In "http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=installing_linux", the following requirements are specified:

binutils
gcc
glibc development files
ncurses
zlib
texinfo
GTK+
QT
TCL/TK
host side kernel source

If someone has succesfully compiled Switchfin on a Fedora (13) host, could you tell me what "yum install" commands to run to install required software?

cd /usr/src/switchfin/



make uBoot



[...]

Configuring for ip04 board...

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1'

touch /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/.configured

mkdir -p /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/image_ip01

make -j1  -C /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1

make[1]: bfin-uclinux-gcc: Command not found

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1'

for dir in tools examples post post/cpu ; do make -C $dir _depend ; done

make[2]: bfin-uclinux-gcc: Command not found

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/tools'

ln -s ../common/environment.c environment.c

ln -s ../lib_generic/crc32.c crc32.c

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/tools'

make[2]: bfin-uclinux-gcc: Command not found

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/tools'

make[2]: Nothing to be done for `_depend'.

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/tools'

make[2]: bfin-uclinux-gcc: Command not found

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/examples'

/bin/sh: bfin-uclinux-gcc: command not found

dirname: missing operand

Try `dirname --help' for more information.

/bin/sh: bfin-uclinux-gcc: command not found

dirname: missing operand

Try `dirname --help' for more information.

/bin/sh: line 2: bfin-uclinux-gcc: command not found

make[2]: *** No rule to make target `.depend', needed by `_depend'.  Stop.

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/examples'

make[2]: bfin-uclinux-gcc: Command not found

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/post'

/bin/sh: line 2: bfin-uclinux-gcc: command not found

[...]

/bin/sh: line 2: bfin-uclinux-gcc: command not found

make[2]: *** No rule to make target `.depend', needed by `_depend'.  Stop.

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/post'

make[2]: bfin-uclinux-gcc: Command not found

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/post/cpu'

/bin/sh: line 2: bfin-uclinux-gcc: command not found

[...]

/bin/sh: line 2: bfin-uclinux-gcc: command not found

make[2]: *** No rule to make target `.depend', needed by `_depend'.  Stop.

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/post/cpu'

make[1]: *** [depend] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1'

make: *** [uBoot] Error 2

Thank you.

I ran the following commands:

yum install binutils

yum install gcc

yum install glibc-devel

yum install ncurses

yum install zlib

yum install texinfo



yum update kernel*

reboot

cd /usr/src/switchfin

make uBoot

It appears that Switchfin doesn't include uClinux:

make[2]: bfin-uclinux-gcc: Command not found

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/examples'

/bin/sh: bfin-uclinux-gcc: command not found

dirname: missing operand

Try `dirname --help' for more information.

/bin/sh: bfin-uclinux-gcc: command not found

dirname: missing operand

Try `dirname --help' for more information.

bfin-uclinux-gcc -g  -Os   -ffixed-P5 -D__KERNEL__ -DTEXT_BASE=0x03FE0000  -I/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/include -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -nostdinc -isystem  -pipe  -D__BLACKFIN__ -DCONFIG_BLACKFIN -D__blackfin__ -I/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1 -Werror -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -c -o stubs.o stubs.c

make[2]: bfin-uclinux-gcc: Command not found

make[2]: *** [stubs.o] Error 127

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1/examples'

make[1]: *** [examples] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/u-boot-1.1.5-bf1'

make: *** [uBoot] Error 2

[root@freeswitch switchfin]# where bfin-uclinux

-bash: where: command not found

[root@freeswitch switchfin]# which bfin-uclinux

/usr/bin/which: no bfin-uclinux in (/usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/freeswitch/bin:/root/bin)

[root@freeswitch switchfin]# find . -name "bfin-uclinux"

Do I need to first merge the uClinux source code into /usr/src/switchfin before running "make uBoot ; make menuconfig ; make ; make image"?

Thank you.

Hi Gilles,

As far as I understand your procedure you are downloading blackfin toolchain manually. This is not needed. Switchfin building proces will download and configure the toolchain for you.

I would advice you read the README file in the Switchfin root folder. It should contain all the information to let you start.
If you find something missing please let us know so we update it.

To build Switchfin you need some packages as described at http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.p … ling_linux
 
Also I would advice that you re use the existing uboot on your IP01 and reflash the uImage directly.

Good luck
Dimitar

Hi Gilles,

Probably you are missing libncurses-dev?

Luke, was installing his Fedora system recently probably he can advice you.

Cheers
Dimitar

Hi guys,
well I never did have success compiling switchfin trunk on Fedora, despite many attempts.

I gave up and switched to Ubuntu 10.04, and after installing dependencies I was successful.

So you may try Ubuntu Gilles.... my recommendation.

