QNX 6 Board Support Packages

Release Notes

Outstanding issues

• On a Windows 2000 host, you need to set the TMP environment variable to something reasonable before making the BSP and DDK source. For example:

  mkdir \TMP
  set TMP=C:\TMP
    

• On occasion, some driver source files can't be included in the BSPs due to nondisclosure agreements with third-party suppliers. For this release, the PPC Redbox board support package doesn't include the source files for the graphics and touchscreen drivers. However, you can get the compiled binary files for these drivers on-line from the QNX Developers' Corner site at http://developers.qnx.com. The binaries are packaged as a tar file under Fixes/Software/rpx.tar.
• The BSP source code might not match the binaries shipped with QNX 6.1.0 or the next patch (6.1.0 A). The source provided in this release of the Embedding Kits is the most current version available. You should compile the source code provided in the BSPs to create the most current versions of the runtime files. A specific example is the network driver, devn-ne2000.so (used for the Solution Engine BSP), which has been updated from what was originally released in 6.1.0.
• The devc-sersci driver crashes on the Solution Engine board. This is a sporadic problem that will be addressed in a future release.
• The calib utility isn't built by default. You need to use the Photon Application Builder, PhAB, to open and make calib.
• The Driver Development Kits (DDKs) are currently in beta.

BSP dependencies

In order to handle dependencies, the libraries, headers, and other files found in the ./prebuilt directory must be copied correctly to your .scratch directory. To do this, you'll need to run make at the appropriate directory level.

Before you make any components for your particular board, you must first make the BSP sources at the top level. For example, suppose you want to build the flash source for the RPX-Lite BSP. Initially, you must build everything from the root of the BSP, like this:

Correct way (for initial build)

cd /usr/src/bsp-6.1.0/ppc/rpx-lite
make

This will build everything under ./src and will set up the scratch directory correctly.

Incorrect way (for initial build)

Don't do this:

cd /usr/src/bsp-6.1.0/ppc/rpx-lite/src/hardware/flash/boards/rpx-lite/ppc/be
make

After this initial build is complete, you should then be able to build any of the sources individually.

Remember that if you change a library or header, make sure it gets copied to your scratch directory.