On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 1:58 AM Heinz Junkes <jun...@fhi-berlin.mpg.de> wrote: > > I think you should not make a patch for these two changes but a > simple replacement with e.g. sed. > > like > > sed -i ’s/^RTEMS_BASE/RTEMS_BASE = > \/home\/mritunjay\/development\/rtems/\$\(RTEMS_VERSION\)-arm\/g’ > configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.RTEMS > > oder so ;-) >
Yes, great, that was something I think I mentioned before--the patches are fine to get things hacked, but we should script the configuration if we can from RSB. A cross-platform python-based approach must be used. > > Viele Grüße > Heinz Junkes > -- > Experience directly varies with equipment ruined. > > > > > On 12. Aug 2020, at 02:13, Mritunjay Sharma <mritunjaysharma...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hello Heinz and everyone! > > > > Thank you so much for this update. I started to work first by building > > EPICS by hand > > for "xilinx_zynq_a9_qemu". Till the time, you gave > > https://gitlab.fhi.mpg.de/junkes/epics-base.git, > > I had to struggle with lot of errors which cloning into this repo solved. > > > > So I started by building "xilinx_zynq_a9_qemu" BSP for RTEMS5 using my own > > blog with only difference being > > that I used '--disable-networking' to use libbsd. > > > > After that, I used this blog https://rmeena840.github.io/Fourth-Post/ of a > > GSoC 19 Student to build and install rtems-libbsd > > for "xilinx_zynq_a9_qemu". > > > > Everything worked perfectly fine till now. Now I entered the 'epics-base' > > directory and made > > the changes in configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.RTEMS as: > > > > # FHI: > > RTEMS_SERIES = 5 > > RTEMS_VERSION = 5 > > RTEMS_BASE = /home/mritunjay/development/rtems/$(RTEMS_VERSION)-arm > > > > Also made the change in configure/CONFIG_SITE: > > > > CROSS_COMPILER_TARGET_ARCHS=RTEMS-xilinx_zynq_a9_qemu > > > > After this I used 'make' command and it worked fine. > > > > So, I can say that there were just two changes which I had to make then the > > previous one. > > > > The successful build by hand enabled me to work on the RSB recipe. > > > > I worked on them and it can be found here > > https://github.com/RTEMS/rtems-source-builder/compare/master...mritunjaysharma394:epics-support-zynq. > > > > The patch I am applying can be found here: > > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mritunjaysharma394/epics-mritunjay/master/patches/0001-Added-support-for-RTEMS-xilinx_zynq_a9_qemu.patch > > > > However, the problem I am facing is that while building the recipe using: > > ```.../source-builder/sb-builder --log=log_epics epics-7-1```, > > the build is failing because it seems that Patch setup in configure file is > > not getting applied there. I followed the same steps as done for pc > > but this time the patch is not getting applied. > > > > It will be really helpful if you can guide where did I went wrong thist > > time. > > > > I am attaching the log and report file for reference. > > > > Thanks > > Mritunjay > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 8:56 PM junkes <jun...@fhi-berlin.mpg.de> wrote: > > Hello Mritunjay, > > > > I have now finished an EPICS variant that works with libbsd so far. DHCP > > and NFS work. NTP I added a primitive reader. This is sufficient for > > testing. > > > > You can find the development here: > > > > https://gitlab.fhi.mpg.de/junkes/epics-base.git > > > > It's not perfect yet. The adaptation to the legacy stack and the processing > > of the environment variables from the flash (u-boot etc.) is still missing. > > > > [h1@earth QtC-epics-base (7.0 *+)]$ ./startQemu softIoc > > Script name: ./startQemu > > qemu-system-aarch64: warning: nic cadence_gem.1 has no peer > > WARNING: OS Clock time was read before being set. > > Using 1990-01-02 00:00:00.000000 UTC > > > > initConsole --- Info --- > > stdin: fileno: 0, ttyname: /dev/ttyS1 > > stdout: fileno: 1, ttyname: /dev/ttyS1 > > stderr: fileno: 2, ttyname: /dev/ttyS1 > > tcsetattr failed: I/O error > > time set to : 04/14/14 07:30:06.000055589 UTC > > Startup. > > epicsThreadSetPriority called by non epics thread > > > > ***** RTEMS Version: rtems-5.0.0-m2003 (ARM/ARMv4/xilinx_zynq_a9_qemu) ***** > > > > ***** Initializing network (dhcp) ***** > > nexus0: <RTEMS Nexus device> > > zy7_slcr0: <Zynq-7000 slcr block> on nexus0 > > cgem0: <Cadence CGEM Gigabit Ethernet Interface> on nexus0 > > miibus0: <MII bus> on cgem0 > > e1000phy0: <Marvell 88E1111 Gigabit PHY> PHY 0 on miibus0 > > e1000phy0: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, > > 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto > > e1000phy1: <Marvell 88E1111 Gigabit PHY> PHY 23 on miibus0 > > e1000phy1: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, > > 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto > > info: cgem0: Ethernet address: 52:54:00:12:34:56 > > info: lo0: link state changed to UP > > > > ---- Wait for DHCP done ... > > dhcpcd: unknown option -- pv4only > > info: version 6.2.1 starting > > cgem0: cgem_mediachange: could not set ref clk0 to 25000000. > > info: cgem0: link state changed to UP > > dhcpcd: unknown option -- pv4only > > debug: cgem0: executing `ioc boot' PREINIT > > > > ***** Primary Network interface : cgem0 ***** > > debug: cgem0: executing `ioc boot' CARRIER > > > > ***** Primary Network interface : cgem0 ***** > > info: DUID 00:01:00:01:1a:de:4a:fe:52:54:00:12:34:56 > > info: cgem0: IAID 00:12:34:56 > > info: cgem0: soliciting an IPv6 router > > debug: cgem0: delaying Router Solicitation for LL address > > debug: cgem0: using ClientID 00:46:48:49:20:74:65:73:74:20:63:6c:69:65:6e:74 > > info: cgem0: soliciting a DHCP lease > > debug: cgem0: sending DISCOVER (xid 0x86686938), next in %0.1f seconds > > info: cgem0: carrier lost > > debug: cgem0: executing `ioc boot' NOCARRIER > > > > ***** Primary Network interface : cgem0 ***** > > info: cgem0: carrier acquired > > dhcpcd: unknown option -- pv4only > > debug: cgem0: executing `ioc boot' CARRIER > > > > ***** Primary Network interface : cgem0 ***** > > info: cgem0: IAID 00:12:34:56 > > info: cgem0: soliciting an IPv6 router > > debug: cgem0: delaying Router Solicitation for LL address > > debug: cgem0: using ClientID 00:46:48:49:20:74:65:73:74:20:63:6c:69:65:6e:74 > > info: cgem0: soliciting a DHCP lease > > debug: cgem0: sending DISCOVER (xid 0x441a0d89), next in %0.1f seconds > > debug: cgem0: wrong xid 0x86686938 (expecting 0x441a0d89) from 10.1.0.1 > > debug: cgem0: sending DISCOVER (xid 0x441a0d89), next in %0.1f seconds > > info: cgem0: offered 10.1.0.104 from 10.1.0.1 > > debug: cgem0: sending REQUEST (xid 0x441a0d89), next in %0.1f seconds > > debug: cgem0: acknowledged 10.1.0.104 from 10.1.0.1 > > debug: cgem0: checking for 10.1.0.104 > > debug: cgem0: sending ARP probe (1 of 3), next in %0.1f seconds > > debug: cgem0: sending ARP probe (2 of 3), next in %0.1f seconds > > > > ---- Wait for DHCP done ... > > debug: cgem0: sending ARP probe (3 of 3), next in %0.1f seconds > > info: cgem0: leased 10.1.0.104 for 6000 seconds > > debug: cgem0: renew in 3000 seconds, rebind in 5250 seconds > > debug: cgem0: adding IP address 10.1.0.104/24 > > info: cgem0: adding host route to 10.1.0.104 via 127.0.0.1 > > err: cgem0: ipv4_addroute: File exists > > info: cgem0: adding route to 10.1.0.0/24 > > err: cgem0: ipv4_addroute: File exists > > info: cgem0: adding default route via 10.1.0.1 > > debug: cgem0: writing lease `/var/db/dhcpcd-cgem0.lease' > > debug: cgem0: executing `ioc boot' BOUND > > > > ***** Primary Network interface : cgem0 ***** > > Interface TGP bounded > > rtems_bsdnet_bootp_server_name : 1001.1001@10.1.0.1:/Volumes/Epics > > rtems_bsdnet_bootp_boot_file_name : > > /Volumes/Epics/myExample/bin/RTEMS-xilinx_zynq_a9_qemu/myExample.boot > > rtems_bsdnet_bootp_cmdline : > > /Volumes/Epics/myExample/iocBoot/iocmyExample/st.cmd > > debug: cgem0: sending ARP announce (1 of 2), next in 2.0 seconds > > -------------- IFCONFIG ----------------- > > cgem0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=80008<VLAN_MTU,LINKSTATE> > > ether 52:54:00:12:34:56 > > inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe12:3456%cgem0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > > inet 10.1.0.104 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.1.0.255 > > nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > > status: active > > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 > > options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6> > > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 > > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > > nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > > groups: lo > > -------------- NETSTAT ------------------ > > Routing