On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:02 AM Chris Johns <chr...@rtems.org> wrote:
> On 29/7/20 4:43 am, Mritunjay Sharma wrote: > > First of all apologies for a little late response, > > please find the link to the blogs which tell how to Build EPICS7 with > > RTEMS5 for pc-386 by hand here: > > > > Part 1 > > : > https://medium.com/@mritunjaysharma394/installing-rtems-ecosystem-and-building-your-first-bsp-993d1cf38902 > > > > Part > > 2: > https://medium.com/@mritunjaysharma394/building-epics7-with-rtems5-by-hand-12d9fbd2eb82 > > > > Please do have a read and give me your feedback for improvements > > > > It looks good. > > I think adding the commands you use after the text "Unzip the downloaded > Zip > file inside this directory." helps. If the blob captures the exact > commands it > makes it easier for me to follow. The EPICS link is hard to find. > Thank you so much for the feedback. I will fix that. > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 7:20 AM Chris Johns <chr...@rtems.org > > <mailto:chr...@rtems.org>> wrote: > > > > On 27/7/20 10:34 am, Mritunjay Sharma wrote: > > > > > > Please find the patch for PC for EPICS here > > > > > > https://github.com/mritunjaysharma394/epics-mritunjay/blob/master/patches/0001-Added-Support-for-RTEMS-pc386.patch > > > > Thanks. > > > > > As an experiment, in the 4 patches I have sent to devel for RSB > recipe a few > > > days pack, I worked on a local file. I will modify it to published > source soon > > > in the next version of patch. > > > > Are the EPICS configure files just Makefiles? > > > > > > I think so and more clarity can be given by Heinz on it. > > Lets assume they are for now. > Okay. > > > Can the variables altered in your patch be controlled from the > command line? > > > > What does the `T_A` variables in EPICS mean? I see this is used here > ... > > > > I searched about it in the EPICS documentation and found that T_A > variable refers > > to 'T_A) is the current build’s target architecture'. > > Target Architecture seems likely. I would assume we need to look into what > these > are more. Yes. > > > I tried to alter it using the command line but I think it didn't work or > maybe I > > was doing in the wrong way? Heinz, can you comment on this? > > Please post the commands and the output. I find it hard to follow what is > happening here. > > > > https://github.com/mritunjaysharma394/epics-mritunjay/blob/master/configure/CONFIG#L64 > > > > If you look down from this there are some special includes ... > > > > > https://github.com/mritunjaysharma394/epics-mritunjay/blob/master/configure/CONFIG#L113 > > > > What are these files for? > > > > > > I found this information about them in the documentation: > > > > 'User specific override definitions are allowed in user created files in > the user’s > > <home>/configure subdirectory. These override definitions will be used > for builds > > in all <top> directory structures. The files must have the following > names. > > > > <home>/configure/CONFIG_USER > > <home>/configure/CONFIG_USER.<epics_host_arch> > > <home>/configure/CONFIG_USER.Common.<targetarch> > > <home>/configure/CONFIG_USER.<epics_host_arch>.<targetarch>' > > That is promising but using $HOME makes it hard. > > > The link to the documentation is: > > https://epics.anl.gov/base/R3-15/6-docs/AppDevGuide/BuildFacility.html > > > Thank you for the link. I will take a look. > > Chris > You are welcome, Chris! Meanwhile, I worked out on testing part a little bit and will be starting another thread for it. I am looking forward to your suggestions for the roadmap ahead. Thanks Mritunjay
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