Installation issues

OS version misdetection

Linux 64 bits is misdetected most of the time, in SystemC configuration section in soclib/utils/conf/soclib.conf, change

   os = _platform(),

to

   os = 'linux64',

Python version

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"/home/share/dcis_scme/CI/FAUST/PROJETS/SOCLIB/soclib/utils/lib/python/soclib-cc-main.py",
line 32, in ?
    from soclib_cc.builder.cxx import CxxCompile
  File
"/home/share/dcis_scme/CI/FAUST/PROJETS/SOCLIB/soclib/utils/lib/python/soclib_cc/builder/cxx.py",
line 29, in ?
    import action
  File
"/home/share/dcis_scme/CI/FAUST/PROJETS/SOCLIB/soclib/utils/lib/python/soclib_cc/builder/action.py",
line 79
    @classmethod
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Please update to python-2.4

Utilities compilation going wrong

When I try to compile the Soclib tools I am getting the following error:

make[1]: Entering directory `/lip6/soclib/utils/src/pipe2fb'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `Makefile'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lip6/soclib/utils/src/pipe2fb'
make[1]: Entering directory `/lip6/soclib/utils/src/xtty'
gcc -c -o xtty.o xtty.c  -Wall -O2
gcc -o soclib-xtty xtty.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lXpm
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lip6/soclib/utils/src/xtty'
make[1]: Entering directory `/lip6/soclib/utils/src/fb_screen'
cc `sdl-config --cflags` -Wall -O2  linux -c -o fb.o fb.c
gcc: linux: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [fb.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lip6/soclib/utils/src/fb_screen'
make: *** [all] Error 1

It looks like you have the TARGET_ARCH environment variable set. Make is doing some silly replacements when it is set. Unset it and try again:

$ unset TARGET_ARCH
$ make

BFD using symbols from libiberty

Lots of errors like

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../lib64/libbfd.a(archures.o)(.text+0x3e0): In function `bfd_default_scan':
: undefined reference to `_sch_istable'

can be solved with

config.default.toolchain.libs.append('-liberty')

at the end of soclib/utils/conf/soclib.conf

Cross-compilation issues

Wrong cross-compiler

In a bunch of GCC error messages, you see

as: unrecognized option `-EL'

Your mips gcc has been created wrongly, it's using your native (most probably x86) assembler. Recreate your cross-compilation toolchain.

Simulation issues

Bus simulation and multiple drivers

Using PiBus under SystemC-2.2, you see

Error: (E115) sc_signal<T> cannot have more than one driver
 signal `pibus_d' (sc_signal)
 first driver `tty_wrapper.port_8' (sc_inout)
 second driver `multiram_wrapper.port_8' (sc_inout)
 In file: ../../../../src/sysc/communication/sc_signal.cpp:137

SystemC got picky about multiple drivers. This probably needs a fix in simulation models, using SystemC-2.1 is a workaround for now.