Re: tweaking insane.bbclass to handle MIPS SEAD-3?

[Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>]

On 4/18/13 10:44 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2013, Mark Hatle wrote:
>
>> On 4/18/13 9:25 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> ... snip ...
>
>>> DEFAULTTUNE ?= "mips32"
>>>
>>> require conf/machine/include/mips/arch-mips.inc
>>>
>>> TUNEVALID[mips32] = "Enable mips32 specific processor optimizations"
>>> TUNECONFLICTS[mips32] = "n64 n32"
>>> TUNE_CCARGS += "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "mips32",
>>> "-march=mips32", "", d)}"
>>>
>>> AVAILTUNES += "mips32 mips32el mips32-nf mips32el-nf"
>>>
>>>     so, off the top of my head, i suggested adding to local.conf:
>>>
>>> DEFAULTTUNE := "mips32el"
>>
>> A quick look at master says that that should be fine.  It will result in:
>>
>> TUNE_FEATURES = "o32 fpu-hard mips32"
>> BASE_LIB = "lib"
>> TUNE_ARCH = "mipsel"
>> TUNE_PKGARCH = "mips32el"
>> PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS = "mipsel mips32el"
>>
>> Changing the tune to "mips32el-nf", will result in a mips32 little
>> endian, soft-float system.  And there should be no sanity or other
>> failures.
>>
>> (Note, the difference between 'mips' and 'mips32' is use of -march=mips32.)
>>
>>> since that's listed as one of the "AVAILTUNES", but i was just
>>> guessing. from what i heard, that *partly* solved the problem but
>>> the rest of the solution is what you read above.
>>>
>>>     i can easily ask them to try a different recipe, they're all
>>> set up to build and test a rootfs. what *would* have been the
>>> right approach?
>>
>> If the tuning is set right, then everything else should "just work".
>> They can do the DEFAULTTUNE setting in their local.conf, but it's
>> better to do it in their machine.conf file.  (Style vs required.)
>>
>> They can verify the settings using 'bitbake -e' and looking for the
>> CC flags, and other related items to make sure they are right for
>> this system.
>
>    so if i read you correctly, all i need to do is copy the existing
> routerstationpro.conf to, say, sead3.conf, and add the single line:
>
> DEFAULTTUNE := "mips32el-nf"         <--- add that
> require conf/machine/include/tune-mips32.inc
>
>    that about right? i'll give that a shot right away just to see if it
> builds.  can't test it without the kit but building will still be a
> useful exercise.

Yes that should work.

--Mark

> rday
>