[Buildroot] GetTime() no longer works after toolchain rebuild

[Buildroot] GetTime() no longer works after toolchain rebuild

[JNY]

Hi,
I've recently rebuilt a toolchain, and now when I recompile some old (c)
code, the GetTime() isn't recognised.  The code compiles, and runs (mostly)
on the target architecture.  The GetTime() function isn't one I recognise
(as I inherited the code), and believe I must have missed something when
rebuilding the toolchain.  Any ideas what library this belongs to, and what
I have to do to get it working again.

The function isn't doing much, but, after commenting it out, other things in
the code no longer work, and I believe some (maybe all) of them will start
working once I get this one sorted.  Either way, this'll be a step in the
right direction.
Regards
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[Buildroot] GetTime() no longer works after toolchain rebuild

[Mitch Davis]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:55 AM, JNY <jny0@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've recently rebuilt a toolchain, and now when I recompile some old (c)
> code, the GetTime() isn't recognised. ?The code compiles, and runs (mostly)
> on the target architecture. ?The GetTime() function isn't one I recognise
> (as I inherited the code), and believe I must have missed something when
> rebuilding the toolchain. ?Any ideas what library this belongs to, and what
> I have to do to get it working again.

I'm not part of the buildroot crew, so don't take my response as 100%
but as far as I know, GetTime() is not a standard C function or system
call.  I'm guessing it's part of some user library your old C code is
linking against.  Can you find a reference to GetTime() using Google?

Mitch.

[Buildroot] GetTime() no longer works after toolchain rebuild

[Thomas Petazzoni]

On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:55:58 +1000
Mitch Davis <mjd+buildroot@afork.com> wrote:

> > I've recently rebuilt a toolchain, and now when I recompile some
> > old (c) code, the GetTime() isn't recognised. ?The code compiles,
> > and runs (mostly) on the target architecture. ?The GetTime()
> > function isn't one I recognise (as I inherited the code), and
> > believe I must have missed something when rebuilding the toolchain.
> > ?Any ideas what library this belongs to, and what I have to do to
> > get it working again.
> 
> I'm not part of the buildroot crew, so don't take my response as 100%
> but as far as I know, GetTime() is not a standard C function or system
> call.  I'm guessing it's part of some user library your old C code is
> linking against.  Can you find a reference to GetTime() using Google?

Yes, GetTime() is not a C library function. So, JNY, could you give
some more details about your problem ? Which application/library you're
trying to compile, the exact error message you're having, etc.

Thomas
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[Buildroot] GetTime() no longer works after toolchain rebuild

[JNY]

Hi People,

OK, GetTime() is irrellivent (and as I suspected, shouldn't actually be
there).  I started debugging by hand (dropping in printf's here and there -
I really should get a handle on GDB some time soon).  After one of the
recompiles, it managed to get to a point it hadn't previously.  Now
everytime I change the code, and recompile, it runs on the target machine. 
I'm not really sure why it started working, but that's exactly what I did; a
few recompiles, and kah-boom, I was in business!

Thanks for showing an interest.  Maybe others have experianced similar
things.  I'm slightly soncerned, as I didn't actually do anything (much) to
banish the demon, so cannot rule out the rearing its head again.

Regards,
JNY
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