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diff --git a/poky/documentation/sdk-manual/extensible.rst b/poky/documentation/sdk-manual/extensible.rst index 355c6cb0e4..05dd527469 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/sdk-manual/extensible.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/sdk-manual/extensible.rst @@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ their own pros and cons: need to provide a well-functioning binary artefact cache over the network for developers with underpowered laptops. +.. _setting_up_ext_sdk_in_build: + Setting up the Extensible SDK environment directly in a Yocto build ------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -168,6 +170,8 @@ architecture. The example assumes the SDK installer is located in that case, set up the proper permissions in the directory and run the installer again. +.. _running_the_ext_sdk_env: + Running the Extensible SDK Environment Setup Script =================================================== @@ -205,6 +209,8 @@ use the SDK (e.g. ``PATH``, :term:`CC`, :term:`LD`, and so forth). If you want to see all the environment variables the script exports, examine the installation file itself. +.. _using_devtool: + Using ``devtool`` in Your SDK Workflow ====================================== @@ -230,13 +236,15 @@ all the commands. See the ":doc:`/ref-manual/devtool-reference`" section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual. -Three ``devtool`` subcommands provide entry-points into development: +``devtool`` subcommands provide entry-points into development: - *devtool add*: Assists in adding new software to be built. - *devtool modify*: Sets up an environment to enable you to modify the source of an existing component. +- *devtool ide-sdk*: Generates a configuration for an IDE. + - *devtool upgrade*: Updates an existing recipe so that you can build it for an updated set of source files. @@ -614,6 +622,279 @@ command: decide you do not want to proceed with your work. If you do use this command, realize that the source tree is preserved. +``devtool ide-sdk`` configures IDEs for the extensible SDK +---------------------------------------------------------- + +``devtool ide-sdk`` automatically configures IDEs to use the extensible SDK. +To make sure that all parts of the extensible SDK required by the generated +IDE configuration are available, ``devtool ide-sdk`` uses BitBake in the +background to bootstrap the extensible SDK. + +The extensible SDK supports two different development modes. +``devtool ide-sdk`` supports both of them: + +#. *Modified mode*: + + By default ``devtool ide-sdk`` generates IDE configurations for recipes in + workspaces created by ``devtool modify`` or ``devtool add`` as described in + :ref:`using_devtool`. This mode creates IDE configurations with support for + advanced features, such as deploying the binaries to the remote target + device and performing remote debugging sessions. The generated IDE + configurations use the per recipe sysroots as Bitbake does internally. + + In order to use the tool, a few settings are needed. As a starting example, + the following lines of code can be added to the ``local.conf`` file:: + + # Build the companion debug file system + IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS = "1" + # Optimize build time: with devtool ide-sdk the dbg tar is not needed + IMAGE_FSTYPES_DEBUGFS = "" + # Without copying the binaries into roofs-dbg, GDB does not find all source files. + IMAGE_CLASSES += "image-combined-dbg" + + # SSH is mandatory, no password simplifies the usage + EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES += "\ + ssh-server-openssh \ + debug-tweaks \ + " + + # Remote debugging needs gdbserver on the target device + IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " gdbserver" + + # Add the recipes which should be modified to the image + # Otherwise some dependencies might be missing. + IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " my-recipe" + + Assuming the BitBake environment is set up correctly and a workspace has + been created for the recipe using ``devtool modify my-recipe``, the + following command can create the SDK and the configuration for VSCode in + the recipe workspace:: + + $ devtool ide-sdk my-recipe core-image-minimal --target root@192.168.7.2 + + The command requires an image recipe (``core-image-minimal`` for this example) + that is used to create the SDK. This firmware image should also be installed + on the target device. It is possible to pass multiple package recipes. + ``devtool ide-sdk`` tries to create an IDE configuration for all package + recipes. + + What this command does exactly depends on the recipe, more precisely on the + build tool