Linux Desktop Configuration

Configuring a Linux development host consists of up to four procedures:

Yocto SDK Configuration

Note

This assumes that your Linux desktop system has a normal set of build tools installed and tested. These will be necessary if you want to develop as much of the application as practical on the host to improve productivity.

The following script is handy for using the same Makefile to compile code for the Linux host or for the target. We recommend that you name this script /usr/local/bin/sdk_make; be sure to make it executable. Once this is completed, you use normal make to build for the host and sdk_make to build for the target.

1#! /bin/sh
2SDK_HOME="/opt/reach/sdk/imx6dl-g3-sd/2.7.4"
3( . ${SDK_HOME}/environment-setup-cortexa9t2hf-neon-reach-linux-gnueabi ; make "$@" )

You will need to adjust the value of SDK_HOME and the name of the environment setup script to match your particular installation.

Qt Creator Configuration

Important

This task is not required if you are not developing a Qt based end product application. Reach Technology does not recommend Qt Creator for development for general C/C++ code or projects using other GUI technologies. There are far better and less buggy IDEs available.

Note

This assumes that your Linux desktop system has the required set of Qt libraries (along with their dependencies) and Qt Creator installed. See the Qt web site for further information.

Warning

If you use a binary Qt build, either from your desktop Linux distro packages or from the official Qt download site, be sure that:

  • The version of Qt libraries that you use on the development host is equal to or greater than the version on the G3 module.

  • You don’t use features that may be available in the desktop build that may not be in the G3 module Qt build.

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  • Setup gdb

  • Setup gcc (C)

  • Setup gcc (C++)

  • Setup cmake

  • Setup qmake

  • Setup kit

    • device

    • environment

Serial Port Configuration

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Network Configuration

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  • Determine the G3 module IP address.

  • Add the G3 module IP address to /etc/hosts.

  • Adjust network IP address(es) in /etc/exports.

  • Adjust firewall config as needed.