[yocto] Solved : Re: Problems building U-Boot for x86_64

Stefan Roese stefan.roese at gmail.com
Thu Nov 30 00:03:46 PST 2017


Hi Ferry,

On 08.10.2017 18:50, Ferry Toth wrote:
> Op Fri, 25 Aug 2017 22:30:42 +0000, schreef Ferry Toth:
> 
>> Op Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:22:40 +0200, schreef Ferry Toth:
>>
>>> Khem Raj wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8/23/17 3:40 PM, Ferry Toth wrote:
>>>>> Op Wed, 23 Aug 2017 14:51:55 -0700, schreef Khem Raj:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/23/17 2:29 PM, Ferry Toth wrote:
>>>>>>> Ferry Toth wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Khem Raj wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 8/22/17 11:41 PM, Ferry Toth wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I am having trouble building a specific U-Boot version with
>>>>>>>>>> Yocto. Outside of Yocto on 64 bit Ubuntu 17.04 with multilib it
>>>>>>>>>> builds fine.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am extending meta-intel-edison to build a 64 bit Poke Morty,
>>>>>>>>>> with a vanilla 64-bit kernel (4.12). This is working quite well.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> My host is x86_64, the target is core2 with tune=core-64.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Without 64bit tune I can build U-Boot fine. With 64bit it can
>>>>>>>>>> not link, appearently because it needs lbgcc.a
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> what is exact error message ? is it while compiling host bits or
>>>>>>>>> target bits ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The failing line is:
>>>>>>>> x86_64-poky-linux-ld.bfd -Bsymbolic -Bsymbolic-functions -m
>>>>>>>> elf_i386 --emit- relocs --wrap=__divdi3 --wrap=__udivdi3
>>>>>>>> --wrap=__moddi3 --wrap=__umoddi3 -- gc-sections -pie -Bstatic
>>>>>>>> --no-dynamic-linker -Ttext 0x01101000 -o u-boot -T u-boot.lds
>>>>>>>> arch/x86/cpu/start.o --start-group arch/x86/cpu/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> arch/x86/lib/built-in.o board/intel/edison/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> cmd/built-in.o common/built-in.o disk/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/built-in.o drivers/dma/built-in.o drivers/gpio/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/i2c/built-in.o drivers/mmc/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/mtd/built-in.o drivers/mtd/onenand/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/mtd/spi/built- in.o drivers/net/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/net/phy/built-in.o drivers/pci/built- in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/power/built-in.o drivers/power/battery/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/power/domain/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/power/fuel_gauge/built-in.o drivers/power/mfd/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/power/pmic/built-in.o drivers/power/regulator/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/serial/built-in.o drivers/spi/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/usb/common/built-in.o drivers/usb/dwc3/built- in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/usb/emul/built-in.o drivers/usb/eth/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/usb/gadget/built-in.o drivers/usb/gadget/udc/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/usb/host/built-in.o drivers/usb/musb-new/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/usb/musb/built-in.o drivers/usb/phy/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> drivers/usb/ulpi/built-in.o dts/built-in.o fs/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> lib/built-in.o net/built-in.o test/built-in.o test/dm/built-in.o
>>>>>>>> --end-group arch/x86/lib/lib.a -Map u-boot.map ERROR: oe_runmake
>>>>>>>> failed arch/x86/lib/built-in.o: In function `__wrap___udivdi3':
>>>>>>>> /home/ferry/tmp/edison-intel/my/edison-
>>>>>>>> morty/out/linux64/build/tmp/work/edison-poky-linux/u-boot/edison-
>>>>> v2017.03-
>>>>>>>> r0/git/arch/x86/lib/gcc.c:25: undefined reference to
>>>>>>>> `__normal___udivdi3'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I as believe the missing lib is libgcc.a I just my sysroot and
>>>>>>> found it here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the linker cmdline above does not link with libgcc and there might
>>>>>> be a good reason for that, many standalone applications dont link
>>>>>> with libgcc intentionally. You could look into the code and see if
>>>>>> it can be written differently such that gcc does not have to invoke
>>>>>> a helper function from gcc runtime. Another option is to link with
>>>>>> libgcc explicitly
>>>>>
>>>>> If change my setup to build for a 32bit target, it build u-boot
>>>>> without error.
>>>>
>>>> compiler may not be generating calls for the missing function.
>>>>
>>>>> When I build the same git outside yocto on 64bit with multilib
>>>>> installed it also builds without error. In that case the make command
>>>>> would be: make -j8 edison_defconfig
>>>>
>>>> same is possible. Can you do readelf -sW gcc.o and see if there is a
>>>> undefined reference to __normal___udivdi3
>>>
>>>     20: 00000000    22 FUNC    GLOBAL HIDDEN     4 __wrap___divdi3 21:
>>>     00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND __normal___divdi3 22:
>>>     00000000    22 FUNC    GLOBAL HIDDEN     6 __wrap___udivdi3 23:
>>>     00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND __normal___udivdi3 24:
>>>     00000000    22 FUNC    GLOBAL HIDDEN     8 __wrap___moddi3 25:
>>>     00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND __normal___moddi3 26:
>>>     00000000    22 FUNC    GLOBAL HIDDEN    10 __wrap___umoddi3 27:
>>>     00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND __normal___umoddi3
>>
>> AFAIKT when building for a 32-bit target is only that U-Boot makefile is
>> called with CROSS_COMPILE=i686-poky-linux- CC=i686-poky-linux-gcc
>> instead of CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-poky-linux- CC=x86_64-poky-linux-gcc.
>>
>> Result from readelf -sW gcc.o built wuth i686:
>>
>> 20: 00000000    27 FUNC    GLOBAL HIDDEN     4 __wrap___divdi3 21:
>> 00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND __normal___divdi3 22:
>> 00000000    27 FUNC    GLOBAL HIDDEN     6 __wrap___udivdi3 23: 00000000
>>      0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND __normal___udivdi3 24: 00000000    27
>> FUNC    GLOBAL HIDDEN     8 __wrap___moddi3 25: 00000000     0 NOTYPE
>> GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND __normal___moddi3 26: 00000000    27 FUNC    GLOBAL
>> HIDDEN    10 __wrap___umoddi3 27: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT
>> UND __normal___umoddi3
>>
>> The path to libs and incs is the same (x86_64...) and I can't find any
>> libgcc.a there. Still it links in this case.
>>
>> Maybe in the 64-bit case I need to add i686-poky-linux-gcc to native and
>> modify the recipe to use that?
>>
>>
>>>>> My conclusion: I have some bb variable set to the wrong value or I
>>>>> need to get multilib installed into /..../sysroots/x86_64-linux/lib.
>>>>>
>>>>> So how to do that?
>>>>>
>>>>>>> sysroots/lib32-edison/usr/lib/i686-pokymllib32-linux/6.2.0/
>>>>>>> sysroots/lib32-edison-tcbootstrap/usr/lib/i686-pokymllib32-
>> linux/6.2.0/
>>>>>>> sysroots/edison/usr/lib64/x86_64-poky-linux/6.2.0/
>>>>>>> sysroots/edison-tcbootstrap/usr/lib64/x86_64-poky-linux/6.2.0/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How compile log shows:
>>>>>>> NOTE: make -j8 CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-poky-linux-
>>>>>>> CC=x86_64-poky-linux-gcc --sysroot=/..../sysroots/edison V=1
>>>>>>> HOSTCC=gcc -isystem/..../sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/include -O2
>>>>>>> -pipe -L/..../sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib
>>>>>>> -L/..../sysroots/x86_64-linux/lib
>>>>>>> -Wl,-rpath-link,/..../sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib
>>>>>>> -Wl,-rpath-link,/..../sysroots/x86_64-linux/lib
>>>>>>> -Wl,-rpath,/..../sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/lib
>>>>>>> -Wl,-rpath,/..../sysroots/x86_64-linux/lib -Wl,-O1 -C
>>>>>>> /..../out/linux64/build/tmp/work/edison-poky-linux/u-boot/edison-
>>>>>>> v2017.03-r0/git
>>>>>>> O=/..../out/linux64/build/tmp/work/edison-poky-linux/u-
>>>>>>> boot/edison-v2017.03-r0/build edison_defconfig
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.... my edits to shorten the uninteresting part of the path)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would think: --sysroot points to /edison dir which actually
>>>>>>> contains libgcc.a, but -i, _l and -W1 options point to host dirs
>>>>>>> that don't have the lib.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I attempted to add multilib, but although that immediately
>>>>>>>>>> exposed bugs in other recipes but actually adds libgcc.a, it
>>>>>>>>>> does that for the target sysroot only.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And for some reason, U-Boot is built with the native gcc
>>>>>>>>>> (x86_64-linux),
>>>>>>>>>> and multilib does not add libgcc.a to that sysroot.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So, how do I add multilib to -native sysroot, preferably only to
>>>>>>>>>> -native and not to the target, as the target has not further use
>>>>>>>>>> for it?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Strangest thing is in u-boot.inc there is:
>>>>>>>>>> EXTRA_OEMAKE = 'CROSS_COMPILE=${TARGET_PREFIX}
>>>>>>>>>> CC="${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc ${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS}" V=1'
>>>>>>>>>> EXTRA_OEMAKE += 'HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS}
>>>>>>>>>> ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"'
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But when I check my log file:
>>>>>>>>>> NOTE: make -j8 CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-poky-linux-
>>>>>>>>>> CC=x86_64-poky-linux- gcc  ......
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So TARGET_PREFIX resolves to x86_64-poky-linux, but I think my
>>>>>>>>>> target is core2_64 (or something like that). Is that normal for
>>>>>>>>>> U-Boot?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thats ok.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am a little lost, so any help would be greatly appreciated
> 
> I added multilib to the meta0intel-edison-bsp machine conf:
> #multilib
> require conf/multilib.conf
> MULTILIBS = "multilib:lib32"
> DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-lib32 = "core2-32"
> IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " lib32-libgcc"
> 
> This exposes a lot recipy bugs in other places that needed to be fixed
> first.
> 
> Then I changed IMAGE_INSTALL += "u-boot" to "lib32_u-boot". Now it builds
> without error.
> 
> Now I changed IMAGE_INSTALL tot EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS. I believe that will
> prevent u-boot and the otherwise unecessary multilib to be installed on
> the image. Not sure if that really works out as I hope.
> 
> All of this now causes populate_sdk to fail, but I will post that
> seperately.
> 
> Thanks all for the usefull comments.

Just a quick update on this. I recently sent a patch to the U-Boot list,
fixing this x86 toolchain dependency in mainline U-Boot:

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/842613/

This patch will be included in the upcoming release (2018.01).

Thanks,
Stefan



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