binary to test it ```sh scp fsfw_example @beaglebone.local:/home/fsfw_example ssh @beaglebone.local ./fsfw_example ``` ### Setting up Eclipse for a BBB remote target It is recommended to use the provided Eclipse project files and launch configurations to have a starting point. See the specific section in the [Eclipse README](README-eclipse.md#top) for information how to do this. #### Windows There are some additional steps necessary on Windows: The cross-compiler by default is configured to look for the cross-compiler in `/opt/cross-pi-gcc/bin`. The toolchain path needs to be corrected, for example like shown in the following image: ## Setting up the TCF agent on the BBB It is recommended to set up a [TCF agent](https://wiki.eclipse.org/TCF) for comfortable Eclipse remote debugging. The following steps show how to setup the TCF agent on the Raspberry Pi and add it to the auto-startup applications. The steps are taken from [this guide](https://wiki.eclipse.org/TCF/Raspberry_Pi) 1. Install required packages on the RPi ```sh sudo apt-get install git uuid uuid-dev libssl-dev ``` 2. Clone the repository and perform some preparation steps ```sh git clone git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/tcf/org.eclipse.tcf.agent.git cd org.eclipse.tcf.agent.git/agent ``` 3. Build the TCF agent ```sh make ``` and then test it by running ```sh obj/GNU/Linux/arm/Debug/agent –S ``` 4. Finally install the agent for auto-start with the following steps. And set it up for auto-start. ```sh cd org.eclipse.tcf.agent/agent make install sudo make install INSTALLROOT= sudo update-rc.d tcf-agent defaults ``` The [Eclipse README](README-eclipse.md#top) specifies how to perform remote debugging using the TCF agent. # Troubleshooting ## Cloning the root filesystem There might be some issues with the pthread symbolic links. Navigate to the folder containing the symlinks ```sh cd /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf ``` Type `more libpthread`, press `TAB` and check whether the symbolic link `libpthread.so` is shown. If it is not, we are going to set it up manually to avoid issues when linking against `pthread` later. Now you can find out where `libpthread.so` points with `readlink libpthread.so`. This information is used to convert the absolute symlink to relative ones, for example with: Run the following command to copy the symlink `libpthread.so.0` if it does not exist yet: ```sh scp @:/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so . ``` Alternatively, you can correct the symlinks to use relative paths, for example with: ```sh ln -s ../../../lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so.0 libpthread.so ln -s ../../../lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.so.1 librt.so ``` Please note that there might also be issues with some symlinks or libraries not being copied properly, especially on Windows. This has occured with files like `libc.so.6`. If there are linker issues at a later stage, you can try to copy the symlinks manually from the Linux board to the sysroot with `scp`. For example, you can copy `libc.so.6` from the Linux board to the sysroot with the following command If there are issues with the cross-compilation process, manually copying the following symlinks can help: ```sh scp @:/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf scp @:/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.a /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf scp @:/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.a /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf scp @:/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf scp @:/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.so.1 /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf scp @:/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so.0 /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf scp @:/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf scp @:/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf ``` If any custom libraries are used which rely on symlinks, it might be necessary to copy them or create them manually as well. # Building a cross-compile toolchain with crosstool-ng If you want to cross-compile the toolchain for the Raspberry Pi, you can do so with the `crosstool-ng` tool. Alternatively, you can also download a cross-compile toolchain built with crosstool-ng for the Beagle Bone Black [from here](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zjaex4wlv5kcm6q/AAABBFfmZSRZ7GE7ok-7vTE6a?dl=0) inside the `x-tools` folder. ## Ubuntu 1. Install prerequisites to build toolchains ```sh sudo apt-get install automake bison chrpath flex g++ git gperf gawk help2man libexpat1-dev libncurses5-dev libsdl1.2-dev libtool libtool-bin libtool-doc python2.7-dev texinfo ``` 2. Install `crosstool-ng`. You can checkout a concrete version in the git repository, we will simply build the master branch here: ```sh git clone https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng.git cd crosstool-ng/ ``` 3. Install `crosstool-ng`. ```sh ./bootstrap ./configure --enable-local make sudo make install ``` You can also install `ct-ng` locally by supplying `--prefix=` to the `configure` command. You don't need `sudo` for the `make install` command if you do this 4. You can get a list of architectures by running ```sh ./ct-ng list-samples > samples.txt cat samples.txt ``` `ct-ng` includes pre-configurations for the Raspberry Pis. For example you can display the settings for the Raspberry Pi 3 with the command ```sh ./ct-ng show-arm-cortex_a8-linux-gnueabi ``` You can add the configuration with ```sh ./ct-ng arm-cortex_a8-linux-gnueabi ``` You can now customize the build with ```sh ./ct-ng menuconfig ``` It is recommended to go to `Paths and misc options` and disable `Paths and misc options`. It is also recommended to go to `Target Options` → `Floating Points` and enable hardware flaoting point support. Remember to save the configuration. 5. Finally, after finishing the configuration you can build the toolchain with ```sh ./ct-ng build ``` This takes 20-30 minutes. You can find the toolchain in the `~/x-tools` folder after building has finished