Note: The steps on this page show screen shots and description based on Windows. However the steps in Linux would remain the same, unless mentioned otherwise.; In Linux, use make instead of gmake; The screen shots shown on this page are for AM64x MCU+ SDK v7.3.0. You would see your specific SOC and SDK version that is installed. However the instructions and steps mentioned remain the same, unless mentioned otherwise.

Introduction

All SDK examples and libraries can be built using makefiles via command line. Using command line one can also open SysConfig GUI to configure the example. This section provides basic instructions and tips on using makefiles.

Enabling "make" in Windows

Attention: This step needs to be done once on a Windows host machine. Nothing needs to be done for Linux.

Windows, unlike Linux, does not come pre-installed with GNU make. CCS provides a GNU make executable. However the path to this GNU make executable should be visible to the windows command prompt.
To add "make" to your path environment variable do below,

Add Environment Variable

Edit the "Path" variable and add the path to C:/ti/ccs1280/ccs/utils/bin in the "Path" variable.
Confirm that you are able to see gmake in Windows by doing below
C:\ti>gmake -v
The expected output is shown below
GNU Make 4.1

Built for Windows32

Copyright (C) 1988-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Building Libraries with Makefiles

Note: CCS projects are not supported for libraries and if any library source file or header file is modified the libraries need to be rebuilt as shown below

When SDK is installed the drivers, FreeRTOS, NORTOS and other libraries are pre-built for both "debug" mode and "release" mode. However you can modify the library source code and rebuild all the libraries using makefiles.
To rebuild the libraries, do below,
cd ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}

gmake -s libs PROFILE=release
To clean all library generated object files and libraries, do below
cd ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}

gmake -s libs-clean PROFILE=release
Additionally, you can pass PROFILE=debug to build the libraries without optimizations. This helps when debugging code in CCS debugger.

Building examples with makefiles

You can build example applications using CCS projects as well as makefiles.
To build using makefiles, firstly identify the example to build by doing below
gmake -s help
This will list all the make "commands" that you can execute. A sample output snippet is shown below,
\# Notes,

\# - Use -j to invoke parallel builds

\# - Use PROFILE=debug or PROFILE=release [default] to build in debug or release profile

\#

\# Overall build targets,

\# ======================

\# gmake -s -f makefile.{soc} help

...

\# Example build targets,

\# ======================

\# gmake -s -C examples/hello_world/{board}/r5fss0-0_nortos/ti-arm-clang [all clean syscfg-gui syscfg]

\# gmake -s -C examples/hello_world/{board}/r5fss0-0_freertos/ti-arm-clang [all clean syscfg-gui syscfg]

\# gmake -s -C examples/hello_world/{board}/m4fss0-0_nortos/ti-arm-clang [all clean syscfg-gui syscfg]

\# gmake -s -C examples/hello_world/{board}/m4fss0-0_freertos/ti-arm-clang [all clean syscfg-gui syscfg]

...

\# System Example build targets,

\# =============================

\# gmake -s -C examples/drivers/ipc/ipc_notify_echo/{board}/system_freertos_nortos [all clean syscfg-gui syscfg]

\# gmake -s -C examples/drivers/ipc/ipc_rpmsg_echo/{board}/system_freertos_nortos [all clean syscfg-gui syscfg]

...
All examples are arranged as below
examples/{component or module}/{optional sub-module or sub-component}/

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+ -- {example name}/{board on which this example can run}/

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+ -- {cpu}_{os}/{compiler toolchain}
To build a given example pick the "example combo" that you want to build and copy-paste that command on the command prompt as below
cd ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}

gmake -s -C examples/hello_world/{board}/m4fss0-0_freertos/ti-arm-clang all PROFILE=release
As shown above, one can also pass PROFILE=release or PROFILE=debug to build in "release" or "debug" profile.
Instead of "all" you can also pass other arguments as below.
To clean a example do,
cd ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}

gmake -s -C examples/hello_world/{board}/r5fss0-0_freertos/ti-arm-clang clean PROFILE=release
To launch SysConfig GUI from command line for a example do, (see also Using SDK with SysConfig)
cd ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}

gmake -s -C examples/hello_world/{board}/r5fss0-0_freertos/ti-arm-clang syscfg-gui
To simply build all examples, do below
cd ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}

gmake -s examples PROFILE=release
Explore additional commands listed via gmake -s help for more options

Building System Examples with Makefiles

Some examples, to run correctly, need multiple binaries on different CPUs to be build, loaded and run. Such examples are called "system" examples. One such example is inter-processor communication example, which shows multiple CPUs communicating among each other.
These examples are listed under System Example build targets when gmake -s help is done
...

