Confusing documentation
Paul Cadaret
rtems at usd.com
Thu Jan 1 19:38:20 UTC 2004
Clive.
This is not a direct answer, but I hope that it will be of some help. I
am new to RTEMS also.
I had a similar problem getting the C++ toolcahin (gcc/g++) to compile.
My take on the situation is that the FTP site
was updated, files and directories were moved around, and now the
documentation needs to catch up with the changes.
Take a look at my recent posts. I was ultimately pointed to an
alternate location to download the base gcc and diffs
and I was ultimately able to build the entire m68k-rtems-gcc toolchain,
RTEMS, and the BSP I was interested in.
Hope this helps.
Paul
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C Boughton wrote:
> Anyone,
>
> I am new to rtems and the rtems-users-list and (unfortunately) I am
> somewhat confused. My first source of confusion lis with how I can
> get the GNAT-RTEMS operable. Using the "Getting Started with
> GNAT/RTEMS Guide (30 August 2003), in section 3.2 there is an
> out-of-date list of all the pieces and their locations. Most of the
> (new) stuff is available but I cannot find certain files or
> directories. For example the directory
> /pub/rtems/releases/4.5.1/ada_tools/source at the ftp.rtems.com site
> does not exist let alone anything for the latest 4.6.0pre5 release.
> making assumptions about possible changes to the exact location of
> some of the files and scripts, one can find all the "diff" type files
> but I cannot find any script files as named - e.g.,
> c_build_scripts-4.5.1.tgz. So, I sight inconsistencies in files and
> their locations wrt past releases which seem unresolvable without some
> help. As to the current (4.6.0pre5) release, it seems there is no
> official list(s) and I am therefore not sure whether whatever I decide
> to do is likely to be correct or not.
>
> Using the rtems download helper from the website at first looks to be
> a good choice - but I am not sure that it is! The downloaded source
> and binaries is still largely inconsistent with what's in the "Getting
> Started Guide". I'm wanting to load the GNAT RTEMS stuff onto RedHat
> 9.0, so the obvious choice seems to be to go for the "RPMS" and
> install them. However, I can't find anything to tell me the order of
> installation. Should I follow (largely) the instructions for RPM
> installation from the Getting Started Guide for C/C++ Users and judge
> the order for GNAT RTEMS based on that information? The C/C++ guide
> does clearly indicate an order, so I am a little hesitant to simply
> charge off and make (good) guesses about the order for the GNAT RTEMS
> RPMS.
>
> Can anyone please help, or at least point me to the correct (less
> confusing) information on how to install the GNAT RTEMS.
>
> A further question: Will the GNAT version of RTEMS work with GNAT
> 3.15? I have the native version of GNAT 3.15 already installed and
> working, so it would be nice to only have to install the RTEMS for
> GNAT in order to obtain the X-Compiler capability.
>
> I'd really like to get everything together pretty soon, as I am hoping
> to be able to use RTEMS within a Software Engineering Masters course
> on embedded systems. So, any help will be much appreciated!
>
> Clive.
>
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>
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