Can you guys help me decide how to compile this make file?

ClubPenguin · 07-09-2022, 12:57 AM

Here's a little snippet, sorry I can't paste more but will do if it's necessary:

Code:

CROSS_TOOLS_DIR =
CROSS_COMPILER  = mips-linux-uclibc-gnu-
EXTRA_INCLUDES  = -I .
EXTRA_INCLUDES += -I component1/
EXTRA_INCLUDES += -I port/
EXTRA_INCLUDES += -I gp_driver/
EXTRA_INCLUDES += -I uart/
EXTRA_INCLUDES += -I spi_slave/
EXTRA_INCLUDES += -I network_interface/
EXTRA_INCLUDES += -I code/
EXTRA_INCLUDES += -I int/

LIBS_INCLUDES   =  
LDFLAGS         = -lpthread

AR              = $(CROSS_COMPILER)ar

Somehow the compiler I'm using is telling me this format is unrecognizable therefore it's being treated as linker script.

NevemTeve · 07-09-2022, 01:21 AM

Compiler/linker has nothing to do with `Makefile`, there is a dedicated program called `make`.

In the source you have downloaded there should be a file called `Install.txt`or `Build.txt` or `ReadMe.txt` which contains the build instructions.

ClubPenguin · 07-09-2022, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by NevemTeve

Compiler/linker has nothing to do with `Makefile`, there is a dedicated program called `make`.

In the source you have downloaded there should be a file called `Install.txt`or `Build.txt` or `ReadMe.txt` which contains the build instructions.

Hi it's for embedded arm system so it's cross-platform compilation.

I don't know what command to execute in order to get it to compile.

NevemTeve · 07-09-2022, 05:41 AM

In the source you have downloaded there should be a file called `Install.txt`or `Build.txt` or `ReadMe.txt` which contains the build instructions.

ClubPenguin · 07-09-2022, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NevemTeve

In the source you have downloaded there should be a file called `Install.txt`or `Build.txt` or `ReadMe.txt` which contains the build instructions.

Hi I didn't download the source, it was given to me by my manufacturer and there are no such files...

ntubski · 07-09-2022, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ClubPenguin

I don't know what command to execute in order to get it to compile.

Usually the command to run for a makefile is make.

EdGr · 07-09-2022, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ClubPenguin

Hi I didn't download the source, it was given to me by my manufacturer and there are no such files...

Maybe you can tell us what you are trying to do.

The answer might be "you are up a creek without a paddle."
Ed

rtmistler · 07-09-2022, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ClubPenguin

Hi I didn't download the source, it was given to me by my manufacturer and there are no such files...

Then ask them for compile instructions. They should've given you those as well, it only makes common sense.

ClubPenguin · 07-09-2022, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ntubski

Usually the command to run for a makefile is make.

Thank you, but I didn't install the compiler from "official" repo with apt get, I "installed" it by placing the relevant files in /opt/ folder as instructed, and then modified the PATH variable in .bashrc.

So "make" doesn't really do anything, which is why I asked people to identify the format of this makefile.

ClubPenguin · 07-09-2022, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by EdGr

Maybe you can tell us what you are trying to do.

The answer might be "you are up a creek without a paddle."
Ed

To compile source code on desktop machine A for embedded industrial board machine B, using what maybe a modified version of official gcc arm compiler.

The makefile that comes with the source code should help me do the job by default but it doesn't.

ClubPenguin · 07-09-2022, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rtmistler

Then ask them for compile instructions. They should've given you those as well, it only makes common sense.

They don't have a customer service department or FAE so...

EdGr · 07-09-2022, 06:52 PM

I would expect an industrial controller to come with decent documentation.

Is there a configure script that you can run? A common build sequence is:

Code:

configure
make 
make install

Ed

dugan · 07-09-2022, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ntubski

Usually the command to run for a makefile is make.

Yes. What happens when you do that?

ClubPenguin · 07-10-2022, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EdGr

I would expect an industrial controller to come with decent documentation.

Is there a configure script that you can run? A common build sequence is:

Code:

configure
make 
make install

Ed

It says make is not installed and I need to install it using such and such apt-get

ClubPenguin · 07-10-2022, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by dugan

Yes. What happens when you do that?

It says make is not installed and I need to install it using such and such apt-get