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01 Dec 2013 17:15 - 02 Dec 2013 04:02 #16138 by PhracturedBlue
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We're now right up against the edge of compiling Deviation for the devo7e. The compiler has a large say as to whether we succeed or not.
As such, it would be useful to benchmark compilers, to see which are good choices.
I am compiling a specific deviation version to ensure consistency:
hg co 6cec02426da6

When the code wouldn't fit it RAM, I modified target/devo7e/devo7e.ld and target/devo7e/devo7e_opt.ld to change the rom (rx) line to have LENGTH= 128k so the builod would go thorugh (this is more memory than we have, so you couldn't use this on a Tx)

Except where noted, all compilers have been tested to produce working binaries.

Anything over 116.00K in the 'ROM' section is too big

Here are my results so far:

Windows (mingw) +
arm-none-eabi-gcc.exe (GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors) 4.7.4 20130913 (re
lease) [ARM/embedded-4_7-branch revision 202601]
ROM: 0x08003000 - 0x0801ff24 = 115.79kB
RAM: 0x20000000 - 0x20002810 =  10.02kB

Windows (mingw) +
arm-none-eabi-gcc.exe (GCC) 4.7.1 (YAGARTO ~2012-06-16)
ROM: 0x08003000 - 0x08020114 = 116.27kB
RAM: 0x20000000 - 0x20002814 =  10.02kB

Linux (Ubunutu Lucid):
arm-none-eabi-gcc (Linaro GCC 4.6-2011.10) 4.6.2 20111004 (prerelease)
Built with summon-arm on 2012-08-04, no idea what version of newlibc
ROM: 0x08003000 - 0x0801feb0 = 115.67kB
RAM: 0x20000000 - 0x20002810 =  10.02kB

Linux (Ubuntu Precise)
arm-none-eabi-gcc (Linaro GCC 4.7-2013.01) 4.7.3 20130102 (prerelease)
Built with summon-arm on 2013-03-25: e80bd34562c5c42a026f7c86012825041a41dd75
ROM: 0x08003000 - 0x0801fd48 = 115.32kB
RAM: 0x20000000 - 0x20002814 =  10.02kB
Last edit: 02 Dec 2013 04:02 by PhracturedBlue.

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02 Dec 2013 04:05 #16175 by PhracturedBlue
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I have now compile tested all versions of the 'GCC Arm Embedded' compiler available on Launchpad.
I have verified that the following can compile the devo7e dfu small enough (for now) and also that it works on my Transmitter.

So my recomendation for those not compiling their own compiler is to use the following:
launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded

And get the relevant link for your OS.

This isn't quite as good as the Linaro compiler I'm using, But I'm still looking to see if I can find a pre-compiled version that supports the m3 architecture.

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02 Dec 2013 17:31 - 02 Dec 2013 17:32 #16191 by blackmoon
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It's time for an updated VM.

Hint sbstnp :D
Last edit: 02 Dec 2013 17:32 by blackmoon.

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02 Dec 2013 18:13 #16192 by WheresWaldo
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Was at the Linaro.org site and saw that there was a chaintool for Cortex M for GCC wonder if it would produce a bit smaller code than the standard gcc toolchain. It's too bad I am stupid when it comes to programming so I can't seem to be able to put it all together, The MinGW was about the extent of my expertise just to get running.

I only know about Linaro because of all the buzz on xda and AOSP/AOKP projects.

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02 Dec 2013 20:59 - 02 Dec 2013 21:18 #16194 by HappyHarry
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blackmoon wrote: It's time for an updated VM.

