Those are AVR tools on FreeBSD: arduino-avrdude-6.3_5 Program for programming the on-chip memory of Atmel AVR Arduino CPUs avr-binutils-2.44,1 GNU binary tools avr-gcc-14.2.0 FSF GCC for Atmel AVR 8-bit RISC cross-development avr-gdb-7.3.1_6 GNU GDB for the AVR target avr-libc-2.2.0,1 C and math library for the Atmel AVR controller family avra-1.4.2 Macro Assembler for Atmel AVR microcontrollers avrdude-7.3 Program for programming the on-chip memory of Atmel AVR CPUs libpololu-avr-151002_2 Support libraries for Pololu robots simavr-1.7_3 Simulator for several Atmel AVR chips
Tomek On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM <kr....@kerogit.eu> wrote: > > Hi, > > as far as I know, the development of gcc port for AVR stalled for some > time and there were some licensing issues. The result is that both > Ubuntu and Debian got stuck with some ancient versions (Ubuntu has > version 7.3, Debian has 5.4.) According to Ubuntu website, none of them > support these newer devices. > > I remember working around it by downloading some kind of pack file from > Microchip website. Don't have the original file anymore but I found > something on my PC that is probably its unpacked contents. Among others, > it has these directories: > > include/avr > gcc/dev/ > > There is also an xc8 directory in there. > > If this is what you have, then you're all set. According to my notes, > for simple testing you can use -B and -I switches to point gcc to the > location where you unpacked the file. If you don't want to bother with > that, the files that need to be moved to /usr are: > > /usr/lib/avr/include/avr/ioavr128da28.h > /usr/lib/avr/lib/avrxmega4/crtavr128da28.o > /usr/lib/avr/lib/avrxmega4/libavr128da28.a > /usr/lib/gcc/avr/5.4.0/device-specs/specs-avr128da28 > > In Ubuntu case, 5.4.0 version in the path will need to be replaced with > actual version number as found in Ubuntu. > > To avoid manual changes, I made a Debian package instead - nothing > complicated, you just create a directory (say atpack) and place the > files as if the directory was your filesystem root. Aside from that, you > also need to create "atpack/DEBIAN" directory containing a file called > "control" > > Package: avr-libc-avr128-atpack > Version: 20250428 > Architecture: all > Section: otherosfs > Maintainer: Name <email> > Priority: optional > Depends: gcc-avr (>= 5.4.0+Atmel3.6.2-1), binutils-avr (>= > 2.26.20160125+Atmel3.6.2-1) > Description: Standard C library for Atmel AVR development - AVR128 > Standard library used to the development of C programs for the > Atmel AVR micro controllers. This package contains static > libraries as well as the header files needed. > . > These libraries are downloaded from microchip website > as a non-free software > > Run "fakeroot-sysv dpkg -b atpack ." and you are golden (first parameter > is the directory where you put the files, the second parameter - the dot > - decides where the resulting .deb file ends up being.) You may need > dpkg-dev package installed for the -b switch to work and the > fakeroot-sysv command comes from fakeroot package. > > Install with "dpkg -i avr-libc-avr128-atpack_20220201_all.deb" (as root) > > Another option could be upgrading your Ubuntu to the new one - 25.04. > Apparently, it has gcc-avr 14.2 which already contains the files from > the pack file. Note that if you decide to create the package manually > first and then attempt the upgrade, you will probably end up with > conflict (same files in two packages.) Uninstalling the manually created > package before running the upgrade should prevent that from happening. > > Dne 2025-04-28 18:39, Alan C. Assis napsal: > > Hi KR, > > > > What avr-gcc version are you using? > > > > I'm getting this error: "avr-gcc: error: device-specs/specs-avr128da28: > > No > > such file or directory" > > > > I found a reference to it here: > > https://www.avrfreaks.net/s/topic/a5C3l000000UlWyEAK/t193338 > > > > I downloaded the Microchip.AVR-Dx_DFP.2.7.321.atpack file renamed it to > > Microchip.AVR-Dx_DFP.2.7.321.zip and extract it, but I think it is > > something ot xc8 from Microchip... > > > > Are you using Linux as well? I'm using Ubuntu and just ran: "sudo apt > > install avr-gcc". Could you please > > > > BR, > > > > Alan > > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM <kr....@kerogit.eu> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> thanks for the response and for the PR on GitHub. > >> > >> > Ok. If possible, could you explain the issue with github? > >> > >> Well, it's a personal thing. Aside from the usual gripe about big > >> corporation there is also a clause in their Terms of Service that > >> requires the user to "agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction > >> and > >> venue of the courts located in the City and County of San Francisco, > >> California." And that's certainly something I don't agree with. > >> > >> > I think in this case we could add _bm and _bp as exceptions as well. > >> > >> The _bm case is the most prevalent in the current source so that's a > >> great help. There are currently two cases of _gp and around 10 cases > >> of > >> _gc so that should be manageable to redefine in the architecture code. > >> It also seems like I missed a 5th suffix - _gm - but that also has > >> around 10 uses currently. > >> > >> Even with the bm exception though, the nxstyle tools reports mixed > >> case > >> errors. Apparently, it cannot apply the exception for the line of code > >> which looks like this: > >> > >> ret = (VPORTA.IN & (PIN2_bm | PIN3_bm)) >> 2; > >> > >> Splitting it into two lines works though and it should yield the same > >> result in the machine code. > >> > >> ret = (VPORTA.IN & (PIN2_bm | PIN3_bm)); > >> ret >>= 2; > >> > >> I'll incorporate these changes to the next revision of the patch > >> series > >> and also submit a patch for the nxstyle.c > >> > >> > > >> >> 2. These patches depend on "nuttx/clock: make NSEC_PER_USEC and others > >> >> long" (ac42add946) being applied. It is only present in NuttX master > >> >> branch and needs to be cherry-picked for testing on the branch based > >> >> on > >> >> release 12.9 > >> >> > >> >> > >> > Could you please give more details here? > >> > >> Since the fixes were applied to the master branch, I expect the > >> remaining patches in the series to go there as well - in which case > >> everything is sorted and nothing else needs to be done, the patch > >> ac42add946 is present there. The issue why that patch is needed is > >> explained in > >> https://lists.apache.org/thread/xzor3tjy9jozlmox82frd27v969b37l4 . In > >> short - without this patch, avr-gcc will produce malfunctioning code > >> when converting between ticks and time. > >> > >> Hope I didn't miss any questions, please point it out if I did. Other > >> than that, I will try to submit second version of the patch series > >> during the next week. > >> > >> Thanks for the review. > >> -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