\# System Example build targets,

\# =============================

\# gmake -s -C examples/drivers/ipc/ipc_notify_echo/{board}/system_freertos_nortos [all clean syscfg-gui syscfg]

\# gmake -s -C examples/drivers/ipc/ipc_rpmsg_echo/{board}/system_freertos_nortos [all clean syscfg-gui syscfg]

...
When the command shown under "System Example ..." is executed, multiple makefiles are executed to build executables for all CPUs associated with that "system" example
You can also launch SysConfig using the system example makefile as shown in below example, (see also Using SDK with SysConfig)
gmake -s -C examples/drivers/ipc/ipc_notify_echo/{board}/system_freertos_nortos syscfg-gui
Here SysConfig will show the configuration of all CPUs in a single SysConfig window.

SysConfig Multi-CPU View

Building the Whole SDK with Makefiles

The whole SDK can be built using makefiles by running below command,
cd ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}

gmake -s all PROFILE=release
Similarly to clean the whole SDK, do below
cd ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}

gmake -s clean PROFILE=release

Load and Run Executables Built with Makefiles

The generated binary from makefile is located as the below path
examples/{component or module}/{optional sub-module or sub-component}/

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+ -- {example name}/{board on which this example can run}/

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+ -- {cpu}_{os}/{compiler toolchain}

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+ -- {example_name}.release.out

+ -- {example_name}.debug.out
Simply load and run binary .out on EVM using CCS (see CCS Launch, Load and Run)
The same folder also has .map files which have more information about the binary size and memory section used, and so on.
In case of "system" examples, one need to load the binaries for each CPU one by one in CCS and then run each CPU. Typically the order of load and run of different CPUs is not important.

Tips and Tricks when working with Makefiles

In general, the makefiles are written to be simple and use very basic GNU make syntax and options. You can simply open the makefile located within a example or library folder to see the different compile options, include paths, files, include directory, pre-processor defines etc that are used to build that example or library.
The only common file included by all makefiles is the top level ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}/imports.mak. This file defines paths to common tools like compiler, syscfg, CCS that are used by all examples. If you have installed the tools like CCS, SysConfig, Compiler at non-default paths, then modify the paths defined in this file.
When a specific example is built the libraries used by it are not checked for changes i.e. dependency is not set. So make sure to do a gmake -s libs PROFILE={debug or release} to build all libraries in case you have changed any library source or header file. This checks and triggers a "incremental" build across all libraries.
On Linux, you can pass -j option to allow make to use all CPUs on your host machine when running make. This will make the build time significantly faster depending on your host machine speed.
On Windows, the windows command prompt sometimes locks up when make is invoked with -j option. One solution is use a different shell in windows like the bash shell provided by GIT for windows, https://git-scm.com/download/win . With the bash shell for windows, you can pass -j to make the builds fast
You can pass -s to build in "silent" mode. This will suppress the actual command that is executed. So if you dont pass -s then the console will show the exact command that is executed by make. This can be useful in debugging error, if any.
You can pass PROFILE=debug or PROFILE=release as arguments to build in debug mode or release mode
You can also build a example by going to the example folder where the makefile is located and simply type one of below,
cd ${SDK_INSTALL_PATH}/examples/hello_world/{board}/r5fss0-0_freertos/ti-arm-clang

gmake -s all PROFILE={debug or release} # Build the example

gmake -s clean PROFILE={debug or release} # Clean the example

gmake -s syscfg-gui # Launch SysConfig GUI for the example
In general, explore the commands and options listed under gmake -s help

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