AeroFC is updated by Aero board using the UART between AeroFC
and Aero board.
This script will copy firmware and px_uploader.py to Aero board and run
px_uploader.py with the correct paremeters. User only needs to have a
network connection (Ethernet over USB or WiFi) with Aero board to update
AeroFC firmware. The IP/hostname can be given by AERO_HOSTNAME
environment variable.
This disables the following modules to save flash:
- mpu9250 driver because the MPU9250 is rarely used on Pixhawks
- Snapdragon RC PWM passthrough which is rarely used and definitely a
special/custom configuration. Also, it will soon be obsolete with the
upcoming PWM support on Snapdragon.
These are some changes that I needed to compile
most of the unsupported targets.
After this all (make list_config_targets) compile
for me except: posix_eagle_muorb, posix_sdflight_default
and qurt_eagle_legacy_driver_default.
app.h, generated from app.h_in, has unnecessary code duplication
and isn't a header file (it defines globals, static functions
and doesn't have a header guard, moreover, it has a 'using namespace
std;'). Because of this, a real headerfile that declares the stuff
defined in apps.h was missing leading to even more code duplication:
scattered forward declarations in .cpp files and an often repeated
type of std::map<std::string, px4_main_t>.
This patch moves cmake/qurt/apps.h_in to src/platforms/apps.cpp.in
(with some changes) and removes cmake/posix/apps.h_in.
Then src/platforms/apps.cpp.in is split into src/platforms/apps.cpp.in
and src/platforms/apps.h.in, splitting declarations from definitions.
A typedef is defined for the map (apps_map_type).
The main difference between cmake/posix/apps.h_in and
cmake/qurt/apps.h_in was that the first defined a global 'apps',
while qurt stores the apps in QShell. I opted to get rid of
the global variable (which are in general evil for various reasons)
and used the API of cmake/qurt/apps.h_in where a provided 'apps'
map is initialized with a call to init_app_map. Thus removing
the existing code duplication.
The firmware binary is to large to fit into the onboard memory of the Parrot
Bebop. It could be uploaded to the emmc, but for ease of use it would be nice
to have it in /usr/bin. To strip the binary seems to be the best option right now.
The pthread linker flags were changed in c6a2641 and it was questioned in #5504 if the
exception for the Bebop is necessary. It is not, so remove those lines from the cmake
file.
With this change only builds for NuttX which are very much flash size
constraint are optimized for size. All other builds (e.g. SITL,
Snapdragon, etc.) are left at the default for debugging or -O2 for the
usual use.
The px4_os_add_flags defined in cmake/posix/px4_impl_posix.cmake did
add (threading) libraries to added_exe_linker_flags, which subsequently
end up in CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS and then have no effect because those
flags are passed to the linker before any of the object files and static
libraries.
Those libraries are already added correctly in the corresponding
src/firmware/*/CMakeLists.txt files (for qurt, nuttx AND posix).
I left in the non-library linker flag '-pthread' for the bebop board,
although it seems very weird to me that this is needed (is it?).
If that is needed then it seems weird to link manually (that is,
src/firmware/*/CMakeLists.txt) with -lpthread.
For linux/g++ -pthread is added to the CXXFLAGS as it should be:
this causes the compiler to define _REENTRANT which is needed
for (the interface of) certain libraries to become thread-safe.
Offically one also can just pass -pthread to the linker, which then
causes the right libraries to be linked, but just linking with
-lpthread -lm -lrt works too.
I ran into this while adding support for libcwd, which explicitly
complains that _REENTRANT isn't defined when trying to link with
the thread-safe version of libcwd (-lcwd_r) and then tells you
to use -pthread.
* This allows one to run 'make posix list_vmd_make_targets' and get output like
>make posix list_vmd_make_targets
[...]
-- Build files have been written to:
/usr/src/debian/px4/Firmware/Firmware.git/build_posix_sitl_default
PX4 CONFIG: /usr/src/debian/px4/Firmware/Firmware.git/build_posix_sitl_default
Scanning dependencies of target list_vmd_make_targets
[100%] List of acceptable 'posix_sitl_default' <viewer_model_debugger> targets:
none
none_iris
none_iris_opt_flow
none_tailsitter
[...]
replay_solo_valgrind
replay_typhoon_h480_valgrind
[100%] Built target list_vmd_make_targets
Or, run 'make list_vmd_make_targets' from the build_posix_* directory.
* This adds the list_cmake_targets make target to print all
cmake targets that one can match with PX4_NO_OPTIMIZATION.
PX4_NO_OPTIMIZATION is ignored (do optimization as normal)
when the CONFIG isn't posix_sitl_*.
* Add comment in Makefile on how/where to find all targets.
José Roberto de Souza
James Goppert
Lucas De Marchi
David Sidrane
Julian Oes
Mark Whitehorn
Mark Charlebois
Beat Küng
Paul Riseborough
Henry Zhang
Carlo Wood
Lorenz Meier
Michael Schaeuble
Andreas Antener
nephen
Dennis Shtatnov