Re: [PATCH atusb/fw v2 2/3] atusb: fw: Update toolchain instructions

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>]

Hi Stefan,

stefan@datenfreihafen.org wrote on Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:54:49 +0200:

> Hello Miquel.
> 
> On 06.09.22 10:21, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > Those instructions do not work anymore for several reaons:
> > - Two out of the three files to download return a 404 error:
> >        * The binutils version does not exist, it was 2.21.1 or 2.21.1a
> >          instead of just 2.21.
> >        * The avr-libc is no longer hosted on the pointed website, I've
> >          found an alternate.
> > - The binutils version mentioned is not able to compile the firmware on
> >    a recent distribution, the Internet advised to update its version and
> >    it worked.
> > - Most of these compilations will throw warnings if you use a recent
> >    gcc. Sometimes -Werror is set and it fails the build. To avoid that,
> >    just use --disable-werror in the ./configure options.
> > - I had issues building the gcc doc but those issues are trivial to
> >    fix inline.
> > 
> > Update the instructions for building the toolchain and while at it,
> > start the file by mentioning that this is maybe not useful anymore, and
> > provide the packets to install.  
> 
> I can see that it was a frustrating process to get this working. :/
> Sorry to hear. The truth is only a handful of people did ever build the firmware themself, I think. Even I have not done it in a while. (ugh, 5 years ago most likely judging from the git log).

Oh I'm not blaming anyone here ;)

By the way I would like to make a another round of tests because during
my demos I could observe a wrong LQI, and I don't remember if the LQI
was valid before my changes or not. I haven't got the time yet to get
back to it. Or maybe the devices were too close to each other? I don't
know, I'll need to figure it out so we don't break a useful existing
feature.

Thanks,
Miquèl