[ECOS] Fw: Re: eCos library build error

[az cards <az1965_cards at yahoo dot com>]

--- On Sun, 8/16/09, az cards <az1965_cards@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: az cards <az1965_cards@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: eCos library build error
> To: "John Dallaway" <john@dallaway.org.uk>
> Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009, 5:20 PM
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 8/16/09, John Dallaway <john@dallaway.org.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: John Dallaway <john@dallaway.org.uk>
> > Subject: Re: eCos library build error
> > To: "az cards" <az1965_cards@yahoo.com>
> > Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
> > Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009, 6:34 AM
> > az cards wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm new to eCos and trying build it for i386 PC
> target
> > (vm ware) 
> > >? 
> > > I have installed cygwin and ecos following the
> > instructions on the eCos web
> > > site. 
> > >? 
> > > I'm using eCos' windows configuration tool.
> > >? 
> > > I selected i386 PC target template and default
> > package. My build tools path
> > > is pointing to
> > C:\cygwin\opt\ecos\gnutools\i386-elf\bin.
> > >? 
> > > I have created a build folder c:\workdir where I
> saved
> > the ecos.ecc and the
> > > config tool successfully created both the build
> and
> > install trees.
> > >? 
> > > However, when I try to build the libtarget.a,
> "build
> > library" fails right
> > > away with following message:
> > >? 
> > > make -j2 --directory
> > "/ecos-c/workdir/ecos/ecos_build"
> > > make: *** /ecos-c/workdir/ecos/ecos_build: No
> such
> > file or directory. Stop.
> > >? 
> > > I'm suspecting there is a path conversion
> problem
> > between windows and unix.
> > > Is /ecos-c a mounted drive? When I type mount in
> the
> > cygwin window, I get
> > > following:
> > >? 
> > > $ mount
> > > C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (textmode)
> > > C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (textmode)
> > > c:\cygwin\tmp on /tmp type user (binmode)
> > > C:\cygwin on / type system (textmode)
> > > c: on /cygdrive/c type system
> (textmode,noumount)
> > > d: on /cygdrive/d type system
> (textmode,noumount)
> > >? 
> > > It doesn't show /ecos-c as a mount...
> > 
> > Old versions of the Windows-hosted eCos Configuration
> Tool
> > create
> > text-mode Cygwin mounts such as /ecos-c to workaround
> > problems with very
> > old GNU tools. Such workarounds have not been
> necessary for
> > many years
> > and you should now use /cygdrive/c rather than /ecos-c
> when
> > referring to
> > logical drive C:.
> > 
> > The error you are observing suggests that you may be
> using
> > an old
> > version of the eCos Configuration Tool. Is it possible
> that
> > you have an
> > old version of configtool.exe on your computer that
> is
> > being accessed
> > instead of the version provided with eCos 3.0? What is
> the
> > version
> > number and build date shown in the Help->About...
> dialog
> > box?
> > 
> > John Dallaway
> > 
> Thanks for the reply!
> 
> It is showing 2.11 and I directly downloaded this one from
> the eCos archive. The one that came with eCos install is 3.0
> (/cygwin/opt/ecos/ecos-3.0/tools/bin) but it is crashing
> with stack dump whenever I try to select a dialog box such
> as "save as" or "open" to load existing ecos.ecc. That's
> what prompted me to install a different version since I
> could not use the tool to save ecos.ecc and create the
> build/install trees. Any idea why it is doing that and if
> there is another working version I can download?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 




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