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new 394326b98d0 cmake: Do not link an executable to detect the compiler.
394326b98d0 is described below
commit 394326b98d0a6859fb15ace4944021385149579a
Author: Marco Casaroli <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Jul 23 08:32:18 2026 +0200
cmake: Do not link an executable to detect the compiler.
CMake validates a compiler by building and linking a test program. For a
bare metal cross toolchain that link cannot succeed on its own terms, and
the flags NuttX supplies for it assume a toolchain shipped with newlib:
gcc.cmake sets
set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT "--specs=nosys.specs")
A perfectly usable arm-none-eabi-gcc built without those specs therefore
fails configuration before a single NuttX source file is considered:
arm-none-eabi-gcc: fatal error: cannot read spec file 'nosys.specs':
No such file or directory
CMake Error: ... CMake will not be able to correctly generate this
project.
Setting CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE to STATIC_LIBRARY makes the
detection step compile without linking, which is the documented approach
for cross compiling to a bare metal target. Toolchains that do ship
nosys.specs are unaffected: the flag only applies to CMake's own
detection, not to the NuttX link.
This is not arch specific, so it is set once in the top level CMakeLists.txt
alongside the toolchain-file selection, before project() triggers detection.
sim is excluded: it is hosted and links real host executables, so it keeps
the usual executable-based detection. try_compile() reads the variable from
the calling scope, so it takes effect without living in a toolchain file;
tools/toolchain.cmake.export already sets the same for the exported build.
Assisted-by: Claude Code:claude-opus-4-8
Assisted-by: Claude Code:claude-fable-5
Signed-off-by: Marco Casaroli <[email protected]>
---
CMakeLists.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b479ad22296..653ff041b87 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -470,6 +470,19 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/arch/${CONFIG_ARCH}/src/cmake)
set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/arch/${CONFIG_ARCH}/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake")
+# Compiler detection must not try to link a full executable. CMake validates a
+# compiler by building and linking a test program, but a bare metal cross
+# toolchain has no start files, default linker script or libc, and the link
+# flags NuttX supplies assume a newlib toolchain (--specs=nosys.specs). A
+# usable cross gcc without those specs then fails configuration before any
NuttX
+# source is considered. Building a static library instead exercises the
+# compiler and stops short of the link. sim is hosted and links normally, so
it
+# keeps the usual executable-based detection.
+
+if(NOT CONFIG_ARCH STREQUAL "sim")
+ set(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_TARGET_TYPE STATIC_LIBRARY)
+endif()
+
# Define project #############################################################
# This triggers configuration