I am not sure why Fedora is not working but I am guessing there are some dependencies that are not listed for uClinux somehow -- but I am not enough of  a linux guru to understand which ones.  So for now Ubuntu is working for me.  Try it and see.... let me know, if you still can't do it with Ubuntu I can tell you which packages I have loaded

People told me that I was simply missing this line:

yum install glibc-devel glibc-static

after deleting /usr/src/switchfin, downloading the latest SVN, and trying again, make did go OK for about 30mn on an Atom host, but at some point, I'm getting some warnings that end with an error:

[...]
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/login'
bfin-linux-uclibc-gcc -pipe -Wall -g -O2      -mcpu=bf532-0.5 -DEMBED -D__uClinux__ -I/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist  -mcpu=bf532-0.5  -c -o login.o login.c
login.c: In function ‘main’:
login.c:69: warning: unused variable ‘realpwd’
bfin-linux-uclibc-gcc     -mcpu=bf532-0.5 -o login login.o -lcrypt
bfin-linux-uclibc-gcc -pipe -Wall -g -O2      -mcpu=bf532-0.5 -DEMBED -D__uClinux__ -I/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist  -mcpu=bf532-0.5  -c -o passwd.o passwd.c
passwd.c: In function ‘main’:
passwd.c:114: warning: unused variable ‘cryptmode’
passwd.c: In function ‘set_password’:
passwd.c:108: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
bfin-linux-uclibc-gcc     -mcpu=bf532-0.5 -o passwd passwd.o -lcrypt
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/login'
[ ! -d "mtd-utils" ] || ( touch mtd-utils/.sgbuilt_user && make -C mtd-utils ) || exit $?
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils'
unset CC CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CROSS LDFLAGS;         make -C 606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66/ WITHOUT_XATTR=1 SUBDIRS= BUILDDIR=$PWD/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/ TARGETS=" mkfs.jffs2 "
make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66'
mkdir -p /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/
gcc -I./include   -DWITHOUT_XATTR -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wno-sign-compare -c -o /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/mkfs.jffs2.o mkfs.jffs2.c -g -Wp,-MD,/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/.mkfs.jffs2.c.dep
mkfs.jffs2.c: In function ‘recursive_populate_directory’:
mkfs.jffs2.c:1336: warning: format ‘%9lu’ expects type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 3 has type ‘__off64_t’
mkfs.jffs2.c:1345: warning: format ‘%9lu’ expects type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 3 has type ‘__off64_t’
mkfs.jffs2.c:1354: warning: format ‘%9lu’ expects type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 3 has type ‘__off64_t’
mkfs.jffs2.c:1384: warning: format ‘%9lu’ expects type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 3 has type ‘__off64_t’
mkfs.jffs2.c:1395: warning: format ‘%9lu’ expects type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 3 has type ‘__off64_t’
mkfs.jffs2.c: At top level:
mkfs.jffs2.c:1519: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type
mkfs.jffs2.c:1521: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type
mkfs.jffs2.c: In function ‘main’:
mkfs.jffs2.c:1881: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘recursive_add_host_directory’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type
mkfs.jffs2.c:403: note: expected ‘char *’ but argument is of type ‘const char *’
mkdir -p /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/
gcc -I./include   -DWITHOUT_XATTR -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wno-sign-compare -c -o /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/crc32.o crc32.c -g -Wp,-MD,/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/.crc32.c.dep
mkdir -p /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/
gcc -I./include   -DWITHOUT_XATTR -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wno-sign-compare -c -o /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/compr_rtime.o compr_rtime.c -g -Wp,-MD,/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/.compr_rtime.c.dep
compr_rtime.c: In function ‘jffs2_rtime_compress’:
compr_rtime.c:27: warning: unused parameter ‘model’
compr_rtime.c: In function ‘jffs2_rtime_decompress’:
compr_rtime.c:67: warning: unused parameter ‘srclen’
compr_rtime.c:67: warning: unused parameter ‘model’
compr_rtime.c: At top level:
compr_rtime.c:104: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type
mkdir -p /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/
gcc -I./include   -DWITHOUT_XATTR -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wno-sign-compare -c -o /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/compr_zlib.o compr_zlib.c -g -Wp,-MD,/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/.compr_zlib.c.dep
compr_zlib.c: In function ‘jffs2_zlib_compress’:
compr_zlib.c:54: warning: unused parameter ‘model’
compr_zlib.c: In function ‘jffs2_zlib_decompress’:
compr_zlib.c:102: warning: unused parameter ‘model’
compr_zlib.c: At top level:
compr_zlib.c:130: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type
mkdir -p /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/
gcc -I./include   -DWITHOUT_XATTR -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wno-sign-compare -c -o /usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/compr_lzo.o compr_lzo.c -g -Wp,-MD,/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/.compr_lzo.c.dep
compr_lzo.c:29:23: error: lzo/lzo1x.h: No such file or directory
compr_lzo.c: In function ‘jffs2_lzo_cmpr’:
compr_lzo.c:51: error: ‘lzo_uint’ undeclared (first use in this function)
compr_lzo.c:51: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
compr_lzo.c:51: error: for each function it appears in.)
compr_lzo.c:51: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘compress_size’
compr_lzo.c:54: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘lzo1x_999_compress’
compr_lzo.c:54: error: ‘compress_size’ undeclared (first use in this function)
compr_lzo.c:56: error: ‘LZO_E_OK’ undeclared (first use in this function)
compr_lzo.c:49: warning: unused parameter ‘model’
compr_lzo.c: In function ‘jffs2_lzo_decompress’:
compr_lzo.c:72: error: ‘lzo_uint’ undeclared (first use in this function)
compr_lzo.c:72: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘dl’
compr_lzo.c:74: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘lzo1x_decompress_safe’
compr_lzo.c:74: error: ‘dl’ undeclared (first use in this function)
compr_lzo.c:76: error: ‘LZO_E_OK’ undeclared (first use in this function)
compr_lzo.c:69: warning: unused parameter ‘model’
compr_lzo.c: At top level:
compr_lzo.c:84: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type
compr_lzo.c: In function ‘jffs2_lzo_init’:
compr_lzo.c:95: error: ‘LZO1X_999_MEM_COMPRESS’ undeclared (first use in this function)
make[5]: *** [/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/build-606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66-host/compr_lzo.o] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils/606f38a2221648ca5c5fa292c9f71d2ddd59fa66'
make[4]: *** [all] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user/mtd-utils'
make[3]: *** [mtd-utils] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist/user'
make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/switchfin/build_ip01/uClinux-dist'
make: *** [uClinux] Error 2
#

Hi Gilles,

Do you have lzo and lzo-devel installed on your system?

Please try to keep track what you have installed so we know the real Switchfin dependencies.

Thanks
Dimitar

Hi Gilles

uImage-md5 - this file is used to upgrade the firmware via the GUI
uImage - this file is used yo upgrade the firmware via uboot/tftp

as Dimitar stated before dont worry about re-flashing uBoot, I would also recommend doing
make clean
make
make image

(sometimes only make and make image are required but to be safe you should clean)

if your system is running baps you will have to flash using uBoot/tftp over console see below howto
http://www.atcom.cn/downloads/IPPBX/IP0 … 409-EN.pdf

Hi Gilles,

Please take a look at http://switchfin.org/index.php?option=c … id=54#p178


Gilles, can you share with us the dependencies you had to install on your Fedore box so you manage to compile Switchfin. It will be useful for the others. 

Thanks
Dimitar

Hi Gilles,

Could you please put this in the FAQ section.

Best Regards
Dimitar

Hi Guys,

I had to compile Switchfin on new CentOS release 5.2. Let me share my notes before forget.

To the yum list of Gilles I had to add
zlib-devel lzo2 lzo2-devel

also I had to install uuid-devel from EPEL repository to get uuid.h
and copy it on the new location
cp /usr/include/uuid.h  /usr/include/uuid/

Also I had to disable the curl patch from package/uClinux-dist/uClinux-dist.mk
as I had newer version of curl installed on that PC 
#       patch -d $(UCLINUX_DIR) -p1 < package/uClinux-dist/common/curl.patch

Best Regards
Dimitar

Gilles I tried your procedure using Fedora 14, I get an error and I have no idea if it is a dependency or what. here is part of the log, any help will be appreciated.

Checked out revision 9645.

patch -d /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist -p1 < package/uClinux-dist/common/dhcpd.patch

patching file user/busybox/busybox-1.16.1/networking/udhcp/dhcpd.c

mkdir -p /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/IP04/

mkdir -p /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/common/

cp -af package/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/IP04/* /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/IP04/

cp -af package/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/common/* /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/common

cp -af package/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/vendor.mak /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/

cat /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/config_tmp >> /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/IP04/config.linux-2.6.x

cat /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/config_tmp1 >> /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/IP04/config.vendor-2.6.x;

cp -af package/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/IP04/pre_config/ip04.c /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/linux-2.6.x/arch/blackfin/mach-bf533/boards/ip0x.c

ln -sf /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/vendors/Rowetel/IP04/config.linux-2.6.x /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/linux-2.6.x/arch/blackfin/configs/IP04_defconfig

make -j1 -C /usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist Rowetel/IP04_defconfig

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist'

Makefile:287: *** mixed implicit and normal rules.  Stop.

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist'

make: *** [/usr/src/swichfin/build_ip04/uClinux-dist/.configured] Error 2

No luck, any Ideas how to do this? where can I change the makefile so it downloads the SVN instead of the 2009R1.1_RC4 tar of uClinux