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Compiling SRV-1 Blackfin firmware on Windows
11/29/07 at 8:04am

The current version of the Blackfin compiler toolchain runs on Windows and can be used to compile srv1.ldr.

Here is the download link for the most recent toolchain-
http://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/download/frsrelease/392/5211/blackfin-toolchain-w in32-2008R1.5.exe

Important note - you will see the following message during installation:
Quote:

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ADI Blackfin Toolchain 2008R1.5 Setup
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Your system does not appear to have LibUsb-Win32 installed.
You need to have this installed if you wish to use USB based JTAG tools.

Do you wish to install LibUsb-Win32?
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Yes No
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!!! DO NOT INSTALL IT. YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLES WITH USB !!!
This LibUsb-Win32 is not required.

The SRV-1/SVS firmware image is built using a Windows command prompt ("Start" "Run"
"Cmd"), using the "make" command on "Makefile" that is included with the SRV-1/SVS source code archive. The source code will be found in
   http://www.surveyor.com/blackfin/srv-blackfin-xxxxxx.zip

Links to firmware archives will be found on this forum and
   http://www.surveyor.com/blackfin/#blackfin3

You may have to install "make.exe" from the Mingw32 package. You can download the package here -
   http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=23918& amp;release_id=587379

Once you have installed, you can rename mingw32-make.exe to make.exe. You need to put make.exe in your execution path, though it might be easiest just to copy make.exe into the same directory where bfin-elf-gcc.exe is installed.

Once everything is installed, you can "cd" (change directory) to the location of the SRV-1/SVS source code files and type "make". Before starting, delete all of the *.o and *.bin files.

*** UPDATE ***
Forum member Lefteris has written a tutorial for building SRV-1 firmware on Windows -
http://lefteris.realintelligence.net/?p=17

« Last Edit: 02/09/10 at 9:48am by admin »

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gmonnat

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Re: Compiling SRV-1 Blackfin firmware on Windows
Reply #1 - 01/28/10 at 2:32pm

I followed Lefteris's most excellent tutorial for building SRV-1 firmware on Windows, and got the “mingw32-make” and Tera Term stuff compiling and talking to the SRV-1. For the mingw32-make.exe, I only downloaded the smaller, newer one, mingw32-make-3.81-20080326-3.tar.gz. For Tera Term, I made the following changes to TERATERM.INI and thought I'd share them here for others. It's basic stuff, but maybe it'll help someone.

* To change the default TCP/IP host, change the Host1 line (in my case to 192.168.200.100, which I copied from my srv.config line "network.srv.host=192.168.200.100"). The [Hosts] section was last in my TERATERM.INI.

Code:

;[Hosts]
;	Host name
;Host1=myhost.mydomain
;	IP address
;Host2=111.11.1.1
;	Host name with option
;Host3=myhost.mydomain /F=myhost.ini
;	COM1 port
;Host4=/C=1
;	Replay a file
;Host5=/R=readme.txt

[Hosts]
Host1=192.168.200.100
Host2=111.11.1.1
Host3=myhost.mydomain /F=myhost.ini
Host4=/C=1 ;serial port
Host5=/R=readme.txt ;replay a file

* To change the default TCP/IP port number and to keep the Telnet box unchecked (as a default), change the following two lines under "TCP/IP parameters" (about a 1/3 of the way down in my TERATERM.INI). I changed mine to TCPPort=10001 (which I copied from my srv.config line "network.srv.port=10001") and Telnet=off.

Code:

;	TCP/IP parameters
;	  TCP port#
;TCPPort=23
TCPPort=10001
;	  Telnet flag (on/off)
;Telnet=on
Telnet=off

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Roboto88

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Re: Compiling SRV-1 Blackfin firmware on Windows
Reply #2 - 02/19/11 at 12:43pm

Hey Guys,

I Downloaded the following programs:

1 - Blackfin Compiler/developer toolchain (Version: 2009R1)
@ choose Component stage, I selected: - bfin-elf
- Eclipse
- Examples
- Shortcuts

when the popup window asked me "Do you wish to install LibUsb-Win32? " I selected NO

2 - Downloaded the latest SRV-1 firmware ( 1st July 2010)
3 - MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows ( to get the make.exe)
@ select component stage, I only selected C compiler and pressed NEXT

I follow this http://lefteris.realintelligence.net/?p=17 Guideline

I run make from the command prompt I get this

" bfin-elf-gcc: _spawnvp: No such file or directory
mingw32-make: *** [main.o] Error 1 "

I tried taking out the O Files then the error changes to from “main.o” to “init.o”

Can someone help PLEASE.

THANKS
Roboto88

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EmbeddedMan Junior Member Posts: 62	Re: Compiling SRV-1 Blackfin firmware on Windows Reply #3 - 02/20/11 at 11:40am Robo, At this point, the makefile and associated files are not set up to compile with anything more recent than the 2008R1.5_RC14 toolchain. You'll need to use that until we get things sorted out for the latest version (which is 2010 I believe). *Brian
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anagnosz YaBB Newbies Posts: 12	Re: Compiling SRV-1 Blackfin firmware on Windows Reply #4 - 11/28/11 at 6:41am Hello I compile the srv firmware(the default one,srv1-blackfin-022411) on windows but the first time i get: make: *** [main_115k.o] Error 2, when i retype make the compile completes.Any ideas ? What i am doing wrong?Would this firmware work on the robot or not? [Modification: It worked.]
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Ray YaBB Newbies Posts: 42	Re: Compiling SRV-1 Blackfin firmware on Windows Reply #5 - 12/20/12 at 5:23am Hi, (1) I wish to enquire whether the files: Makefile & srv1.x is machine generated or hand-writed? (2) The latest firmware no more use the startup.asm file ?? Thanks in advance. Ray.
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