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<!-- Copyright (C) 2003 Red Hat, Inc. --> <!-- This material may be distributed only subject to the terms --> <!-- and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v1.0 --> <!-- or later (the latest version is presently available at --> <!-- http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). --> <!-- Distribution of the work or derivative of the work in any --> <!-- standard (paper) book form is prohibited unless prior --> <!-- permission is obtained from the copyright holder. --> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Configuration Tool on Windows and Linux Quick Start</TITLE ><meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="eCos User Guide" HREF="ecos-user-guide.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Configuring and Building eCos from Source" HREF="configuring-and-building-ecos-from-source.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Configuring and Building eCos from Source" HREF="configuring-and-building-ecos-from-source.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Ecosconfig on Windows and Linux Quick Start" HREF="using-ecosconfig-on-linux.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >eCos User Guide</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="configuring-and-building-ecos-from-source.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 11. Configuring and Building <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > from Source</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="using-ecosconfig-on-linux.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="USING-CONFIGTOOL-WINDOWS-LINUX">Configuration Tool on Windows and Linux Quick Start</H1 ><P > Note that the use of the <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Configuration Tool</SPAN > is described in detail in <A HREF="the-ecos-configuration-tool.html" >Part IV in <I >eCos User Guide</I ></A >.</P ><P >The <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Configuration Tool</SPAN > (see <A HREF="using-configtool-windows-linux.html#PROGRAMMING-FIGURE-CONFIGURATION-TOOL" >Figure 11-1</A >) has five main elements: the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >configuration window</I ></SPAN >, the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >conflicts window</I ></SPAN >, the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >properties window</I ></SPAN >, the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >short description window</I ></SPAN >, and the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >output window</I ></SPAN >.</P ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="PROGRAMMING-FIGURE-CONFIGURATION-TOOL"><P ><B >Figure 11-1. Configuration Tool</B ></P ><P ><IMG SRC="pix/config-f1.png"></P ></DIV ><P >Start by opening the templates window via <SPAN CLASS="GUIMENUITEM" >Build->Templates</SPAN >. Select the desired target (see <A HREF="using-configtool-windows-linux.html#FIGURE-TEMPLATE-SELECTION" >Figure 11-2</A >).</P ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="FIGURE-TEMPLATE-SELECTION"><P ><B >Figure 11-2. Template selection</B ></P ><P ><IMG SRC="pix/templates01.png"></P ></DIV ><P >Make sure that the configuration is correct for the target in terms of endianness, CPU model, Startup type, etc. (see <A HREF="using-configtool-windows-linux.html#CONFIGURING-FOR-THE-TARGET" >Figure 11-3</A >).</P ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="CONFIGURING-FOR-THE-TARGET"><P ><B >Figure 11-3. Configuring for the target</B ></P ><P ><IMG SRC="pix/ARMStartup01.png"></P ></DIV ><P >Next, select the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Build->Library</I ></SPAN > menu item to start building <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > (see <A HREF="using-configtool-windows-linux.html#FIGURE-SELECTING-THE-BUILD-LIBRARY-MENU-ITEM" >Figure 11-4</A >). The application will configure the sources, prepare a build tree, and build the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >libtarget.a</TT > library, which contains the <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > kernel and other packages.</P ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="FIGURE-SELECTING-THE-BUILD-LIBRARY-MENU-ITEM"><P ><B >Figure 11-4. Selecting the Build Library menu item</B ></P ><P ><IMG SRC="pix/build-lib01.png"></P ></DIV ><P >The <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Save As</I ></SPAN > dialog box will appear, asking you to specify a directory in which to place your save file. You can use the default, but it is a good idea to make a subdirectory, called <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >ecos-work</TT > for example. </P ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="AEN607"><P ><B >Figure 11-5. Save file dialog</B ></P ><P ><IMG SRC="pix/save-as-dialog.png"></P ></DIV ><P >The first time you build an <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > library for a specific architecture, the <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Configuration Tool</SPAN > may prompt you for the location of the appropriate build tools (including <B CLASS="COMMAND" >make</B > and <B CLASS="COMMAND" ><TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >TARGET-</I ></TT >gcc</B >) using a <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Build Tools</I ></SPAN > dialog box (as shown in <A HREF="using-configtool-windows-linux.html#FIGURE-BUILD-TOOLS-DIALOG" >Figure 11-6</A >). You can select a location from the drop down list, browse to the directory using the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Browse</I ></SPAN > button, or type in the location of the build tools manually.</P ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="FIGURE-BUILD-TOOLS-DIALOG"><P ><B >Figure 11-6. Build tools dialog</B ></P ><P ><IMG SRC="pix/build-tools2.png"></P ></DIV ><P >The <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Configuration Tool</SPAN > may also prompt you for the location of the user tools (such as <B CLASS="COMMAND" >cat</B > and <B CLASS="COMMAND" >ls</B >) using a <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >User Tools</I ></SPAN > dialog box (as shown in <A HREF="using-configtool-windows-linux.html#FIGURE-USER-TOOLS-DIALOG" >Figure 11-7</A >). As with the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Build Tools</I ></SPAN > dialog, you can select a location from the drop down list, browse to the directory using the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Browse</I ></SPAN > button, or type in the location of the user tools manually. Note that on Linux, this will often be unnecessary as the tools will already be on your PATH.</P ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="FIGURE-USER-TOOLS-DIALOG"><P ><B >Figure 11-7. User tools dialog</B ></P ><P ><IMG SRC="pix/user-tools-dialog.png"></P ></DIV ><P >When the tool locations have been entered, the <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Configuration Tool</SPAN > will configure the sources, prepare a build tree, and build the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >libtarget.a</TT > library, which contains the <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > kernel and other packages.</P ><P >The output from the configuration process and the building of <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >libtarget.a</TT > will be shown in the output window.</P ><P >Once the build process has finished you will have a kernel with other packages in <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >libtarget.a</TT >. You should now build the <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > tests for your particular configuration. </P ><P >You can do this by selecting <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Build</I ></SPAN > -> <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Tests</I ></SPAN >. Notice that you could have selected <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Tests</I ></SPAN > instead of <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >Library</I ></SPAN > in the earlier step and it would have built <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="EMPHASIS" >both</I ></SPAN > the library and the tests, but this would increase the build time substantially, and if you do not need to build the tests it is unnecessary.</P ><DIV CLASS="FIGURE" ><A NAME="AEN648"><P ><B >Figure 11-8. Selecting the Build Tests menu item</B ></P ><P ><IMG SRC="pix/build-tests01.png"></P ></DIV ><P ><A HREF="running-an-ecos-test-case.html" >Chapter 12</A > will guide you through running one of the test cases you just built on the selected target, using GDB. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="configuring-and-building-ecos-from-source.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ecos-user-guide.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="using-ecosconfig-on-linux.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Configuring and Building <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >eCos</SPAN > from Source</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="configuring-and-building-ecos-from-source.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Ecosconfig on Windows and Linux Quick Start</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >
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