Re: [Xenomai] Installing xenomai libraries ARM OMAP4460

[Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 02:13:55PM +1200, vibnwis wrote:
> On 22 September 2015 at 02:46, Gilles Chanteperdrix <
> gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:16:53PM +1200, vibnwis wrote:
> > > Hi Gilles,
> > >
> > > I managed to get autoreconf -if to work, and advanced to compiling the
> > > xenomai. However, yet not to the end. I got the following error. Then I
> > > switch xenomai-gch. The same error as well. Hence, I changed the CC to
> > > Ubuntu arm-linux-gnueabihf package. The same error too. The errors are as
> > > follow.
> > >
> > > checking for ARM machine... configure: error: Selecting a machine with
> > > --enable-arm-mach is mandatory
> > >
> > > and the command is  ./configure CFLAGS="-march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfp3"
> > > LDFLAGS="-march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfp3" --with-core=cobalt --enable-smp
> > > --enable-pshared --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf
> > >
> > > if I added --enable-arm-mach, I get error messages "checking for ARM
> > > machine... configure: error: Invalid machine selected: "yes"".
> > >
> > > Googles don't seem to get any positive resolution. Appreciate any
> > > comments.
> >
> > You are trying to compile an outdated version of Xenomai, Xenomai
> > version 2.5 or earlier. You can have access to the installation
> > instructions for that particular version in the sources (the file is
> > named README.INSTALL at the top of the sources tree), or on the
> > website, using the URL:
> >
> > http://xenomai.org/documentation/xenomai-2.5/README.INSTALL
> >
> > for instance, if installing the version 2.5. Replace 2.5 with the
> > version you are actually installing.
> >
> 
> I use Xenomai-3 of which I use patches namely
> kernel/cobalt/arch/arm/patches/ipipe-core-3.18.12-arm-4.patch patched the
> kernel 3.18.12. And under Xenomai-3, I autoreconf -fi to create a configure
> file and finally make it xenomai libs and test apps. Under the installed is
> has two directory, dev and usr. Under the usr/ it has xenomai/bin, etc.

So, you got passed the error "Selecting a machine with --enable-arm-mach
is mandatory" finally? It is a bit hard to follow your progress.

> 
> Have I missed out anything? in terms getting it the test apps as well as
> the related device files to work.

To see if xenomai is installed correctly, see:
http://xenomai.org/installing-xenomai-3-x/#Testing_the_installation

For the device files, see Lennart answer here:
http://xenomai.org/pipermail/xenomai/2015-September/035111.html

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