Cmake
Zephyr RTOS building blocks :: Device Tree Source :: Kconfig :: cmake :: `west` manifest files
2021-08-06
Starting a page for cmake
notes here. Links to cmake site:
- https://cmake.org/overview/
- https://cmake.org/examples/ . . . very limited, need other resources
Longer guides:
A Nordic Semi document on `cmake` and its role in the build process of Zephyr based applications:
2021-08-17 - search for cmake / Zephyr means to add sources to a Zephyr based project:
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^ To print variables in cmake
Note that the following post has a cool answer which involves a cmake macro to print all variables known to a given cmake invocation or use, and also a more simple answer to print one specific variable:
A modified generic.cmake file, changes address one or more unset variables and solved build error on newest Zephyr work station:
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 set_ifndef(CC gcc) ## 2022-03-03 - Ted moving this cmake function call beyond locally ## added variable assignements: ## ## find_program(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}${CC} PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH) # ## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ## 2022-02-08 Reference https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/message.html ## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # message(NOTICE "*** zztop 1 *** building with user configuration var ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT set to '${ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT}'") message(NOTICE "*** zztop 2 *** internal variable CROSS_COMPILE set to '${CROSS_COMPILE}'") message(NOTICE "*** zztop 3 *** internal variable TOOLCHAIN_HOME set to '${TOOLCHAIN_HOME}'") ## 2022-03-03 THU - Not ***ing sure why we need to set these today: set(ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT gnuarmemb) set(GNUARMEMB_TOOLCHAIN_PATH /opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10) set(TOOLCHAIN_HOME /opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10) ## ^^^ These three cmake variable settings not sufficient, trying another based on working but different ## toolchain on host ind: set(CROSS_COMPILE /opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10/bin/arm-none-eabi-) ## ## $ ls /opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi-10.3-2021.10/bin/arm-none-eabi-* ## message(NOTICE "*** zztop 4 *** building with user configuration var ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT set to '${ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT}'") message(NOTICE "*** zztop 5 *** internal variable CROSS_COMPILE set to '${CROSS_COMPILE}'") message(NOTICE "*** zztop 6 *** internal variable TOOLCHAIN_HOME set to '${TOOLCHAIN_HOME}'") find_program(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS_COMPILE}${CC} PATHS ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_DEFAULT_PATH) if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER STREQUAL CMAKE_C_COMPILER-NOTFOUND) message(FATAL_ERROR "Zephyr was unable to find the toolchain. Is the environment misconfigured? User-configuration: ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT: ${ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT} Internal variables: CROSS_COMPILE: ${CROSS_COMPILE} TOOLCHAIN_HOME: ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} ") endif() execute_process( COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} --version RESULT_VARIABLE ret OUTPUT_QUIET ERROR_QUIET ) if(ret) message(FATAL_ERROR "Executing the below command failed. Are permissions set correctly? '${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} --version' " ) endif()
^ Source and Library Path Setting
Cmake has a notion of a binary or binaries directory, and has a built-in variable CMAKE_BINARY_DIR as described here:
^ Cmake Functions
An interesting pattern search in Zephyr 3.2.0 source tree and associated third party libraries is `$ grep -nr ExternalProject_Add ./*`, which reveals which projects and locations in Zephyr's source tree this cmake function is called. This function is needed when building multicore Zephyr apps. There is a detailed document on `ExternalProject_Add()` at the Kitware public github repository:
^ Install latest version of cmake
^ cmake Package Configuration Files
When attempting to switch Zephyr sdk of original latest 2021 kionix-driver-demo, from Nordic ncs SDK to Zephyr RTOS Project itself, and a more recent release of Zephyr RTOS, get following error early early in build process:
:~/projects-sandbox/workspace-out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo$ west build -b lpcxpresso55s69_cpu0 -p -- west build: making build dir /home/ted/projects-sandbox/workspace-out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo/build pristine -- west build: generating a build system -- Build type: debug Loading Zephyr default modules (Zephyr base). -- Application: /home/ted/projects-sandbox/workspace-out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo -- Found Python3: /usr/bin/python3.8 (found suitable exact version "3.8.10") found components: Interpreter -- Cache files will be written to: /home/ted/.cache/zephyr -- Zephyr version: 3.1.0 (/home/ted/projects-sandbox/workspace-out-of-tree/zephyr) -- Found west (found suitable version "0.12.0", minimum required is "0.7.1") -- Board: lpcxpresso55s69_cpu0 CMake Error at /home/ted/projects-sandbox/workspace-out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/modules/verify-toolchain.cmake:79 (find_package): Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Zephyr-sdk" (requested version 0.13.1) with any of the following names: Zephyr-sdkConfig.cmake zephyr-sdk-config.cmake Add the installation prefix of "Zephyr-sdk" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set "Zephyr-sdk_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If "Zephyr-sdk" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed. Call Stack (most recent call first): /home/ted/projects-sandbox/workspace-out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/modules/zephyr_default.cmake:121 (include) /home/ted/projects-sandbox/workspace-out-of-tree/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:51 (include) /home/ted/projects-sandbox/workspace-out-of-tree/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:76 (include_boilerplate) CMakeLists.txt:51 (find_package) -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! FATAL ERROR: command exited with status 1: /usr/bin/cmake -DWEST_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 -B/home/ted/projects-sandbox/workspace-out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo/build -S/home/ted/projects-sandbox/workspace-out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo -GNinja -DBOARD=lpcxpresso55s69_cpu0
So at time of above error we didn't know how to trace that problem, though there is a call stack reported by cmake which tells us some cmake files we may review for better understanding. There are notes on cmake's documentation pages as of 2022-12-27 which mention the naming conventions of files which cmake's find_package() will look for when it is invoked.
