[Crossdev] error while making msp430 toolchain

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Gabriel_Blake · Post by **Gabriel_Blake** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:12 pm

Hi.

I've been using the AVR toolchain for programming Atmel microprocessors for quite some time. Recently I received a development kit with the MSP430-F2013 by Texas Instruments. I wanted to give the MSP430 toolchain a try.

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crossdev -s4 --ex-insight -t msp430

but got this:

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 * Host Portage ARCH:     x86
 * Target Portage ARCH:   *
 * Target System:         msp430
 * Stage:                 4 (C/C++ compiler)

 * binutils:              binutils-[latest]
 * gcc:                   gcc-[latest]
 * headers:               linux-headers-[latest]
 * libc:                  -[latest]
 * Extra: insight:        DO IT

 * PORTDIR_OVERLAY:       /usr/portage/local/layman/science
 * PORT_LOGDIR:           /var/log/portage
 * PKGDIR:                /usr/portage/packages/cross/msp430
 * PORTAGE_TMPDIR:        /var/tmp/cross/msp430
  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  
--- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.keywords: cross-msp430/[latest]
 * Forcing the latest versions of {binutils,gcc}-config/gnuconfig ...                                                        [ ok ]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-msp430-binutils.log
 * Emerging cross-binutils ...                                                                                               [ ok ]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-msp430-linux-headers-quick.log
 * Emerging cross-linux-headers-quick ...

 * linux-headers failed :(
 * If you file a bug, please attach the following logfiles:
 * /var/log/portage/cross-msp430-info.log
 * /var/log/portage/cross-msp430-linux-headers-quick.log

So here are the logs:

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/var/log/portage/cross-msp430-info.log
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 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m Host Portage ARCH:     x86
 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m Target Portage ARCH:   *
 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m Target System:         msp430
 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m Stage:                 4 (C/C++ compiler)

 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m binutils:              binutils-[latest]
 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m gcc:                   gcc-[latest]
 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m headers:               linux-headers-[latest]
 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m libc:                  -[latest]
 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m Extra: insight:        DO IT

 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m PORTDIR_OVERLAY:       /usr/portage/local/layman/science
 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m PORT_LOGDIR:           /var/log/portage
 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m PKGDIR:                /usr/portage/packages/cross/msp430
 ^[[32;01m*^[[0m PORTAGE_TMPDIR:        /var/tmp/cross/msp430
  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~  -  _  -  ~
Portage 2.1.7.16 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.4, glibc-2.10.1-r1, 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.31-gentoo-r6-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T9300_@_2.50GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.13
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:15:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     4.0_p35
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.10
dev-lang/python:     2.6.4
dev-util/cmake:      2.6.4-r3
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.6-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.63-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r3
sys-devel/gcc:       4.3.4
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.6b
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.27-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA skype-eula dlj-1.1 cadsoft"
ACCEPT_PROPERTIES="*"
ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-m

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/var/log/portage/cross-msp430-linux-headers-quick.log

--- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.keywords: cross-msp430/[latest]
Calculating dependencies  ^H^H... done!

>>> Verifying ebuild manifests

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) cross-msp430/linux-headers-2.6.30-r1 from science
--- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.keywords: cross-msp430/[latest]
 * gentoo-headers-base-2.6.30.tar.lzma RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ...   [ ok ]
 * gentoo-headers-2.6.30-2.tar.lzma RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ...      [ ok ]
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ...                                     [ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ...                                    [ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ...                                   [ ok ]
 * CPV:  cross-msp430/linux-headers-2.6.30-r1
 * REPO: science
 * USE:  elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU x86

 * This version of linux-headers does not support unknown.
 * Please merge the appropriate sources, in most cases
 * (but not all) this will be called unknown-headers.
 * ERROR: cross-msp430/linux-headers-2.6.30-r1 failed:
 *   Package unsupported for unknown
 *
 * Call stack:
 *         ebuild.sh, line   54:  Called pkg_setup
 *         ebuild.sh, line 1347:  Called kernel-2_pkg_setup
 *   kernel-2.eclass, line 1105:  Called setup_headers
 *   kernel-2.eclass, line  718:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *              die "Package unsupported for $(tc-arch)"
 *
 * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =cross-msp430/linux-headers-2.6.30-r1',
 * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =cross-msp430/linux-headers-2.6.30-r1'.
 * This ebuild is from a repository named 'science'
 * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/cross/msp430/portage/cross-msp430/linux-headers-2.6.30-r1/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/cross/msp430/portage/cross-msp430/linux-headers-2.6.30-r1/temp/die.env'.
 * S: '/var/tmp/cross/msp430/portage/cross-msp430/linux-headers-2.6.30-r1/work/gentoo-headers-base-2.6.30'

So I guess the problem is

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 * This version of linux-headers does not support unknown.
 * Please merge the appropriate sources, in most cases
 * (but not all) this will be called unknown-headers.