tables > > > > Internet: > > Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire > > default 10.1.0.1 UGS cgem0 > > 10.1.0.0/24 link#1 U cgem0 > > 10.1.0.104 link#1 UHS lo0 > > 127.0.0.1 link#2 UH lo0 > > > > Internet6: > > Destination Gateway Flags > > Netif Expire > > ::1 link#2 UH > > lo0 > > fe80::%cgem0/64 link#1 U > > cgem0 > > fe80::5054:ff:fe12:3456%cgem0 link#1 UHS > > lo0 > > fe80::%lo0/64 link#2 U > > lo0 > > fe80::1%lo0 link#2 UHS > > lo0 > > > > ***** Until now no NTP support in RTEMS 5 with rtems-libbsd ***** > > > > ***** Ask ntp server once... ***** > > time from ntp : 08/10/20 15:08:41.000055589 UTC > > > > ***** Setting up file system ***** > > ***** Initializing NFS ***** > > rtems_bootp_server_name: 1001.1001@10.1.0.1:/Volumes/Epics > > nfsMount("1001.1001@10.1.0.1", "/Volumes/Epics", "/Volumes/Epics") > > Mount 1001.1001@10.1.0.1:/Volumes/Epics on /Volumes/Epics > > Warning: EPICS_TIMEZONE (CST6CDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2) unrecognizable -- > > times will be displayed as GMT. > > check for time registered , C++ initialization ... > > ***** Preparing EPICS application ***** > > chdir("/Volumes/Epics/myExample/iocBoot/iocmyExample/") > > ***** Starting EPICS application ***** > > dbLoadDatabase("../../dbd/softIoc.dbd") > > Can't register 'system' command -- no command interpreter available. > > softIoc_registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase) > > # Begin /Volumes/Epics/myExample/iocBoot/iocmyExample/st.cmd > > iocInit() > > Starting iocInit > > ############################################################################ > > ## EPICS R7.0.3.2-DEV > > ## Rev. R7.0.3.1-105-ge597f8104c18ec7b9fc5-dirty > > ############################################################################ > > debug: cgem0: sending ARP announce (2 of 2) > > Warning: RSRV has empty beacon address list > > epicsThreadRealtimeLock Warning: Unable to lock the virtual address space. > > VM page faults may harm real-time performance. errno=22 > > iocRun: All initialization complete > > # End /Volumes/Epics/myExample/iocBoot/iocmyExample/st.cmd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2020-08-08 21:58, Mritunjay Sharma wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 11:10 PM Gedare Bloom <ged...@rtems.org> wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 11:08 AM Mritunjay Sharma > >> <mritunjaysharma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 9:46 PM Heinz Junkes <jun...@fhi-berlin.mpg.de> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hallo Mritunjay, > >> >> everything looks pretty good. I'm commenting on the text. I also send > >> >> this mail > >> >> to two EPICS experts (Andrew Johnson and Michael Davidsaver). Maybe > >> >> they also have some ideas. > >> > > >> > > >> > Thank you so much Heinz! It will be really a great help! > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > Current Status: > >> >> > > >> >> > 1) Successfully built EPICS7 with RTEMS5 by hand for pc-386 > >> >> > 2) Worked for RSB recipe. > >> >> > In its due process, I Wrote: > >> >> > i) rsb/rtems/config/epics/epics-7-1.cfg > >> >> > ii)rsb/rtems/config/epics/epics-base.bset > >> >> > iii)rsb/source-builder/config/epics-7-1.cfg > >> >> > 3) Added Patch for RTEMS-pc-386 support which made the above recipe > >> >> > work successfully. > >> >> > 4) Therefore, Successully built EPICS7 with RTEMS5 by using RSB > >> >> > recipe as well for pc-386 as of now. > >> >> > 5) Sent 4 Patches for review of the same. > >> >> > > >> >> > What problems are in the next steps? > >> >> > > >> >> > 1) How to make it work across different architectures? > >> >> > 2) Exisiting EPICS works on the old legacy network stack. > >> >> > 3) I am not using EPICS upstream branch. It is being built > >> >> > by Heinz's epics playground. > >> >> > 4) Doubts in how to start with testing. > >> >> > > >> >> > My Resarch work for the Problem no: 1 > >> >> > > >> >> > I have gone through the EPICS developer guide from here > >> >> > exhaustively in the past couple of day and here are few interesting > >> >> > things > >> >> > that I found which can help: > >> >> > > >> >> > 1) "The main ingredients of the build system are: > >> >> > • A set of configuration files and tools provided in the EPICS > >> >> > base/configure directory > >> >> > • A corresponding set of configuration files in the <top>/configure > >> >> > directory