install "Nios II Linux v1.4 released"

Altera_Forum · ‎03-23-2006

hi!

i've just tried to install the downloaded linux. there was an error message:

"Cygwin extension were not installed properly.

Please see README for instruction on how to install them manually"

what does that mean? could not find a hint in README on how to install

them manually.

system : XP, quartus v51, nios v51.

torsten

Altera_Forum · ‎03-24-2006

Welcome.

Follow this thread, it will save you.

http://forum.niosforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3174 (http://forum.niosforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3174)

Altera_Forum · ‎04-21-2006

hi,

try to follow the thread on a debian distribution.

does not run succesfully till the end.

regards torsten

Altera_Forum · ‎04-22-2006

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originally posted by torsten grevsmuehl@Apr 21 2006, 04:43 PM

hi,

try to follow the thread on a debian distribution.

does not run succesfully till the end.

regards torsten

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I use Fedora Core 5 and Slackware 10.2 .

Jdhar uses Ubuntu.

Where do you fail?

Please check if you have gcc3.xx ?

Altera_Forum · ‎04-24-2006

Torsten,

I have built uClinux successfully on the Debian platform. There were small problems (which maybe Debian-related?), but basically it works OK for me.

What fails exactly? Please post some details on this thread.

Altera_Forum · ‎04-24-2006

TO_BE_DONE

Altera_Forum · ‎04-24-2006

The cross gcc is finished.

the problem is in making elf2flt .

try remove toolchain_build_nios2/elf2flt dir, and make again.

if still failed in making elf2flt, check those include headers.

Altera_Forum · ‎04-24-2006

hi!

sorry, it's me again.

what include files should be checked at which location.

what Makefile should i try again?

could i have a problem with permissions etc.?

regards grevsmuehl

Altera_Forum · ‎04-24-2006

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originally posted by torsten grevsmuehl@Apr 24 2006, 08:49 PM

hi!

sorry, it's me again.

what include files should be checked at which location.

what makefile should i try again?

could i have a problem with permissions etc.?

regards grevsmuehl

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Please check this first.

/home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/binutils-2.15-build/bfd/bfd.h:38:22: ansidecl.h: No such file or directory

/home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/binutils-2.15-build/bfd/bfd.h:39:20: symcat.h: No such file or directory

On my FC5, there are /usr/include/ ansidecl.h and symcat.h .

hootsmon, would you give some hints about Debian?

Buildroot runs in user account. It does not need root account. So the user permissions should be Okay.

Altera_Forum · ‎04-24-2006

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originally posted by torsten grevsmuehl@Apr 24 2006, 06:58 PM

make -j1 -c /home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/elf2flt all

make[1]: entering directory `/home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/elf2flt'

gcc -g -o2 -dpackage_name=\"\" -dpackage_tarname=\"\" -dpackage_version=\"\" -dpackage_string=\"\" -dpackage_bugreport=\"\" -dstdc_headers=1 -dhave_sys_types_h=1 -dhave_sys_stat_h=1 -dhave_stdlib_h=1 -dhave_string_h=1 -dhave_memory_h=1 -dhave_strings_h=1 -dhave_inttypes_h=1 -dhave_stdint_h=1 -dhave_unistd_h=1 -dhave_fcntl_h=1 -dhave_unistd_h=1 -dhave_vprintf=1 -dhave_dcgettext=1 -dtarget_nios2 -i/home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/binutils-2.15-build/bfd/ -o elf2flt /home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/elf2flt/elf2flt.c /home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/elf2flt/stubs.c /home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/binutils-2.15-build/bfd/libbfd.a /home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/binutils-2.15-build/libiberty/libiberty.a

in file included from /home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/elf2flt/elf2flt.c:52:

/home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/binutils-2.15-build/bfd/bfd.h:38:22: ansidecl.h: no such file or directory

/home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/binutils-2.15-build/bfd/bfd.h:39:20: symcat.h: no such file or directory

in file included from /home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/elf2flt/elf2flt.c:52:

/home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/binutils-2.15-build/bfd/bfd.h:834: error: parse error before "params"

/home/grev/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/binutils-2.15-build/bfd/bfd.h:838: error: parse error before "params"

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I see this exact behaviour on my Debian platform too, so now we can confirm this is definitely Debian related (I thought it might be).

The good news is there's a 1-line workaround, but for now I have to work from memory, since I'm not at my Debian PC today. Basically, just hack elf2flt's Makefile, so that "ansidecl.h" is found in the include path. I don't know why only Debian need this. I will make a patch tomorrow, but in the meantime, give this a try....

1) cd ~/buildroot/toolchain_build_nios2/elf2flt/

2) find .. -name "ansidecl.h" -print

* Note path for "ansidecl.h", I think its in current dir?

3) vi Makefile

* search for "-I"

* add another -I {path} so that ansidecl.h and friends are includable

4) make clean

5) make

6) make install

7) cd ~buildroot

8) make

That should make buildroot OK. At this stage I recommend rebuilding busybox, as per step# 12 of hippo's buildroot guide.