Hint sbstnp :D


i'm in the midst of building a vm with gcc-arm-embedded just now, it's easy enough to do yourself if you follow the howto they provide >>

launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/4.7/4.7-2...-build-toolchain.pdf


PB what switches do you use when compiling linaro?
Last edit: 02 Dec 2013 21:18 by HappyHarry. Reason: linaro question

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02 Dec 2013 22:13 #16195 by PhracturedBlue
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For linux, I still use summon-arm, but the linux binary of gcc-arm-embedded works too (just not quite as well)
For windows, I'd recommend using the binary at gcc-arm-embedded

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03 Dec 2013 12:01 - 03 Dec 2013 12:02 #16223 by sbstnp
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Already have it installed on 12.04 LTS, but need a few more days to polish everything up.
This time it will have a GUI so emulator testing will be a breeze.

blackmoon wrote: It's time for an updated VM.

Hint sbstnp :D

Devo 10 + 4in1
Spektrum Dx9
FrSky Taranis + TBS Crossfire
Last edit: 03 Dec 2013 12:02 by sbstnp.

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03 Dec 2013 13:23 #16224 by SadSack
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sbstnp wrote: Already have it installed on 12.04 LTS, but need a few more days to polish everything up.
This time it will have a GUI so emulator testing will be a breeze.

blackmoon wrote: It's time for an updated VM.

Hint sbstnp :D


+1 from me :-)

I've been using Rugwarriors Install and till this week flawless. So tried yours last night and up and running again, Thanks.

One thing how do i edit code to re-compile ? My knowledge of linux is ZERO :blink: Still worry about that when you've updated.

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03 Dec 2013 17:35 - 03 Dec 2013 17:38 #16234 by blackmoon
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sbstnp wrote: Already have it installed on 12.04 LTS, but need a few more days to polish everything up.
This time it will have a GUI so emulator testing will be a breeze.


What was the previous compiler version installed on the VM ?

After I wrote my comment, I presumed that you used summon-arm, if so isn't it the linaro version of ggc ?

If so your VM still up to date, as they 4.6 and 4.7 produce still smaller (not by much) code than the gcc-arm-embedded version.
Last edit: 03 Dec 2013 17:38 by blackmoon.

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03 Dec 2013 19:14 #16237 by sbstnp
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Old VM: summon-arm-toolchain
New VM: gcc-arm-embedded

I tend to stick with what PB is using in order to avoid toolchain induced issues.

New VM will use the same script for compiling.

blackmoon wrote:

sbstnp wrote: Already have it installed on 12.04 LTS, but need a few more days to polish everything up.
This time it will have a GUI so emulator testing will be a breeze.


What was the previous compiler version installed on the VM ?

After I wrote my comment, I presumed that you used summon-arm, if so isn't it the linaro version of ggc ?

If so your VM still up to date, as they 4.6 and 4.7 produce still smaller (not by much) code than the gcc-arm-embedded version.

Devo 10 + 4in1
Spektrum Dx9
FrSky Taranis + TBS Crossfire

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03 Dec 2013 19:35 - 03 Dec 2013 19:36 #16238 by blackmoon
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From his comment, one would suppose that he still uses summmon.

Nevertheless two VM and one of which is graphical, is nice to have.
Last edit: 03 Dec 2013 19:36 by blackmoon.

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03 Dec 2013 19:48 #16240 by PhracturedBlue
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sbstnp wrote: Old VM: summon-arm-toolchain
New VM: gcc-arm-embedded

I tend to stick with what PB is using in order to avoid toolchain induced issues.

I am not using the gcc-arm-embedded toolchain. I use my 'magic' summon-arm toolchain which produces code ~400-500bytes smaller than gcc-arm-embedded.

But summon-arm is deprecated, and few have ever been able to build it to give similar results to what I get. So my recomendation for windows users is to use gcc-arm-embedded.

For Linux you can use either, but if you have a working summon-arm build and are building for Devo7e, I'd probably keep what you have.

