IMPORTANT NOTES
- Make sure additional components and network proxies are setup as mentioned in Build Environment Setup before proceeding to building PSDK RTOS
- Make sure you dont skip any of the steps mentioned below (for the selected configuration )
- ${PSDKR_PATH} refers to the path where Processor SDK RTOS (PSDK RTOS) is installed
- ${PSDKL_PATH} refers to the path where Processor SDK Linux (PSDK Linux) is installed
- All folders like, , tiovx, vision_apps mentioned in the user guide are relative to ${PSDKR_PATH} unless explicitly stated otherwise.
- The build is tested on Ubuntu (x86_64) 22.04 system and may not work on earlier or later Ubuntu systems.
- 20GB of free space is required to install and build PSDK RTOS
- Make sure you have sudo access
Quick Steps to build vision apps for selected configuration
This section details the build steps for each of the following HLOS setup configurations. Follow the steps in the appropriate section.
Linux+RTOS mode
- Edit file sdk_builder/build_flags.mak and modify below variables
BUILD_EMULATION_MODE=no
BUILD_TARGET_MODE=yes
BUILD_LINUX_MPU=yes
PROFILE=release
- Do below to build the source code using pre-built libraries provided in the SDK installer, with "N" being the number of parallel threads
cd sdk_builder
make sdk -jN
- The RTOS, Linux executable are stored below
vision_apps/out/$(TARGET_SOC)/$(MPU_CPU)/LINUX/$PROFILE
vision_apps/out/$(TARGET_SOC)/R5F/$(RTOS)/$PROFILE
vision_apps/out/$(TARGET_SOC)/$(TARGET_C7X)/$(RTOS)/$PROFILE
QNX+RTOS mode
- Make sure that you have the QNX SDP 7.1 installed in your PC as mentioned in Step 2b: Download and Install PSDK QNX addon to run in QNX+RTOS mode (Optional, only needed for QNX+RTOS mode)
- Edit file sdk_builder/build_flags.mak and modify below variables
BUILD_EMULATION_MODE=no
BUILD_TARGET_MODE=yes
BUILD_LINUX_MPU=no
BUILD_QNX_MPU=yes
PROFILE=release
- Edit the file sdk_builder/tools_path.mak and modify below variables
QNX_BASE=<QNX SDP installation path>
- Do below to build the source code using pre-built libraries provided in the SDK installer, with "N" being the number of parallel threads
- Note: If using SBL as the bootloader, the BUILD_CPU_MCU1_0 should be set to "no" in sdk_builder/vision_apps_build_flags.mak. The boot app will be used as the MCU1-0 image in this case. For more information, please refer to the app note here.
cd sdk_builder
./make_sdk.sh
- The RTOS, QNX executables are stored below
vision_apps/out/$(TARGET_SOC)/$(MPU_CPU)/QNX/$PROFILE
vision_apps/out/$(TARGET_SOC)/R5F/$(RTOS)/$PROFILE
vision_apps/out/$(TARGET_SOC)/C66/$(RTOS)/$PROFILE
vision_apps/out/$(TARGET_SOC)/$(TARGET_C7X)/$(RTOS)/$PROFILE
SBL Boot Support with QNX+RTOS mode
The following instructions detail how to build and deploy SBL_HLOS_SD or SBL_OSPI_HLOS.
- Build App Image
Run the following command to build combined QNX app images: cd sdk_builder
make sbl_appimage_hlos
Note: RPRC images for MCU2_0, C7X_1, and C7X_2 cores are generated automatically.
- Build and Install SBL
1. For SBL SD HLOS
- First, build the SBL SD HLOS bootimage:
- Then, to install the SBL SD bootimage and combined QNX app image to an SD card, run:
make sbl_bootimage_install_sd
This copies:
- SBL SD HLOS bootimage to tiboot3.bin on the SD card
- QNX appimage to app on the SD card
For SBL OSPI HLOS
- Build the SBL OSPI HLOS bootimage: You will be prompted for the UART port (default:
/dev/ttyUSB2).
- Switch the device to UART boot mode.
- Then, to install the SBL OSPI HLOS bootimage and combined QNX app image to an device OSPI flash, run:
make sbl_bootimage_install_ospi
This installs the SBL OSPI HLOS bootimage and combined QNX app image to the OSPI flash over UART using uniflash tool.
