Re: Arduino IDF -> make/automake based environment

From: Daniel Braniss <danny_at_cs.huji.ac.il>
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:16:38 UTC

> On 29 Dec 2021, at 14:06, FreeBSD User <freebsd@walstatt-de.de> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:10:02 +0200
> Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il <mailto:danny@cs.huji.ac.il>> wrote:
> 
>>> On 29 Dec 2021, at 01:25, FreeBSD User <freebsd@walstatt-de.de <mailto:freebsd@walstatt-de.de>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:35:10 +0100
>>> Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org <mailto:blackend@freebsd.org> <mailto:blackend@freebsd.org <mailto:blackend@freebsd.org>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Le 19.12.2021 21:03, Andrew Stevenson a écrit :  
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 19. Dec 2021, at 12:18, FreeBSD User <freebsd@walstatt-de.de> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> environment. Since I'm interested in coding for some smaller AMTEL MCUs and ESP32
>>>>>> and like to digg a bit deeper than simply clicking a host base from a menu, I'm not
>>>>>> afraid of doing some larger basic setup if needed.    
>>>>> 
>>>>> If by small AMTEL MCUs you mean AVRs then avr-gcc and avrdude are in ports.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> For ESP32, you should look at:
>>>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/electronics/arduino/esp32  
>>> 
>>> Following these instructions with the most recent required ports on the latest
>>> 13-STABLE, results in an linker error:
>>> 
>>> /usr/local/xtensa-esp32-elf/bin/../lib/gcc/xtensa-esp32-elf/5.2.0/../../../../xtensa-esp32-elf/bin/ld:
>>> cannot find crt1-sim.o: No such file or directory
>>> /usr/local/xtensa-esp32-elf/bin/../lib/gcc/xtensa-esp32-elf/5.2.0/../../../../xtensa-esp32-elf/bin/ld:
>>> cannot find _vectors.o: No such file or directory
>>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> and
>>>> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/a-guide-for-installing-esp32-board-for-arduino-on-freebsd12-update-2021-08-17.78408/ <https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/a-guide-for-installing-esp32-board-for-arduino-on-freebsd12-update-2021-08-17.78408/>
>>>> <https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/a-guide-for-installing-esp32-board-for-arduino-on-freebsd12-update-2021-08-17.78408/ <https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/a-guide-for-installing-esp32-board-for-arduino-on-freebsd12-update-2021-08-17.78408/>>
>>>> 
>> i gave up compiling the xtensa stuff, specially after espressif came out with a riscv
>> version. so I downloaded the oficial idf and under FreeBSD-13 it almost worked  out of
>> the box, if you want I can search my notes …
>> 
>> danny
>> 
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I think, that will be the first step in the right direction (using the official eps-idf).
> Since I didn't come along with the salvation of the linker error reported earlier, I
> switched back to an older project from January this year. It is also based on the
> official FreeBSD Arduino 1.8.5 port and the xtensa compiler 5.2.0 from ports, but I used
> within sketchbook/hardware/esp32 the esp32 git branch release/v1.0 instead of master on
> which I faced the crt1-sim.o error. The goal is to compile HyperionLED (as a side
> product) with the recommended libraries for this project.
> It doesn't compile with ESP32 branch release/v1.0, the error is now
> 
> [...]
> libraries/FastLED/src/platforms/esp/32/clockless_rmt_esp32.h:149:33: error:
> 'cpu_hal_get_cycle_count' was not declared ...
> [...]
> 
> which lead me to the conclusion that a more recent version is required. With the recent
> version of ESP32 stuff in place, I face the mentioned crt1-sim.o error.

same here, apart from the need for a different compiler for the riskv chips.

> 
> Searching the web for that error leads to a discrepancy of ESP-IDF and the compiler stuff.
> 
> I'll try the original esp-idf as you suggested (it is a pity it is backed by cmake, I'm
> not quite familiar with cmake yet).
> 
> Any advice is highly appreciated.

espidf version i’m using is 5 (master) and it needs linux emulation and yes, cmake, but it’s not that difficult to master,
just check the examples CMakefile’s.

if you need more specific help just yell :-)

danny



> 
> Kind regards,
> oh