So I've checked:

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 eix linux headers


* cross-msp430/linux-headers [1]
     Available versions:  (msp430)  2.4.33.3!b!s (~)2.4.36!b!s 2.6.23-r3!b!s 2.6.27-r2!b!s (~)2.6.28-r1!b!s (~)2.6.29!b!s (~)2.6.30-r1!b!s
     Homepage:            http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
     Description:         Linux system headers

* media-tv/linuxtv-dvb-headers
     Available versions:  3.1 ~5
     Homepage:            http://www.linuxtv.org
     Description:         Virtual Package installing the Header files for DVB

[I] sys-kernel/linux-headers
     Available versions:  2.4.33.3!b!s ~2.4.36!b!s 2.6.23-r3!b!s 2.6.27-r2!b!s ~2.6.28-r1!b!s ~2.6.29!b!s ~2.6.30-r1!b!s
     Installed versions:  2.6.27-r2!b!s(05:03:05 PM 01/05/2009)
     Homepage:            http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
     Description:         Linux system headers

[1] "science" /usr/portage/local/layman/science

Found 3 matches.

So could you tell me where is the problem ?? Do the sys-kernel/linux-headers have to my the same as cross-msp430/linux-headers or something ??

PS I've also noticed that since there is no libc in this toolchain a invalid record "cross-msp430/[latest]" is added to /etc/portage/package.keywords.

sera · Post by **sera** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:31 pm

--- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.keywords: cross-msp430/[latest]

Try either the -S option or specify versions for binutils , gcc etc. and maybe use the full target name. Obviously [latest] does not get replaced substituted.

Gabriel_Blake · Post by **Gabriel_Blake** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:45 pm

but that's not the problem... it's just and invalid record added to /etc/portage/package.keywords by crossdev. Because there are no libc specified:

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 * Host Portage ARCH:     x86
 * Target Portage ARCH:   *
 * Target System:         msp430
 * Stage:                 4 (C/C++ compiler)

 * binutils:              binutils-[latest]
 * gcc:                   gcc-[latest]
 * headers:               linux-headers-[latest]
 * libc:                  -[latest]

so in /etc/portage/package.keywords I've got:

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cross-msp430/binutils * ~* -x86 -~x86
cross-msp430/gcc * ~* -x86 -~x86
cross-msp430/linux-headers * ~* -x86 -~x86
cross-msp430/[latest] * ~* -x86 -~x86
cross-msp430/gdb * ~* -x86 -~x86
cross-msp430/insight * ~* -x86 -~x86

I honestly think this is irrelevant.

About the -s option... I've already tried from 0 to 4.
0 installs only binutils. Anything above that (1 2 3 4) gives the error.

Still don't know what's wrong.

sera · Post by **sera** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:26 pm

I was referring to uppercase -S.

Specifing a full target should fix your problem. There might be other codepaths in the script to work around it, therefore the -S

msp430-unknown-linux-gnu could be your problem as the ebuild makes use of the category names.

Gabriel_Blake · Post by **Gabriel_Blake** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:06 pm

Sorry... I've misunderstood you. But the -S option didn't help either.

I've looked through all the logs and found stuff like this:

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checking for .preinit_array/.init_array/.fini_array support... yes
checking if mkdir takes one argument... no
*** Configuration msp430-unknown-none not supported
make[1]: *** [configure-gcc] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/cross/msp430/portage/cross-msp430/gcc-4.4.2/work/build'
make: *** [all] Error 2
 * ERROR: cross-msp430/gcc-4.4.2 failed:

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 * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ...                                    [ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ...                                   [ ok ]
 * CPV:  cross-msp430/linux-headers-2.6.27-r2
 * REPO: science
 * USE:  elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU x86

 * This version of linux-headers does not support unknown.
 * Please merge the appropriate sources, in most cases
 * (but not all) this will be called unknown-headers.
 * ERROR: cross-msp430/linux-headers-2.6.27-r2 failed:
 *   Package unsupported for unknown

So I guess that the problem really is the missing libc. I thought it simply doesn't exist, but then I've found that FreeBSD has one in ports. I'll try do make use of it somehow. I'll inform you of any success.