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09 Dec 2013 00:21 - 09 Dec 2013 00:29 #16433 by SadSack
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I've spent the day building :
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=arm-none-eabi-gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/home/dev/sat/libexec/gcc/arm-none-eabi/4.8.2/lto-wrapper
Target: arm-none-eabi
Configured with: ../gcc-linaro-4.8-2013.07-1/configure --target=arm-none-eabi --prefix=/home/dev/sat --enable-multilib --enable-languages=c,c++ --with-newlib --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --disable-nls --disable-shared --disable-threads --with-headers=newlib/libc/include --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libmudflap --disable-libgomp --disable-werror --with-system-zlib --disable-newlib-supplied-syscalls
Thread model: single
gcc version 4.8.2 20130624 (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.8-2013.07-1)
+ Building 'devo7e.elf'
 + Optimizing placement and re-linking
ROM: 0x08003000 - 0x0801fa68 = 114.60kB
RAM: 0x20000000 - 0x200027e4 =   9.97kB

I had a 2 build warnings
pages/128x64x1/model_page.c: In function 'PAGE_ModelInit':
pages/128x64x1/model_page.c:142:26: warning: argument to 'sizeof' in 'memset' call is the same expression as the destination; did you mean to remove the addressof? [-Wsizeof-pointer-memaccess]
     memset(gui, 0, sizeof(gui));
                          ^
and
pages/128x64x1/toggle_select.c: In function 'show_iconsel_page':
pages/128x64x1/toggle_select.c:100:26: warning: argument to 'sizeof' in 'memset' call is the same expression as the destination; did you mean to remove the addressof? [-Wsizeof-pointer-memaccess]
     memset(gui, 0, sizeof(gui));
                          ^

Now bin works but not right. Can this be recovered or do i get another go at 'summon-arm-toolchain' ?

rename file devo7e.zip to devo7e.bin
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09 Dec 2013 07:25 #16436 by rbe2012
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This looks like a real bug. I have looked into the first:
printf("##### gui=%x, sizeof(gui)=%d, sizeof(gui_objs.u.modelpage)=%d #####\n", gui, sizeof(gui), sizeof(gui_objs.u.modelpage));
leads to
##### gui=66c570, sizeof(gui)=8, sizeof(gui_objs.u.modelpage)=1032 #####
where gui is defined as (&gui_objs.u.modelpage).
The size of 1032 seems to be correct; 8 is definitely the size of the pointer.
Maybe different compiler treat that different, but I think most do not recognize this (mine too).
This may lead to uninitialized values where some strange pointers inside could mix everything up.

My opinion: we should go through the code and fix this. I'll file a ticket for this so PB can look at.

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09 Dec 2013 10:07 #16438 by SadSack
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Honestly I put it down to my bad build of toolchain.
Was only hoping if I could save it or least find out what not to do next time.

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09 Dec 2013 13:32 #16444 by SadSack
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Build errors still the same using :
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=arm-none-eabi-gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/home/dev/sat/libexec/gcc/arm-none-eabi/4.8.3/lto-wrapper
Target: arm-none-eabi
Configured with: ../gcc-linaro-4.8-2013.11/configure --target=arm-none-eabi --prefix=/home/dev/sat --enable-multilib --enable-languages=c,c++ --with-newlib --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --disable-nls --disable-shared --disable-threads --with-headers=newlib/libc/include --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libmudflap --disable-libgomp --disable-werror --with-system-zlib --disable-newlib-supplied-syscalls
Thread model: single
gcc version 4.8.3 20131111 (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.8-2013.11) 
+ Optimizing placement and re-linking
ROM: 0x08003000 - 0x0801fa84 = 114.63kB
RAM: 0x20000000 - 0x200027e4 =   9.97kB

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16 Dec 2013 04:29 #16702 by SadSack
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Been trying different options for builds and standard GUI really does cost a lot of space. Switching that off and adding Datalog I'm getting :
+ Optimizing placement and re-linking
ROM: 0x08003000 - 0x0801e100 = 108.25kB
RAM: 0x20000000 - 0x200027a0 = 9.91kB


with all options datalog/standard/advanced gui's, 900'ish shy of good build.

Have one question. #define HAS_PERMANENT_TIMER 0 is this off for a reason? Just to save space ?

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