small clarifications to the README.

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Mariano Alvira 2010-02-28 09:17:58 -05:00
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libmc1322x is a library and build system for using the mc13224v from
Freescale.
libmc1322x is a library, build system, test code, and utilities for
using the mc13224v from Freescale.
Getting Started
---------------
$ cd tests
$ make
this will build all the test files in libmc1322x/tests _for each_ board
this will build all the test files in libmc1322x/tests for each board
defined in libmc1322x/board. You will have programs like:
rftest-tx_redbee-dev.bin
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$ make BOARD=redbee-dev
You can use mc1322x-load.pl in tools to run your code:
You can use mc1322x-load.pl in libmc1322x/tools to run your code:
$ ../tools/mc1322x-load.pl -f rftest-tx_redbee-dev.bin
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Incorporating libmc1322x into your own code
-------------------------------------------
The best way is to incorporate libmc1322x as a git submodule in your
own code.
The best way to incorporate libmc1322x into your code is as a git
submodule:
$ mkdir newproject
$ cd newproject
$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/malvira/newproject/.git/
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/malvira/newproject/.git/
$ git submodule add git://git.devl.org/git/malvira/libmc1322x.git
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$ cp libmc1322x/tests/Makefile .
You need to edit the Makefile to point MC1322X to libmc1322x:
You need to edit the Makefile to point MC1322X to your libmc1322x
submodule:
Change line 1
MC1322X := ..
MC1322X := ..
to
MC1322X := libmc1322x
MC1322X := libmc1322x
and edit COBJS and TARGETS accordings. COBJS are all of your common
code for any of your programs. TARGETS are the names of you programs.
code for any of your programs. TARGETS are the names of your programs.
For instance, you can have a common routine that prints a welcome
message that is used by two programs a and b. You would add common.o
to COBJS and your target line would read:
to COBJS:
TARGETS := a b
COBJS:= common.o
and your target line would read:
TARGETS := a b
COBJS are made for each board --- so it is ok to have board specific
code in there. As an example, tests uses this to print which board you
are running.
code in there. As an example, tests uses this in tests.c to print the
name of the board in the welcome message. You could also use this to
change your GPIO mappings between boards.