On the other hand it's strange that crossdev has such an error. I'll try downgrading it to a stable version.

sera · Post by **sera** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:12 pm

*** Configuration msp430-unknown-none not supported

This is what the ebuild makes out of the category name cross-msp430. The part after unknown is the problem.

Try crossdev -S -t msp430-unknown-linux-gnu

Gabriel_Blake · Post by **Gabriel_Blake** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:15 pm

Ok... at least something has changed

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localhost gabriel # crossdev -S -t msp430-unknown-linux-gnu
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 * Host Portage ARCH:     x86
 * Target Portage ARCH:   *
 * Target System:         msp430-unknown-linux-gnu
 * Stage:                 4 (C/C++ compiler)

 * binutils:              binutils-[stable]
 * gcc:                   gcc-[stable]
 * headers:               linux-headers-[stable]
 * libc:                  glibc-[stable]

 * PORTDIR_OVERLAY:       /usr/portage/local/layman/science
 * PORT_LOGDIR:           /var/log/portage
 * PKGDIR:                /usr/portage/packages/cross/msp430-unknown-linux-gnu
 * PORTAGE_TMPDIR:        /var/tmp/cross/msp430-unknown-linux-gnu
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 * Forcing the latest versions of {binutils,gcc}-config/gnuconfig ...                                                        [ ok ]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-msp430-unknown-linux-gnu-binutils.log
 * Emerging cross-binutils ...                                                                                               [ ok ]
 * Log: /var/log/portage/cross-msp430-unknown-linux-gnu-linux-headers-quick.log
 * Emerging cross-linux-headers-quick ...

 * linux-headers failed :(
 * If you file a bug, please attach the following logfiles:
 * /var/log/portage/cross-msp430-unknown-linux-gnu-info.log
 * /var/log/portage/cross-msp430-unknown-linux-gnu-linux-headers-quick.log

At least now there's glibc on the list.... but still:

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Calculating dependencies  ^H^H... done!

>>> Verifying ebuild manifests

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) cross-msp430-unknown-linux-gnu/linux-headers-2.6.27-r2 from science
 * gentoo-headers-base-2.6.27.tar.lzma RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ...   [ ok ]
 * gentoo-headers-2.6.27-2.tar.lzma RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ...      [ ok ]
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ...                                     [ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ...                                    [ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ...                                   [ ok ]
 * CPV:  cross-msp430-unknown-linux-gnu/linux-headers-2.6.27-r2
 * REPO: science
 * USE:  elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU x86

 * This version of linux-headers does not support unknown.
 * Please merge the appropriate sources, in most cases
 * (but not all) this will be called unknown-headers.
 * ERROR: cross-msp430-unknown-linux-gnu/linux-headers-2.6.27-r2 failed:
 *   Package unsupported for unknown
 *
 * Call stack:
 *         ebuild.sh, line   54:  Called pkg_setup
 *         ebuild.sh, line 1347:  Called kernel-2_pkg_setup
 *   kernel-2.eclass, line 1105:  Called setup_headers
 *   kernel-2.eclass, line  718:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *              die "Package unsupported for $(tc-arch)"
 *

I've spent hours searching the net for info... I don't want to add any ebuilds to my local overlay... I'd like to force crossdev to work :/

sera · Post by **sera** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:35 pm

msp430-unknown-elf-gnu maybe?

sera · Post by **sera** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:01 pm

After looking into the toolchain-funcs.eclass I can say tc-arch will always return unknown. I have no experience with the special target mps430, so I can't say if and how it's supposed to work. But it looks like a bug to me.

Gabriel_Blake · Post by **Gabriel_Blake** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:33 pm

I've been working on it for some time. What I've learned is that he msp430 toolchain hasn't been maintained for a years and It's pretty much crap on any distro. I guess I have to use some soft under wine for the job.

I'm leaving this topic open in case anyone manages to compile this toolchain on Gentoo and would like to share his experience.

Post by **radhermit** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:51 am

Recently I put together an overlay containing the latest MSP430 toolchain support. You can find the overlay and instructions here. Let me know if you have any problems or requests for more package versions.

I'll probably try getting this support into the packages in the main tree at some point in the near future, but it would be great if all the various toolchain package upstreams included MSP430 support in their releases by then so I wouldn't have to do much at all.

pszemas · Post by **pszemas** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:16 pm

ive got file collisions when try to install msp430-binutils from your ebuilds

edit: my mistake, i use crossdev without patch and try manualy emerge msp430-gcc package, but i have got another problem, at gcc stage 2 compiling:

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looking for a compliant stdint.h in stdint.h, checking for uintmax_t... yes
checking for uintptr_t... yes
checking for int_least32_t... yes
checking for int_fast32_t... yes
checking for uint64_t... yes
checking what to include in gstdint.h... stdint.h (already complete)
configure: error: Pthreads are required to build libgomp
make[1]: *** [configure-target-libgomp] Błąd 1
make[1]: Opuszczenie katalogu `/var/tmp/cross/msp430/portage/cross-msp430/msp430-gcc-4.4.3/work/build'
make: *** [all] Błąd 2

Post by **radhermit** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:03 pm

It looks like you're building the cross-compiler with the openmp use flag selected. Try building msp430-gcc without the openmp use flag.

pszemas · Post by **pszemas** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:19 am

It worked ! Thank you very much!

Post by **radhermit** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:21 am

I've pushed a fix to the msp430 overlay for crossdev that disables the openmp use flag for the gcc stage 2 build phase so you shouldn't have to manually work around the problem in the future. Feel free to let me know if you run into other problems.

Kiesus · Post by **Kiesus** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:30 pm

I can't get the toolchain to build.
Binutils builds fine, but after that it fails on the GCC stage with the error "Configuration msp430-unknown-none not supported".

The crossdev command I used is

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crossdev -t msp430 --b 2.20.1 --g 4.4.5 --l 20110213 -s4 --without-headers

I added the msp430 overlay with layman.

Without the last argument --without-headers it fails trying to install linux-headers or something.
I tried with GCC versions 4.4.5 (testing), 4.4.4 (testing) and 4.3.4 (stable). The same error with all of them.

Build logs:
cross-msp430-info.log
cross-msp430-gcc-stage1.log

Kiesus · Post by **Kiesus** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:25 pm

Meh, I was using crossdev from main tree.
After emerging crossdev from the overlay and then doing 'crossdev -t msp430' I get a different error.
Configure fails somewhere midway building the gcc, with error 'configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile'.

cross-msp430-info.log
cross-msp430-msp430-gcc-stage1.log

nitm · Post by **nitm** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:50 am

Hello,

I need to install msp430-gcc and msp430-gdb, what should I read in order to learn how to do it properly?
Direct emerge doesn't work and it looks like I need to use the crossdev tool, don't I?

Thank you in advance and sorry for the noob question

Post by **radhermit** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:23 am

nitm wrote:Hello,

I need to install msp430-gcc and msp430-gdb, what should I read in order to learn how to do it properly?
Direct emerge doesn't work and it looks like I need to use the crossdev tool, don't I?

Thank you in advance and sorry for the noob question

Yes, you'll need to use crossdev in order to use the overlay properly. You should read the instructions on github if you haven't yet.

Post by **radhermit** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:27 am

Kiesus wrote:Meh, I was using crossdev from main tree.
After emerging crossdev from the overlay and then doing 'crossdev -t msp430' I get a different error.
Configure fails somewhere midway building the gcc, with error 'configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile'.

cross-msp430-info.log
cross-msp430-msp430-gcc-stage1.log

Does this occur for you with gcc-4.4.5 and and updated overlay? I can't seem to reproduce it.

kwenspc · Post by **kwenspc** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:05 pm

I know this thread is a bit old, but I think it's good to keep updated. I got into the same troubles and ended up in this thread.
Actually it was mainly due to a misuse of crossdev (which is a bit crappy in option handling and so on)

So use the msp430 overlay from radhermit, emerge the given crossdev from it (I let the user knowing what's need to be keyworded) and then:

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crossdev --without-headers --stage3 --binutils 2.21 --gcc 4.5.2 --target msp430

followed by (if everything went well):

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crossdev --ex-only --ex-gdb --target msp430

Trying to run the first command with --ex-gdb did not built the gdb... But second command did it hopefully.