used by the recipe. The basic idea is to configure the IDE so + that it calls the build tool exactly as ``bitbake`` does. + + For example, a CMake preset is created for a recipe that inherits + :ref:`ref-classes-cmake`. In the case of VSCode, CMake presets are supported + by the CMake Tools plugin. This is an example of how the build + configuration used by ``bitbake`` is exported to an IDE configuration that + gives exactly the same build results. + + Support for remote debugging with seamless integration into the IDE is + important for a cross-SDK. ``devtool ide-sdk`` automatically generates the + necessary helper scripts for deploying the compiled artifacts to the target + device as well as the necessary configuration for the debugger and the IDE. + + .. note:: + + To ensure that the debug symbols on the build machine match the binaries + running on the target device, it is essential that the image built by + ``devtool ide-sdk`` is running on the target device. + + ``devtool ide-sdk`` aims to support multiple programming languages and + multiple IDEs natively. "Natively" means that the IDE is configured to call + the build tool (e.g. CMake or Meson) directly. This has several advantages. + First of all, it is much faster than ``devtool build``, but it also allows + to use the very good integration of tools like CMake or GDB in VSCode and + other IDEs. However, supporting many programming languages and multiple + IDEs is quite an elaborate and constantly evolving thing. Support for IDEs + is therefore implemented as plugins. Plugins can also be provided by + optional layers. + + The default IDE is VSCode. Some hints about using VSCode: + + - To work on the source code of a recipe an instance of VSCode is started in + the recipe's workspace. Example:: + + code build/workspace/sources/my-recipe + + - To work with CMake press ``Ctrl + Shift + p``, type ``cmake``. This will + show some possible commands like selecting a CMake preset, compiling or + running CTest. + + For recipes inheriting :ref:`ref-classes-cmake-qemu` rather than + :ref:`ref-classes-cmake`, executing cross-compiled unit tests on the host + can be supported transparently with QEMU user-mode. + + - To work with Meson press ``Ctrl + Shift + p``, type ``meson``. This will + show some possible commands like compiling or executing the unit tests. + + A note on running cross-compiled unit tests on the host: Meson enables + support for QEMU user-mode by default. It is expected that the execution + of the unit tests from the IDE will work easily without any additional + steps, provided that the code is suitable for execution on the host + machine. + + - For the deployment to the target device, just press ``Ctrl + Shift + p``, + type ``task``. Select ``install && deploy-target``. + + - For remote debugging, switch to the debugging view by pressing the "play" + button with the ``bug icon`` on the left side. This will provide a green + play button with a drop-down list where a debug configuration can be + selected. After selecting one of the generated configurations, press the + "play" button. + + Starting a remote debugging session automatically initiates the deployment + to the target device. If this is not desired, the + ``"dependsOn": ["install && deploy-target...]`` parameter of the tasks + with ``"label": "gdbserver start...`` can be removed from the + ``tasks.json`` file. + + VSCode supports GDB with many different setups and configurations for many + different use cases. However, most of these setups have some limitations + when it comes to cross-development, support only a few target + architectures or require a high performance target device. Therefore + ``devtool ide-sdk`` supports the classic, generic setup with GDB on the + development host and gdbserver on the target device. + + Roughly summarized, this means: + + - The binaries are copied via SSH to the remote target device by a script + referred by ``tasks.json``. + + - gdbserver is started on the remote target device via SSH by a script + referred by ``tasks.json``. + + Changing the parameters that are passed to the debugging executable + requires modifying the generated script. The script is located at + ``oe-scripts/gdbserver_*``. Defining the parameters in the ``args`` + field in the ``launch.json`` file does not work. + + - VSCode connects to gdbserver as documented in + `Remote debugging or debugging with a local debugger server + <https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/launch-json-reference#_remote-debugging-or-debugging-with-a-local-debugger-server>`__. + + Additionally ``--ide=none`` is supported. With the ``none`` IDE parameter, + some generic configuration files like ``gdbinit`` files and some helper + scripts