of a non-base <top> directory > >> >> > structure to be built. The makeBaseApp.pl and makeBaseExt.pl scripts > >> >> > create these configuration files. Many of > >> >> > these files just include a file of the same name from the > >> >> > base/configure directory. > >> >> > • Makefiles in each directory of the <top> directory structure to be > >> >> > built > >> >> > • User created configuration files in build created > >> >> > $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/cfg directories. > >> >> > " > >> >> > > >> >> > Remarks: Now since it is also mentioned in the guide that > >> >> > "makeBaseApp.pl > >> >> > creates directories and then copies template files into the newly > >> >> > created directories > >> >> > while expanding macros in the template files. EPICS base provides two > >> >> > sets of template files: simple and example." > >> >> > Can we think of using makeBaseApp.pl to that end? Making the user > >> >> > allow > >> >> > to change the configurations from the terminal? > >> >> > >> >> I don't think that makeBaseApp.pl will help you. This is intended to > >> >> build an example IOC. It takes the settings from the above mentioned > >> >> configuration files. > >> >> > >> >> You "only" need to specify the location of the RTEMS installation in > >> >> configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.RTEMS. > >> >> RTEMS_VERSION = > >> >> RTEMS_BASE = > >> >> > >> >> Then you have to define the target in configure/CONFIG_SITE: > >> >> ... > >> >> # Which target architectures to cross-compile for. > >> >> # Definitions in configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.<host>.Common > >> >> # may override this setting. > >> >> CROSS_COMPILER_TARGET_ARCHS= > >> >> ... > >> >> e.g. "CROSS_COMPILER_TARGET_ARCHS=RTEMS-xilinx_zynq_a9_qemu" > >> >> > >> >> And for each target there must be a file in configure/os: > >> >> e.g. CONFIG_Common.RTEMS-xilinx_zynq_a9_qemu > >> >> If it is not provided by EPICS, the RSB should install it there > >> >> (adapted to the target to be used by epics make). > >> > > >> > >> Probably they should be provided by EPICS for known-to-work > >> configurations. If they are not, we should push upstream. > >> > >> > > >> > Yes, Heinz. I followed the above steps and created a patch which I > >> > applied in the configuration files of RSB recipe. > >> > The problem with it is that it's made only for pc-386 and I have to > >> > hardcode there about location of the RTEMS installation in > >> > configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.RTEMS. My doubt is how to modify the > >> > patch that can it offer user-specific location of the RTEMS > >> > installation and bsp? > >> >> > >> > >> I still think this should be done through some kind of pre-processing > >> (scripting) over these configuration files for a given target, using > >> some fixed pattern, rather than by patching. A patch is fine for > >> proof-of-concept, but I don't think we want to have x patches for x > >> BSP targets of EPICS. Maybe it is fine, there aren't that many BSP > >> targets right now, but I can see this kind of patch-based > >> configuration getting a little unwieldy. > >> > >> If you proceed with the patch-based approach, you need to figure out > >> how to pick the right patch to apply based on the target/bsp build. So > >> that would be your next step. Create a patch for the zynq, and see if > >> you can dynamically determine which one to apply (zynq or pc386) based > >> on RSB internal state/variables. > >> > >> Thank you for the suggestions. I will start working on creating the patch > >> for zynq and will see if > >> something can be done to dynamically determine them. > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > 2) "The startup directory in EPICS base contains a perl script, > >> >> > EpicsHostArch.pl, which can be used to define > >> >> > EPICS_HOST_ARCH. This script can be invoked with a command line > >> >> > parameter defining the alternate compiler (e.g. > >> >> > if invoking EpicsHostArch.pl yields solaris-sparc, then invoking > >> >> > EpicsHostArch.pl gnu will yield > >> >> > solaris-sparc-gnu). > >> >> > The startup directory also contains scripts to help users set the > >> >> > path and other environment variables" > >> >> This has nothing to do with 2) > >> > > >> > > >> > I am sorry for the misunderstanding. All the 4 points mentioned here are > >> > my observations only for the Problem No.1 > >> > `1) How to make it work across different architectures?` > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> There's no need to adjust anything here. The EPICS make recognizes the > >> >> architecture on which it is started. > >> >> > >> >> > Remarks: As EPICS_HOST_ARCH, can we do something similar for > >> >> > CROSS_COMPILER_TARGET_ARCHS? > >> >> > > >> >> > 3) ") The following is a summary of targets that can be specified for > >> >> > gnumake: > >> >> > • <action> > >> >> > • <arch> > >> >> > • <action>.<arch> > >> >> > • <dir> > >> >> > • <dir>.<action> > >> >> > • <dir>.<arch> > >> >> > • <dir>.<action>.<arch> > >> >> > where: > >> >> > <arch> is an architecture such as solaris-sparc, vxWorks-68040, > >> >> > win32-x86, etc. > >> >> > <action> is help, clean, realclean, distclean, inc, install, build, > >> >> > rebuild, buildInstall, realuninstall, or uninstall" > >> >> > > >> >> > Remarks: Now similar to the above stated, can we work for Cross > >> >> > Compiler target Architecture? > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> But this does not refer to 3) ? > >> > > >> > > >> > No no, this remark is also for the problem 1 only as told above. Slight > >> > misunderstanding here :) > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> 3) You have to take "my" repo at the moment, because the adaptations to > >> >> RTEMS5 are not yet included in the official epics-base. This is a > >> >> hen-and-egg problem because RTEMS is only now in the release phase, so > >> >> my changes have not been implemented yet. > >> > > >> > > >> > Ok, I hope Dr. Gedare and Chris can help you with that. > >> > >> We just need to be ready for when RTEMS 5.1 is officially released. > >> Hopefully soon, but I don't have a timeline. Releases are mostly > >> volunteer time, so they happen when they happen. We're trying to get > >> better about that, but it is hard (due to lack of incentives). > >> > >> I think that makes it clear, Heinz. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> 2) I'm just about to figure out in the Epics Makefiles whether the > >> >> target was built with the legacy-stack or libbsd-stack. It's working > >> >> already. > >> >> Now I also have to adjust the rtems_init.c accordingly. Here I have to > >> >> clean up a little bit. But I hope to have this finished by the middle > >> >> of the week. > >> > > >> > > >> > Thank you so much for the update! > >> > > >> > So I would like to ask my other mentors - what can I do for the time > >> > being? What should be the next steps for this week? > >> > >> Prepare the zynq patch and try to work out the logic of how to select > >> the right patch to apply. > >> > >> Then similar logic might be usable to script the configuration changes > >> of EPICS so we don't need patches. > >> > >> Sure, I will do and update soon. > >> > >> > And yes how to begin the testing part? > >> > >> This was suggested by Heinz earlier to look at the CI test scripts > >> that EPICS maintainers use. > >> > >> Yes, it slipped out of my mind. Will check and revert. > >> > >> Thanks > >> Mritunjay Sharma > >> > >> > I have tried to find some resources but I think it will be > >> > better if you can help somewhere to look at. > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > Mritunjay Sharma > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > These were the little doubts that originated from the research work I > >> >> > did. > >> >> > I will like the opinion of mentors that what can be the optimal way > >> >> > now to approach the > >> >> > project after this? What can be some resources for better research > >> >> > work of the > >> >> > above problems? > >> >> > > >> >> > Also, for the reference: > >> >> > Link to the changes in commits of rsb can be found here: > >> >> > https://github.com/RTEMS/rtems-source-builder/compare/master...mritunjaysharma394:epics-support > >> >> > > >> >> > The patch for epics can be found here: > >> >> > https://github.com/mritunjaysharma394/epics-mritunjay/tree/master/patches > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks > >> >> > Mritunjay Sharma > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> Heinz > > > > > > <rsb-report-epics-base-7.0-x86_64-linux-gnu-1.txt><log_epics> > _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@rtems.org http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel