Build overview

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basic concept

  • project - Specifically the directory or subdirectory under armino/projects/,which contains all the files and configurations needed to build an executable application,as well as other supporting files such as partition tables, data/filesystem partitions, and bootloaders.

  • Project configuration - Specifically, the sdkconfig.h file generated in the build directory during the build process.

  • application - is an executable built by ARMINO. A project typically builds two applications : the project application (the main executable file, i.e. user-defined firmware) and the bootloader (the project application that starts and initializes).

  • components - is modular and self-contained code that is compiled into a static library (.a file) and linked into the application.

  • Target - Specifically refers to the hardware device that runs the built application, such as bk7236, bk7258 etc.

Project example

- armino/
    - components/
    - include/
    - middleware/
        - arch/
            - bk7236/
                - bk7236.defconfig
                - ...
    - projects/
        - my_project/
            - config/
                - bk7236/config
                - bk7258/config
            - CMakeLists.txt
            - Kconfig.projbuild
            - main/
                - main.c
                - Kconfig
                - CMakeLists.txt
            - components/
                - c1/
                    - c1.c
                    - Kconfig
                    - CMakeLists.txt
                - c2/

Trigger a build with make

Run make in the armino root directory. The most commonly used make commands are as follows:

  • make bkxxx - Build the target bkxxx, and the project is the default project armino/projects/app.

  • make bkxxx PROJECT=a/b - Build bkxxx, the project is armino/projects/a/b

  • make all - build all targets

  • make cleanbkxxx - clean target bkxxx

  • make clean - clear all targets

The make build is to indirectly call the armino tool through armino/Makefile to build, which saves the trouble of setting environment variables when building with the armino tool. It is recommended that you build in this way.