starting gdbserver remotely on the target device as well as the GDB + client on the host are generated. + + Here is a usage example for the ``cmake-example`` recipe from the + ``meta-selftest`` layer which inherits :ref:`ref-classes-cmake-qemu`: + + .. code-block:: sh + + # Create the SDK + devtool modify cmake-example + devtool ide-sdk cmake-example core-image-minimal -c --debug-build-config --ide=none + + # Install the firmware on a target device or start QEMU + runqemu + + # From exploring the workspace of cmake-example + cd build/workspace/sources/cmake-example + + # Find cmake-native and save the path into a variable + # Note: using just cmake instead of $CMAKE_NATIVE would work in many cases + CMAKE_NATIVE="$(jq -r '.configurePresets[0] | "\(.cmakeExecutable)"' CMakeUserPresets.json)" + + # List available CMake presets + "$CMAKE_NATIVE" --list-presets + Available configure presets: + + "cmake-example-cortexa57" - cmake-example: cortexa57 + + # Re-compile the already compiled sources + "$CMAKE_NATIVE" --build --preset cmake-example-cortexa57 + ninja: no work to do. + # Do a clean re-build + "$CMAKE_NATIVE" --build --preset cmake-example-cortexa57 --target clean + [1/1] Cleaning all built files... + Cleaning... 8 files. + "$CMAKE_NATIVE" --build --preset cmake-example-cortexa57 --target all + [7/7] Linking CXX executable cmake-example + + # Run the cross-compiled unit tests with QEMU user-mode + "$CMAKE_NATIVE" --build --preset cmake-example-cortexa57 --target test + [0/1] Running tests... + Test project .../build/tmp/work/cortexa57-poky-linux/cmake-example/1.0/cmake-example-1.0 + Start 1: test-cmake-example + 1/1 Test #1: test-cmake-example ............... Passed 0.03 sec + + 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 1 + + Total Test time (real) = 0.03 sec + + # Using CTest directly is possible as well + CTEST_NATIVE="$(dirname "$CMAKE_NATIVE")/ctest" + + # List available CMake presets + "$CTEST_NATIVE" --list-presets + Available test presets: + + "cmake-example-cortexa57" - cmake-example: cortexa57 + + # Run the cross-compiled unit tests with QEMU user-mode + "$CTEST_NATIVE" --preset "cmake-example-cortexa57" + Test project ...build/tmp/work/cortexa57-poky-linux/cmake-example/1.0/cmake-example-1.0 + Start 1: test-cmake-example + 1/1 Test #1: test-cmake-example ............... Passed 0.03 sec + + 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 1 + + Total Test time (real) = 0.03 sec + + # Deploying the new build to the target device (default is QEUM at 192.168.7.2) + oe-scripts/install_and_deploy_cmake-example-cortexa57 + + # Start a remote debugging session with gdbserver on the target and GDB on the host + oe-scripts/gdbserver_1234_usr-bin-cmake-example_m + oe-scripts/gdb_1234_usr-bin-cmake-example + break main + run + step + stepi + continue + quit + + # Stop gdbserver on the target device + oe-scripts/gdbserver_1234_usr-bin-cmake-example_m stop + +#. *Shared sysroots mode* + + For some recipes and use cases a per-recipe sysroot based SDK is not + suitable. Optionally ``devtool ide-sdk`` configures the IDE to use the + toolchain provided by the extensible SDK as described in + :ref:`running_the_ext_sdk_env`. ``devtool ide-sdk --mode=shared`` is + basically a wrapper for the setup of the extensible SDK as described in + :ref:`setting_up_ext_sdk_in_build`. The IDE gets a configuration to use the + shared sysroots. + + Creating a SDK with shared sysroots that contains all the dependencies needed + to work with ``my-recipe`` is possible with the following example command:: + + $ devtool ide-sdk --mode=shared my-recipe + + For VSCode the cross-toolchain is exposed as a CMake kit. CMake kits are + defined in ``~/.local/share/CMakeTools/cmake-tools-kits.json``. + The following example shows how the cross-toolchain can be selected in + VSCode. First of all we need a folder containing a CMake project. + For this example, let's create a CMake project and start VSCode:: + + mkdir kit-test + echo "project(foo VERSION 1.0)" > kit-test/CMakeLists.txt + code kit-test + + If there is a CMake project in the workspace, cross-compilation is supported: + + - Press ``Ctrl + Shift + P``, type ``CMake: Scan for Kits`` + - Press ``Ctrl + Shift + P``, type ``CMake: Select a Kit`` + + Finally most of the features provided by CMake and the IDE should be available. + + Other IDEs than VSCode are supported as well. However, + ``devtool ide-sdk --mode=shared --ide=none my-recipe`` is currently + just a simple wrapper for the setup of the extensible SDK, as described in + :ref:`setting_up_ext_sdk_in_build`. + Use ``devtool upgrade`` to Create a Version of the Recipe that Supports a Newer Version of the Software ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |