2.6. Build a Board Support Package (BSP)

You installed the tool suite in your installation prefix, made ready the source for two RTEMS source packages and if you are using a Git clone bootstrapped the RTEMS sources in the previous sections. We installed the tool suite in $HOME/quick-start/rtems/5 and unpacked the source in $HOME/quick-start/src.

You are now able to build Board Support Packages (BSPs) for all architectures you have an installed RTEMS tool suite. To build applications on top of RTEMS, you have to build and install a BSP for your target hardware. To select a proper BSP for your target hardware consult the BSPs chapter. We select the erc32 BSP. The erc32 BSP uses approximately 2.3G bytes of disk space when the testsuite is built and 44M bytes of space when installed.

We will first show how to build the BSP using the RSB and then we will show how to build the same BSP manually. You only need to use one of the listed methods to build the BSP.

In the output in this section the base directory $HOME/quick-start was replaced by $BASE.

2.6.1. RSB BSP Build

The RSB build of RTEMS does not use the RTEMS source we made ready. It uses the RSB source you downloaded in a previous section. If you are using a release RSB source archive the BSP built is the released kernel image. If you are using a Git clone of the RSB the BSP will be version referenced in the RSB clone.

To build the BSP with all the tests run this command:

cd $HOME/quick-start/src/rsb/rtems
../source-builder/sb-set-builder --prefix=$HOME/quick-start/rtems/5 \
    --target=sparc-rtems5 --with-rtems-bsp=erc32 --with-rtems-tests=yes 5/rtems-kernel

This command should output something like this:

RTEMS Source Builder - Set Builder, 5.1.0
Build Set: 5/rtems-kernel
config: tools/rtems-kernel-5.cfg
package: sparc-rtems5-kernel-erc32-1
building: sparc-rtems5-kernel-erc32-1
sizes: sparc-rtems5-kernel-erc32-1: 2.279GB (installed: 44.612MB)
cleaning: sparc-rtems5-kernel-erc32-1
reporting: tools/rtems-kernel-5.cfg -> sparc-rtems5-kernel-erc32-1.txt
reporting: tools/rtems-kernel-5.cfg -> sparc-rtems5-kernel-erc32-1.xml
installing: sparc-rtems5-kernel-erc32-1 -> $BASE/
cleaning: sparc-rtems5-kernel-erc32-1
Build Set: Time 0:03:09.896961

The RSB BSP build can be customised with following RSB command line options:

--with-rtems-tests:

Build the test suite. If yes is provided all tests in the testsuite are build. If no is provided no tests are built and if samples is provided only the sample executables are built, e.g. --with-rtems-tests=yes. The test executables are install under the BSP in the tests directory and you can execute them with the tester and run command.

--with-rtems-smp:

Build with SMP support. The BSP has to have SMP support or this option will fail with an error.

--with-rtems-legacy-network:

Build the legacy network software. We recommend you use the current network support in the RTEMS BSP Library (libbsd) unless you need to maintain a legacy product. Do not use the legacy networking software for new developments.

--with-rtems-bspopts:

Build the BSP with BSP specific options. This is an advanced option. Please refer to the BSP specific details in the Board Support Packages (BSPs) of this manual or the BSP source code in the RTEMS source directory. To supply a list of options quote then list with ", e.g. --with-rtems-bspopts="BSP_POWER_DOWN_AT_FATAL_HALT=1"

If you have built a BSP with the RSB, you can move on to Test a Board Support Package (BSP).

2.6.2. Manual BSP Build

We manually build the BSP in four steps. The first step is to create a build directory. It must be separate from the RTEMS source directory. We use $HOME/quick-start/build/b-erc32.

mkdir -p $HOME/quick-start/build/b-erc32

The second step is to set your path. Prepend the RTEMS tool suite binary directory to your $PATH throughout the remaining steps. Run the command:

export PATH=$HOME/quick-start/rtems/5/bin:"$PATH"

Check your installed tools can be found by running:

command -v sparc-rtems5-gcc && echo "found" || echo "not found"

The output should be:

found

If not found is printed the tools are not correctly installed or the path has not been correctly set. Check the contents of the path $HOME/quick-start/rtems/5/bin manually and if sparc-rtems5-gcc is present the path is wrong. If the file cannot be found return to Install the Tool Suite and install the tools again.

The third step is to configure the BSP. There are various configuration options available. Some configuration options are BSP-specific.

cd $HOME/quick-start/build/b-erc32
$HOME/quick-start/src/rtems/configure \
    --prefix=$HOME/quick-start/rtems/5 \
    --enable-maintainer-mode \
    --target=sparc-rtems5 \
    --enable-rtemsbsp=erc32 \
    --enable-tests

This command should output something like this (omitted lines are denoted by ...):

checking for gmake... gmake
checking for RTEMS Version... 5.0.0
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-freebsd12.0
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-freebsd12.0
checking target system type... sparc-unknown-rtems5
...
config.status: creating Makefile

target architecture: sparc.
available BSPs: erc32.
'gmake all' will build the following BSPs: erc32.
other BSPs can be built with 'gmake RTEMS_BSP="bsp1 bsp2 ..."'

config.status: creating Makefile

Building the BSP is the forth step.

cd $HOME/quick-start/build/b-erc32
make

This command should output something like this (omitted lines are denoted by …).

Configuring RTEMS_BSP=erc32
checking for gmake... gmake
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-freebsd12.0
checking host system type... sparc-unknown-rtems5
checking rtems target cpu... sparc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for sparc-rtems5-strip... sparc-rtems5-strip
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... $BASE/src/rtems/c/src/../../install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether gmake sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes
checking for RTEMS_BSP... erc32
checking whether CPU supports libposix... yes
configure: setting up make/custom
configure: creating make/erc32.cache
gmake[3]: Entering directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c/erc32'
...
sparc-rtems5-gcc  -mcpu=cypress -O2 -g -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wstrict-prototypes -Wnested-externs -B./../../lib/libbsp/sparc/erc32 -B$BASE/src/rtems/bsps/sparc/erc32/start -specs bsp_specs -qrtems -L./../../cpukit -L$BASE/src/rtems/bsps/sparc/shared/start -Wl,--wrap=printf -Wl,--wrap=puts -Wl,--wrap=putchar -Wl,--gc-sections -o spwkspace.exe spwkspace/spwkspace-init.o ./../../lib/libbsp/sparc/erc32/librtemsbsp.a ./../../cpukit/librtemscpu.a
gmake[5]: Leaving directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c/erc32/testsuites/sptests'
gmake[4]: Leaving directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c/erc32/testsuites'
gmake[3]: Leaving directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c/erc32'
gmake[2]: Leaving directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c/erc32'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c'
gmake[1]: Entering directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32'
gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for 'all-am'.
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32'

The last step is to install the BSP.

cd $HOME/quick-start/build/b-erc32
make install

This command should output something like this (omitted lines are denoted by …). In this output the base directory $HOME/quick-start was replaced by $BASE.

Making install in sparc-rtems5/c
gmake[1]: Entering directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c'
Making install in .
gmake[2]: Entering directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c'
gmake[3]: Entering directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c'
gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
gmake[3]: Leaving directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c'
gmake[2]: Leaving directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c'
Making install in erc32
gmake[2]: Entering directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c/erc32'
gmake[3]: Entering directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c/erc32'
Making install-am in .
Making install-am in cpukit
gmake[4]: Entering directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c/erc32/cpukit'
gmake[5]: Entering directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32/sparc-rtems5/c/erc32/cpukit'
gmake[5]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
 $BASE/src/rtems/c/src/../../cpukit/../install-sh -c -d '$BASE/rtems/5/sparc-rtems5/erc32/lib/include'
...
$BASE/src/rtems/make/Templates/Makefile.lib '$BASE/rtems/5/share/rtems5/make/Templates'
 $BASE/src/rtems/./install-sh -c -d '$BASE/rtems/5/make/custom'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $BASE/src/rtems/make/custom/default.cfg '$BASE/rtems/5/make/custom'
gmake[2]: Leaving directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '$BASE/build/b-erc32'