#2920 -> #3515

[Bran S]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 23:17, Joel Sherrill <joel at rtems.org> wrote:
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>>
>> Then I ran `hello.exe` using the command `sparc-rtems5-gdb hello.exe`
>> inside gdb.
>> But when I did `target sim` it displayed (Undefined target command: "sim")
>> As a workaround, using `sparc-rtems5-sis` to run hello.exe worked.
>> As mentioned in getting started section I have made changes to the
>> hello.c file and they are working fine.
>
>
> Can you post a link to the offending content? Or file a ticket?

https://paste.debian.net/1128104/

>
> sis was recently split out of gdb and is a standalone simulator that
> supports SPARC and RISC-V. It is quite improved as a simulator but
> RTEMS documentation has always (since 1995) used it as the easiest
> BSP to run code for. So there are potentially many places this is described
> that are now out of date for the master.
>
> I had to update the RTEMS class I teach to show how it used to be and how it
> is now.
>
>>
>>
>> Now regarding #3515:
>> For covoar: I cloned https://git.rtems.org/rtems-tools/
>> This is my directory structure:
>> $HOME/quick-start/src/rtems - Main RTEMS repo
>> $HOME/quick-start/src/rsb - Source Builder
>> $HOME/quick-start/src/rtems-tools - The one that I have recently cloned
>>
>> But running `rtems-test --list-bsps` inside '$HOME/quick-start/src/rtems-tools'
>> gives "error: RTEMS Toolkit python wrapper not found, plrease report"
>>
>> Any ideas on how to resolve this error ?
>
>
> I'm leaving this one to someone else.
>
>>
>>
>> Two more queries:
>> 1) rtems-test is also present in the tool-suite, at
>> $HOME/quick-start/rtems/5/bin
>>     Running `rtems-test` in the tool-suite also gives the same error
>> of RTEMS toolkit python wrapper not found.
>>     Are these two rtems-test scripts (this one and the one in
>> rtems-tools) same or different ?
>
>
> One is the binary before it is installed. The one in  $HOME/quick-start/rtems/5/bin
> is the installed copy.
>>
>>
>> 2) Same is the case for covoar. It is present at both places
>> '$HOME/quick-start/rtems/5/share/rtems/tester/bin/covoar' and also
>> inside rtems-tools.
>
>
> Ditto
>>
>>
>> Does this mean that rtems-tools is not required ?
>
>
> It does include tools related to the dynamic loading which would be
> required to build the RTEMS tests. If you run tests by hand, then
> you won't need rtems-tester.
>
> Most of the contents of rtems-tools will be needed in a normal
> workflow. Likely not covoar unless you work with coverage.
>

#3515 is about covoar. So I guess I would need it.
For now I need to find the solution to that python wrapper error above.