NEED to add link to cmake's find_package() documentation.
2022-12-28 - some new cmake build errors:
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ted@localhost:~/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo$ west build -b lpcxpresso55s69_cpu0 -p -- west build: making build dir /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo/build pristine -- west build: generating a build system Loading Zephyr default modules (Zephyr base). -- Application: /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo -- Found Python3: /usr/bin/python3.8 (found suitable exact version "3.8.10") found components: Interpreter -- Cache files will be written to: /home/ted/.cache/zephyr -- Zephyr version: 3.2.0 (/home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr) -- Found west (found suitable version "0.11.0", minimum required is "0.7.1") -- Board: lpcxpresso55s69_cpu0 -- ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT not set, trying to locate Zephyr SDK CMake Error at /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/modules/FindZephyr-sdk.cmake:63 (find_package): Could not find a configuration file for package "Zephyr-sdk" that is compatible with requested version "0.15". The following configuration files were considered but not accepted: /opt/zephyr-sdk-0.12.4/cmake/Zephyr-sdkConfig.cmake, version: 0.12.4 /opt/zephyr-sdk-0.14.2/cmake/Zephyr-sdkConfig.cmake, version: 0.14.2 /opt/zephyr-sdk-0.13.0/cmake/Zephyr-sdkConfig.cmake, version: 0.13.0 Call Stack (most recent call first): /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/modules/FindHostTools.cmake:53 (find_package) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/modules/dts.cmake:8 (find_package) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/modules/zephyr_default.cmake:108 (include) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:66 (include) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:92 (include_boilerplate) CMakeLists.txt:15 (find_package) -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! FATAL ERROR: command exited with status 1: /usr/bin/cmake -DWEST_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 -B/home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo/build -GNinja -DBOARD=lpcxpresso55s69_cpu0 -S/home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo
After setting `ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT` in the current shell, get these cmake errors:
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ted@localhost:~/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo$ export ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=gnuarmemb ted@localhost:~/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo$ west build -b lpcxpresso55s69_cpu0 -p -- west build: making build dir /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo/build pristine -- west build: generating a build system Loading Zephyr default modules (Zephyr base). -- Application: /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo -- Found Python3: /usr/bin/python3.8 (found suitable exact version "3.8.10") found components: Interpreter -- Cache files will be written to: /home/ted/.cache/zephyr -- Zephyr version: 3.2.0 (/home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr) -- Found west (found suitable version "0.11.0", minimum required is "0.7.1") -- Board: lpcxpresso55s69_cpu0 CMake Error at /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake:2071 (message): Assertion failed: GNUARMEMB_TOOLCHAIN_PATH is not set Call Stack (most recent call first): /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/toolchain/gnuarmemb/generic.cmake:4 (assert) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/modules/FindHostTools.cmake:103 (include) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/modules/dts.cmake:8 (find_package) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/cmake/modules/zephyr_default.cmake:108 (include) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:66 (include) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:92 (include_boilerplate) CMakeLists.txt:15 (find_package) -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! FATAL ERROR: command exited with status 1: /usr/bin/cmake -DWEST_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 -B/home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo/build -GNinja -DBOARD=lpcxpresso55s69_cpu0 -S/home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/out-of-tree/kionix-driver-demo
^ Zephyr Threads Tutorial by Maksim Drachov (should be moved)
^ cmake Debugging
-- Application: /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/kionix-driver-demo -- Zephyr version: 2.6.0-rc1 (/home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/zephyr), build: v2.6.0-rc1-ncs1 -- Found Python3: /usr/bin/python3.8 (found suitable exact version "3.8.10") found components: Interpreter -- Found west (found suitable version "0.12.0", minimum required is "0.7.1") -- Board: sparkfun_thing_plus_nrf9160 -- Cache files will be written to: /home/ted/.cache/zephyr -- Found dtc: /usr/bin/dtc (found suitable version "1.5.0", minimum required is "1.4.6") CMake Error at /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/zephyr/cmake/toolchain/zephyr/generic.cmake:3 (if): if given arguments: "VERSION_LESS_EQUAL" "0.11.2" Unknown arguments specified Call Stack (most recent call first): /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/zephyr/cmake/generic_toolchain.cmake:36 (include) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/zephyr/cmake/app/boilerplate.cmake:553 (include) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:24 (include) /home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:35 (include_boilerplate) CMakeLists.txt:40 (find_package) -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! FATAL ERROR: command exited with status 1: /usr/bin/cmake -DWEST_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 -B/home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/kionix-driver-demo/build -S/home/ted/projects/zephyr-based/kionix-driver-demo -GNinja -DBOARD=sparkfun_thing_plus_nrf9160