Re: Assistance Request

[Joel Sherrill]

Dave Korn wrote:
> On 11 February 2008 17:27, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>
>   
> > Starting with what I know.  This is for the SPARC/SIS
> > BSP for RTEMS.
> >
> > To compile:
> > sparc-rtems4.9-gcc -B${RTEMSBSP_prefix} \
> >    -specs bsp_specs -qrtems -g -O2 -mcpu=cypress \
> >    -c FILE.c
> >
> > To Link:
> > sparc-rtems4.9-gcc -B${RTEMSBSP_prefix} \
> >    -specs bsp_specs -qrtems -g  -mcpu=cypress \
> >    -o TEST_EXECUTABLE OBJECTS HARNESS.o
> >
> > To Run:
> >
> > sis-4.9 TEST_EXECUTABLE
> >
> > RTEMS programs start with a "Init" thread.  So
> > we will have build "HARNESS.c" and link with it
> > in each test executable.
> >
> > RTEMS applications do not return the exit status
> > to the environment. So it will have to print
> > pass/fail based on the exit value.  I vaguely
> > remember this not being a big deal for DejaGNU.
> >
> > If I can get one worked out, I can make it happen
> > for the others but I can't unravel the magic yet. :(
> >     
>
>   
Thanks for the help.  Bear with me.  Once I get one, I can do others. :)
>   Basically, you add a new baseboard file in $prefix/share/dejagnu/baseboards,
> the example in the docs is a reasonable starting point.  The new baseboard
> file includes a line somewhere like 'load_generic_config "sim"', which pulls
> in all the support routines from $prefix/share/dejagnu/config/sim.exp.  These
> handle the basic interfacing of the test framework to a locally-run simulator,
> and hopefully you shouldn't need to do too much more than tinker with config
> variables in the board.exp file.
>
>   
I'm in that area I copied powerpc-sim.exp to rtems-powerpc-sim.exp
as a starting point.  This is the powerpc simulator psim in gdb so
shouldn't be THAT difficult. :-D

After writing this with a bunch of questions, I decided to throw
together a simple script that builds and runs an RTEMS hello
world on psim.  Maybe this will give us something concrete to
reference.  It has all the pieces that need to be addressed.
RTEMS is very symmetrical -- Board Support Packages are
installed at ${prefix}/${target}/BSP and the ${prefix} does
not have to be the same as the toolset.

The entire example is attached and the following are the
questions I had.

We use versioned target names.  Do I have to list them all in
the following section?

=====================================
# This is a list of toolchains that are supported on this board.
set_board_info target_install {powerpc-rtems4.9}
=====================================

What about arguments to the simulator?  As you can see in
the example, we use this to invoke powerpc-rtems-run:

RUN -f DEVICE_TREE_FILE EXECUTABLE

where DEVICE_TREE_FILE has the device configuration.  How does
that get passed through?  Where should the DEVICE_TREE_FILE
go?
> > + an extra object file to link with.
> >     
>
> set_board_info ldflags
>   
Do I custom compile testrun.c myself? Or is that automatic?
For sure we need the main() wrapper for no return code.  I
can have the application start at main() so that isn't an issue.

I assume I have to manually compile an rtems specific support
file before the tests are run right?
>   
> > + target CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
> >     
>
> set_board_info cflags
> set_board_info ldflags
>
>   
As you can hopefully see now, we need to generically do this:

-B ${prefix}/${target}/BSP/ -specs bsp_specs -qrtems CPU_CFLAGS

where each board has its own CPU_CFLAGS. For psim, it would be
something like this when fully expanded:

-B/home/joel/rtems-4.9-work/bsp-install//powerpc-rtems4.9/psim/lib/ \
   -specs bsp_specs -qrtems -mcpu=603e  -Dppc603e  

I hate to hard-code a path or target since it is versioned.  Are there
DejaGNU variables I can use?
> > + command to run simulator
> >     
>
> set_board_info sim
>
>
>   So, how far are you at?  Have you got a baseboard script written yet?  Have
> you read the "Extending DejaGnu" chapter of the manual, specifically the
> "Adding a new board" section?
>
>   
I'm hacking on that.  But am not comfortable with this and
still don't know how to invoke runtest properly. :)

Thanks in advance.

--joel
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
> --
> Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
>
>   


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