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51. Autoconf support
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7
8This version of RTEMS is configured with GNU autoconf. RTEMS can be
9configured and built either standalone or together with the compiler
10tools in the Cygnus one-tree structure. Using autoconf also means
11that RTEMS now can be built in a separate build directory.
12
13To re-generate auto*tool generated files (configure, Makefile.in etc),
14autoconf-2.57 and automake-1.7.2 are required.
15
162. Installation
17===============
18
192.1 Standalone build
20
21To configure RTEMS for a specific target, run configure in the build
22directory. In addition to the standard configure options, the following
23RTEMS-specific option are supported:
24
25        --disable-rtems-inlines
26        --disable-posix
27        --disable-itron
28        --disable-networking
29        --enable-cxx
30        --enable-bare-cpu-model=<MODEL>
31        --enable-bare-cpu-cflags=<FLAGS>
32        --enable-multiprocessing
33        --enable-rtemsbsp="bsp1 bsp2 ..."
34        --enable-tests
35        --enable-rdbg            (only valid for i386 and some PowerPC BSPs)
36        --enable-docs
37
38In addition, the following standard autoconf options are frequently
39used when configuring RTEMS installations:
40
41        --prefix=INSTALL_DIRECTORY
42
43By default, inline routines are used instead of macros where possible.
44Macros can be selected using the --disable-inlines option.  [NOTE:
45Some APIs may not support macro versions of their inline routines.]
46
47By default, the RTEMS POSIX 1003.1b interface is built for targets that support
48it. It can be disabled with the --disable-posix option.
49
50By default, the RTEMS uITRON interface is built for targets that support
51it. It can be disabled with the --disable-itron option.
52
53By default, the RTEMS networking support is built for targets which
54support it.  It can be specifically disabled for those targets
55with the --disable-networking option.
56
57By default, the RTEMS remote debugger server support is not built.
58It can be specifically enabled for the targets that support it.
59with the --enable-rdbg option. NB : the RTEMS networking support
60must be enabled to support the remote debugger server.
61
62By default, the RTEMS support of C++ is disabled.  It can be enabled
63with the --enable-cxx option. If the rtems++ C++ library is installed
64it will also be build.
65
66By default, the RTEMS test suites are NOT configured -- only the
67sample tests are built.  --enable-tests will configure
68the RTEMS test suite. The default speeds up the build
69and configure process when the tests are not desired.
70
71By default, RTEMS is built using arguments and build rules which require a
72gcc supporting the -specs option, ie. a gcc >= 2.8.
73[The --disable-gcc28 option, which has been present in former releases, has
74been removed.]
75
76By default, multiprocessing is is not built.  It can be enabled
77for those BSPs supporting it by the --enable-multiprocessing option.
78
79By default, all bsps for a target are built. The bare BSP is not built
80unless directly specified. There are  two ways of changing this:
81
82  + use the --enable-rtemsbsp option which will set the specified
83    bsps as the default bsps, or
84  + set the RTEMS_BSP variable during make (see below).
85
86The --enable-rtemsbsp= option configures RTEMS for a specific board
87within a target architecture.  Remember that the target specifies the
88CPU family while the BSP specifies the precise board you will be using.
89The following targets are supported:
90
91        (none)                  will build the host-based version on Linux,
92                                Solaris and HPUX.
93
94        a29k-rtems              only standalone, uses non-gnu compiler
95        arm-rtems
96        h8300-rtems
97        i386-rtems
98        i960-rtems
99        hppa1.1-rtems
100        m68k-rtems
101        mips-rtems
102        mips64orion-rtems
103        no_cpu-rtems
104        powerpc-rtems
105        sh-rtems
106        sparc-rtems
107        bare                    see notes
108
109The cross-compiler is set to $(target)-gcc by default. This can be
110overridden by:
111
112  + using the --program-prefix option to configure to specify the
113    string which will prepended to the tool names.  Be sure to include
114    a trailing "-".  For example, to use a m68k-coff toolset, use the
115    --program-prefix=m68k-coff- option.
116
117To build, run make in the build directory. To specify which bsps to build,
118add the RTEMS_BSP="bsp1 bsp2 .." to the make command.  Specifying multiple
119BSPs to build only works from the top level build directory.
120
121Installation is done under $(prefix)/rtems.
122
123As an example, to build and install the mvme136 and dmv152 bsps for m68k do:
124
125        (path_to_rtems_src)/configure --target=m68k-rtems
126
127        make RTEMS_BSP="mvme136 dmv152"
128       
129        make install RTEMS_BSP="mvme136 dmv152"
130
131The sample tests are built by 'make all', do a 'make test' to build the full
132test suite.