- Once flashing is done, turn off the device and switch back to OSPI boot mode.
- Run the device, and it should boot into QNX.
To clean generated files run:
PC emulation mode
- Edit file sdk_builder/build_flags.mak and modify below variables
BUILD_EMULATION_MODE=yes
BUILD_TARGET_MODE=no
- Do below to build the source code,
cd sdk_builder
./make_sdk.sh
- The PC executables are stored below
vision_apps/out/PC/x86_64/LINUX/$PROFILE
Quick steps to clean vision apps generated files
- To do a clean build of vision_apps do below,
cd sdk_builder
make vision_apps_scrub
Detailed steps to configure and build vision apps
Makefile and configuration options
- Default makefile flag values are set to build the SDK properly. However below flags are recommended to be changed by users to speed up their build time, execution speed and/or configure what to build depending on their specific requirements.
- Edit below variables in sdk_builder/build_flags.mak. These flags will affect app_utils, tiovx, imaging, video_io, as well as vision_apps builds.
| Makefile flag | Valid values (default value in bold) | Description |
| PROFILE | debug or release or all | "debug" for debug only build,
"release" for release only build,
"all" for both debug and release builds |
| BUILD_TARGET_MODE | yes or no | "yes" to build for SoC platform. In case you are building only for PC keep this to "no" |
| BUILD_QNX_MPU | yes or no | "yes" if you want to build for QNX on the MPU. In case you are building for RTOS only mode or Linux + RTOS mode, keep this to "no" |
| BUILD_LINUX_MPU | yes or no | "yes" if you want to build for ARM Linux on the MPU. In case you are building for RTOS only mode or QNX + RTOS mode, keep this to "no" |
| BUILD_EMULATION_MODE | yes or no | "yes" to build for PC emulation mode. In case you are building only for SoC keep this to "no" |
| BUILD_CT_* | yes or no | "yes" to enable OpenVX conformance tests for specific group of tests (CT). Typically during development one would keep all to "no" and only enable the required tests in respective CT "test_main.h" |
- Edit below variables in sdk_builder/vision_apps_build_flags.mak,
| Makefile flag | Valid values (default value in bold) | Description |
| BUILD_CPU_<cpu name> | yes or no | "yes" if you want that CPU in your build, else keep it to "no".
Note, BUILD_CPU_MPU1, BUILD_CPU_MCU2_0 MUST be kept as "yes"
Note, If building for MCU1_0, please refer to the developer note here.
Note, if switching between building with BUILD_CPU_MCU1_0 turned on and off, you will need to re-install the bootfs and targetfs to the SD card as described here Step 1: Prepare SD card for boot (one time only). |
| BUILD_APP_RTOS_LINUX | yes or no | "yes" to build Linux+RTOS mode binaries for selected CPUs. Keep to "no" if you are not interested in Linux+RTOS binaries.
By default this is set to BUILD_LINUX_MPU |
| BUILD_APP_RTOS_QNX | yes or no | "yes" to build QNX+RTOS mode binaries for selected CPUs. Keep to "no" if you are not interested in QNX+RTOS binaries.
By default this is set to BUILD_QNX_MPU |
- Edit vision_apps/platform/${SOC}/rtos/common/app_cfg*.h for additional build time configuration,
Note, additional #define's are defined in these files, but only ones which typical users need to customize are listed below.
| File | #define | Description |
| app_cfg.h | ENABLE_IPC_<cpu name> | #undef these to disable a CPU from the system, #define to enable in the system
Note, this must match the BUILD_CPU_<cpu name> sdk_builder/vision_apps_build_flags.mak |
| app_cfg_mcu2_0.h | ENABLE_DSS_DSI | #define this to enable DSI display, make sure to #undef ENABLE_DSS_EDP and ENABLE_DSS_HDMI as well |
Build vision apps without prebuilt libraries
- Do below to see values of make configuration variables
cd sdk_builder
make sdk_show_config
- Do below to see additional make targets to do a granular SDK build
cd sdk_builder
make sdk_help
- Do below to build the full PSDK RTOS, with "N" being the number of parallel threads
cd sdk_builder
make sdk -jN
- This command does same as above, except it also traps all build errors and displays them at end of log (since parallel build otherwise may not display all errors at the end).
cd sdk_builder
./make_sdk.sh
- Do below to clean the full PSDK RTOS
cd sdk_builder
make sdk_scrub