Re: [microblaze-uclinux] Ncurses on petalinux

[Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mostafa,

Can you pack it your ncurses port with testing application?
I would like to test it and add to distribution.

Thanks,
Michal Simek


> I successfully tested an application and it runs well. I forget to
> mention that you have also to edit the following section in the make
> file in the ncurses directory to be like this:
> 
> * *
> 
> * *
> 
> *romfs:*
> 
> $(ROMFSINST) -e CONFIG_FMT_USE_FDPIC_ELF
> $(STAGEDIR)/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 /lib/
> 
> mkdir -p $(ROMFSDIR)/usr/share/terminfo
> 
> tic -x -s -e $(NCURSES_TERMS) -o $(ROMFSDIR)/usr/share/terminfo/
> $(VER)/misc/terminfo.src
> 
> $(ROMFSINST) -s tset /usr/bin/reset
> 
> set -e ; \
> 
> for x in $(NCURSES_DEMOS) ; do \
> 
> $(ROMFSINST) -e CONFIG_USER_NCURSES_TESTS build-$(VER)/test/$$x
> /bin/ncurses-demo-$$x ; \
> 
>  
> 
> I'm so happy I'm so glad.
> 
> --- On *Sun, 7/13/08, Mostafa Ali /<extra_brain@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
> 
>     From: Mostafa Ali <extra_brain@xxxxxxxxx>
>     Subject: Re: [microblaze-uclinux] Ncurses on petalinux
>     To: microblaze-uclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 11:46 PM
> 
>     I succesfuly added and compiled Ncurses within petalinux but testing
>     is still missing. I'm not good in creating patch files but it is so
>     easy to do it manually, if anyone can create the patch file and
>     upload it that will be so nice of him.
>     Here are the steps I did:
>     1- download the blackfin dist.
>     2- cd to lib
>     3- copy ncurses into petalinux-dest/lib
>     4- add the folloing lines in the make file in the lib
>     directory(lin93-94):
> 
>     dir_3_$(CONFIG_LIB_NCURSES_FORCE)    += ncurses
>     dir_3_$(CONFIG_LIB_NCURSES)          += ncurses
>      
>     5- add the following in the same file(line 140):
>      
>      $(ROOTDIR)/lib/ncurses/lib/*.a \
>      
>     6- in the petalinux-dist add the following to the make file(line 45):
>     STAGEDIR = $(ROOTDIR)/staging
>      
>     I don't know the use of the last directory (staging). After
>     compilation it is created and all the Ncurses libs and bins are
>     added to it. I think this directory should be replaced to be
>     (ROMFS). If anyone knows the use of it please reply.
>      
>     That's all folk.
>     Wait for testing
> 
> 
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