Good luck http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

Altera_Forum · ‎04-26-2006

Here is my patch to make elf2flt compile properly on Debian platform....

Index: toolchain/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk
===================================================================
--- toolchain/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk        (original)
+++ toolchain/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk        (working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
        (cd $(ELF2FLT_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; 
                $(ELF2FLT_DIR)/configure 
                --with-bfd-include-dir=$(BINUTILS_DIR1)/bfd/ 
+               --with-binutils-include-dir=$(BINUTILS_DIR)/include/ 
                --target=$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME) 
                --with-libbfd=$(BINUTILS_DIR1)/bfd/libbfd.a 
                --with-libiberty=$(BINUTILS_DIR1)/libiberty/libiberty.a \

Thorsten, here's how to apply it....

1) Save the patch into ~/download/elf2flt.diff

2) cd ~/buildroot

3) patch -p0 <~/download/elf2flt.diff

4) rm -rf toolchain_build_nios2/elf2flt

5) make

Hippo, does this patch look allright to you?

Will it have any affect on non-Debian users?

Should something like this go in svn?

Altera_Forum · ‎04-27-2006

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originally posted by hootsmon@Apr 26 2006, 11:49 AM

here is my patch to make elf2flt compile properly on debian platform....

index: toolchain/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk =================================================================== --- toolchain/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk (original) +++ toolchain/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk (working copy) @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ (cd $(elf2flt_dir); rm -rf config.cache; $(elf2flt_dir)/configure --with-bfd-include-dir=$(binutils_dir1)/bfd/ + --with-binutils-include-dir=$(binutils_dir)/include/ --target=$(real_gnu_target_name) --with-libbfd=$(binutils_dir1)/bfd/libbfd.a --with-libiberty=$(binutils_dir1)/libiberty/libiberty.a \

thorsten, here's how to apply it....

1) save the patch into ~/download/elf2flt.diff

2) cd ~/buildroot

3) patch -p0 <~/download/elf2flt.diff

4) rm -rf toolchain_build_nios2/elf2flt

5) make

hippo, does this patch look allright to you?

will it have any affect on non-debian users?

should something like this go in svn?

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Hootsmon,

I have tested the patch on FC5. The elf2flt works well. Good job.

Could you post the patch to buildroot group of bug report on busybox.net ?

Altera_Forum · ‎04-27-2006

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originally posted by hippo@Apr 28 2006, 12:55 AM

hootsmon,

i have tested the patch on fc5. the elf2flt works well. good job.

could you post the patch to buildroot group of bug report on busybox.net ?

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Thanks hippo, I'll post it.

Altera_Forum · ‎05-02-2006

hello!

try to do the patch. saved your code in elf2flt.diff in directory "download".

try to run the given command. here is the result. sorry, did i forgot something

(permissions, line of codes ...)? should i do the cjange by hand?

_____________________________________________________________________

grev@mhfppcx7974note:~/buildroot$ patch -p0 <~/download/elf2flt.diff

patching file toolchain/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk

Hunk# 1 FAILED at 20.

1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file toolchain/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk.rej

grev@mhfppcx7974note:~/buildroot$ 5~

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kind regards torsten

Altera_Forum · ‎05-02-2006

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originally posted by torsten grevsmuehl@May 2 2006, 07:35 PM

hello!

try to do the patch. saved your code in elf2flt.diff in directory "download".

try to run the given command. here is the result. sorry, did i forgot something

(permissions, line of codes ...)? should i do the cjange by hand?

_____________________________________________________________________

grev@mhfppcx7974note:~/buildroot$ patch -p0 <~/download/elf2flt.diff

patching file toolchain/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk

hunk# 1 failed at 20.

1 out of 1 hunk failed -- saving rejects to file toolchain/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk.rej

grev@mhfppcx7974note:~/buildroot$ 5~

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kind regards torsten

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Add "-l" option to patch command to ignore white space in patch file.

Altera_Forum · ‎05-05-2006

hello hippo! hello hootsmon!

removed all dir. put patch command (with option -l) into buildscript.

let buildscript run like it did the first time.did not observe output of

buildscript nor put it to a file. here the last lines taken from commandline:

 
~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/bin/uniq -> ../../bin/busybox
~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/bin/unix2dos -> ../../bin/busybox
~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/bin/unzip -> ../../bin/busybox
~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/bin/uptime -> ../../bin/busybox
~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/bin/uudecode -> ../../bin/busybox
~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/bin/uuencode -> ../../bin/busybox
~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/bin/vlock -> ../../bin/busybox
~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/bin/wc -> ../../bin/busybox
~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/bin/wget -> ../../bin/busybox
~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/bin/which -> ../../bin/busybox
make: Leaving directory `~/buildroot/build_nios2/busybox&#39;#  Just in case
chmod a+x  ~/buildroot/build_nios2/root/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script

so everything seems to be in the right place now. is there a quick check

if it is working or should one simply proceed with hippo's thread?

next: how to keep the things up to date?

kind regards to all involved solving my questions

torsten