133
134By default, --enable-docs is disabled and documentation is not built.
135
1362.2 Build with Cygnus one-tree release
137
138[NOTE: This section does not apply anymore.]
139
140To build and install RTEMS with the one-tree structure, just copy the rtems
141directory to the tree. The one-tree configure.in and Makefile.in has to be
142replaced with the RTEMS-aware versions. The build options are the same as
143for the standalone build.
144
1452.3 Target Dependent Notes
146
147bare:
148
149  1.  See the README in the bare bsp source directory. This should
150      contain all info you need.
151  2.  The bare bsp source contains a script to show how to build it.
152  3.  The configure flags must be used to get the bare bsp to work.
153      The --enable-bare-cpu-model and --enable-bare-cpu-cflags are the
154      only pieces of information. The module is usually a gcc module
155      such as m68302 or mcpu32. The flags are passed directly to gcc.
156      Use "" if more than one option is specified.
157
1583. To use the installed RTEMS library
159=====================================
160
161To use the installed RTEMS bsps to build applications, the application
162makefile has to include a bsp-specific makefile that will define the
163RTEMS variables necessary to find include files and libraries. The
164bsp-specific makefile is installed at
165
166        $(RTEMS_MAKEFILE_PATH)/Makefile.inc
167
168For the erc32 bsp installed at /usr/local/cross, the environment
169variable RTEMS_MAKEFILE_PATH would be set as follows to the
170following:
171
172/usr/local/cross/sparc-rtems/rtems/erc32/Makefile.inc
173
1744. Supported target bsps
175========================
176
177The following bsps are supported:
178
179host-based      : posix (on Linux, FreeBSD, Cygwin, Solaris, and HPUX)
180
181arm             : arm_bare_bsp armulator edb7312 vegaplus
182
183c4x             : c4xsim
184
185h8300           : h8sim
186
187i386            : i386ex pc386 pc386dx pc486 pc586 pc686 pck6 ts_386ex
188                  NOTE: The "pc386" BSP can be compiled to support a
189                        variety of PC configurations including PC-104
190                        based solutions.
191
192i960            : cvme961 i960sim rxgen960
193
194m68k            : dmv152 efi332 efi68k gen68302 gen68340 gen68360
195                  gen68360_040 idp mcf5206elite mrm332 mvme136 mvme147
196                  mvme147s mvme162 mvme162lx ods68302
197
198no_cpu          : no_bsp  (porting example)
199
200mips            : p4600 p4650 (p4000 port with either R4600 or R4650)
201                  jmr3904 genmongoosev
202
203or32:           : orp
204
205powerpc         : dmv177 eth_comm gen405 helas403 mcp750 mbx8xx mtx603e
206                  mvme230x ppcn_60x psim score603e
207
208                  NOTE: The "motorola_powerpc" BSP is a single BSP which
209                  can be conditionally compiled to support most Motorola
210                  VMEbus, CompactPCI, and MTX boards.)
211
212sh              : gensh1 gensh2 shsim simsh4 gensh4
213
214sparc           : erc32 erc32nfp leon1 leon2
215
216any             : bare
217
218The following ports are considered deprecated and will be removed in
219a future release:
220
221a29k            : portsw
222
223hppa1.1         : simhppa
224
225mips64orion     : (deprecated)
226                  p4600 p4650 (p4000 port with either R4600 or R4650)
227
228                  NOTE: MIPS support is NOT being dropped.  This is a clean up
229                        effort and the mips64orion BSPs and CPUs will be
230                        supported by the mips port.
231
2325. Makefile structure
233=====================
234
235The makefiles have been re-organized. Most gnu-based bsps now use three
236main makefiles:
237    + custom/default.cfg,
238    + custom/bsp.cfg and
239    + compilers/gcc-target-default.cfg.
240
241Default.cfg sets the default values of certain common build options.
242
243Bsp.cfg set bsp-specific build options and can also override the
244default settings.
245
246Gcc-target-default.cfg contains the common gcc definitions.
247
2486. Adding a bsp
249===============
250
251Please refer to the BSP and Device Driver Guide.
252
253
2547. Tested configurations
255========================
256
257All gnu-based bsps have been built on Linux.
258
259The native (posix) ports have been built and run only on Linux.
260
261The following configurations have NOT been tested:
262
263    + Anything on Nextstep, HPUX and Irix.
264    + The a29k port
265    + The C4x and OR32 ports (requires specially patched toolchain)
266
2678. Prerequisites
268================
269
270Gawk version 2 or higher.
271GNU make version 3.72 or higher.
272Bash.
273gcc version > 2.8
274
275NOTE: These prerequisites are probably out of date but autoconf should detect
276      any problems.
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