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issue with packages having name linux [message #557788]

Wed, 08 September 2010 22:37

Badri

Messages: 17
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Champs,
I have a package ti.omx.demos.vc.linux. I use Program.global.<config_variables> in the executable of this package. I am using CodeSourcery compiler and compiling for GCArmv5T target.
I get compile errors as unable to include the xdc_cfg_header.
It appears this is because definition of xdc_cfg_header is as below

-Dxdc_cfg__header__='ti/omx/demos/vc/1 /package/cfg/bin/host_platforms_arm/debug/omxDemoVc3_A8_xv5T .h'

Correct defintion would be
-Dxdc_cfg__header__='ti/omx/demos/vc/linux /package/cfg/bin/host_platforms_arm/debug/omxDemoVc3_A8_xv5T .h'

The word "linux" is getting replaced by "1" for some reason .
I am using xdc version xdctools_3_20_01_51.
Please advice on how to resolve the issue. I prefer not to change the package name to solve the issue if possible.

Regards
Badri

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Re: issue with packages having name linux [message #557801 is a reply to message #557788]

Thu, 09 September 2010 01:40

Jon Rowlands

Messages: 6
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Badri,

The "xdc_cfg__header__" symbol is expanded by the preprocessor (unfortunately), when it gets used in file "$XDCROOT/packages/xdc/cfg/global.h".

You probably have a line:

#define linux 1

or equivalent compiler -D option.

To avoid this, make sure "linux" is not defined until after this line in your .c file:

#include <xdc/cfg/global.h>

If this isn't possible, another option is to rename the "linux" symbol to "LINUX" or similar.

Jon

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Re: issue with packages having name linux [message #557806 is a reply to message #557801]

Thu, 09 September 2010 04:24

Badri

Messages: 17
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Jon,
Thanks for the clarification.Unfortunately I am not defining linux . It appears to be defined by the codeSourcery compiler internally so there is no way I can prevent it from getting defined. Based on your input it appears I have no choice but to rename the package name which I wanted to do.
Has anyone else faced similar issue when naming package as linux and compiling with codesourcery toolchain or is it some quirk in my environment ?
Regards
Badri
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Re: issue with packages having name linux [message #557965 is a reply to message #557806]

Thu, 09 September 2010 15:59

Chris Ring

Messages: 16
Registered: July 2009
Location: Santa Barbara, CA

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For what little it's worth, I have packages with 'linux' in the name (e.g. 'ti.sdo.ce.osal.linux'), but it's a 'metaonly' package so I don't think it suffers from this issue. It does build with codesourcery tools.

So, this issue seems to be limited to 'target modules'. If you're weighing the cost of changing your pkg name, you might counter that with the cost of changing your module from a 'target module' to a 'metaonly module' and what features you might lose (or gain!).

Chris

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Re: issue with packages having name linux [message #557970 is a reply to message #557965]

Thu, 09 September 2010 16:11

Chris Ring

Messages: 16
Registered: July 2009
Location: Santa Barbara, CA

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Looking a little closer, I found a pkg I have that _does_ have target modules (i.e. ti.sdo.xdcruntime.linux) with linux in the name. This package builds libraries, not executables, and it doesn't use Program.Global anywhere... so maybe the issue is further limited to pkgs with 'linux' in their name that build executables?

I don't see anywhere in my build a -Dxdc_cfg__header='ti/sdo/xdcruntime/linux/...', so I don't understand the use case causing this -D to be set. Maybe others here could point out when that -D is thrown?

Chris

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Re: issue with packages having name linux [message #557986 is a reply to message #557788]

Thu, 09 September 2010 17:17

Jon Rowlands

Messages: 6
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Badri,

It's a horrible hack, but another workaround is to #undef linux just before including xdc/cfg/global.h, and #define it again just after. Would work as long as nothing in the generated include file actually requires "linux" to be defined.

Chris,

I believe that's correct, this variant of the problem is mostly limited to packages that build executables, because those are mostly the ones that #include global.h. User-built libraries could too, technically, if they wanted to compile in details of a configuration.

The same issue applies to the target types header included by xdc/std.h, and this would affect more packages. I'm looking to see whether there's any fix we could implement in a future release, not sure yet.

Jon

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