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Manual for Ocera Make System (OMK)

Copyright @copyright{} 2007 Michal Sojka, Pavel Pisa
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@title Ocera Make System Manual
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@node Top, Overview of OMK, (dir), (dir)
@top Ocera Make System

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@menu
* Overview of OMK::             
* OMK User's Manual::           
* Original README::             
* OMK Development::             
* Variable Index::              
@end menu

@node Overview of OMK, OMK User's Manual, Top, Top
@chapter OMK Overview
@cindex overview

OMK is an advanced make system written entirely in GNU make. Compiling
software using OMK requires only GNU make binary and standard UNIX
utilities (@command{sh}, @command{sed}, @command{cmp} and
@command{tr}@footnote{@command{tr} is needed only for OMK to be
compatible with MinGW.}) installed. OMK aims to be developer friendly;
to use OMK, you do not need to understand (sometimes) cryptic syntax of
Makefiles.

You can use OMK on all platforms where you can run GNU Make including
Cygwin and MinGW. MS DOS was not tested.

@c @section Features

@c @itemize
@c @item
@c Easy to use for beginners.
@c @item
@c Automatic handling of dependencies.
@c @item
@c Supported host platforms: all Un*x operating system including Linux,
@c Cygwin, MS DOS and maybe others.
@c @end itemize

@menu
* Why to Use OMK?::             
* Quick Start::                 
* History::                     
@end menu

@node Why to Use OMK?, Quick Start, Overview of OMK, Overview of OMK
@section Why to Use OMK?

Here we list some of OMK features, which we think are important for
choosing of a make system.


@itemize
@item
  Makefile in source directories are usually very @b{simple}.
@item
  There is only @b{one} @file{Makefile.rules} for most of components of
  a bigger project.
@item
  OMK greatly simplifies compilation of projects, where source files are
  spread between @b{multiple directories}.
@item
  OMK handles properly @b{dependencies} of source files and libraries,
  so it is not necessary to recompile the whole project if only several
  files changed.
@item
  OMK allows to freely @b{move} cross-dependant components @b{in
  directory structure} without the need to update users of moved
  component. I hate something like
  @option{-I../../sched/rtlshwq/include} in makefiles for example. If a
  component is renamed or version is added to the name, many Makefiles
  in the project would require an update.
@item
  The above feature is very helpful in @b{combining components}
  (libraries) from different projects/developers to a single project by
  simply creating symbolic links to external components.
@item
  Compilation of an OMK based projects don't require to install any
  files before successful finish of build.
@item
  OMK allows to call @command{make} for a particular subdirectory in the
  source tree.
@item
  Under OMK all products of compilation are stored @b{out of source
  directories}. This simplifies work with version control systems and
  helps when simultaneous compilation for multiple targets/platforms is
  needed.
@end itemize


@node Quick Start, History, Why to Use OMK?, Overview of OMK
@section Quick Start

If you get some sources, which are distributed with OMK, usually the
following commands are sufficient to compile the whole project.

@example
@verbatim
make default-config
make
@end verbatim
@end example

@noindent To use OMK in your own project, follow these steps:

@enumerate
@item
  Take appropriate @file{Makefile.rules}, put it together with leaf
  @file{Makefile} to the root directory of your project.
@item
  Create @file{Makefile.omk} files in all directories you want to
  compile something. Please refer to @ref{OMK User's Manual} to learn
  what to write in @file{Makefile.omk} files.
@item
  Run @command{make omkize} in the root directory.
@end enumerate

@noindent Your project is now ready to compile.


@node History,  , Quick Start, Overview of OMK
@section History

OMK was originally written by Pavel Pisa as a solution to have one
common make system for OCERA project, where we needed to compile
user-space programs, Linux kernel modules and RT Linux modules in one
package. Although this system was not accepted for the whole OCERA
project. Several individual developers (mostly from Czech Technical
University) liked it and started to use it.

As a number of projects using OMK grew it was necessary to modularize
the make system to support more ``targets''. Michal Sojka took care
about the process of modularization.

@node OMK User's Manual, Original README, Overview of OMK, Top
@chapter OMK User's Manual

@menu
* Basic Concepts::              
* Invoking OMK::                
* Compiling Programs::          
* Libraries::                   
* Multiple Directories::        
* Dependency Tracking::         
* Configuration and Conditional Compilation::  
* Advanced OMK Features::       
* Running OMK under Windows OS::  
* Interfacing OMK to popular IDEs::  
* Troubleshooting::             
@end menu

@node Basic Concepts, Invoking OMK, OMK User's Manual, OMK User's Manual
@section Basic Concepts

The main concept of OMK is very simple. In the root directory of the
projects resides a file called @file{Makefile.rules}. This file contains
all compilation rules needed for compilation of a particular
project. There are different @file{Makefile.rules} for different
platforms (Unix, RTEMS, system-less, ...). In every subdirectory a
@file{Makefile.omk} is stored. This file determines what should be done
in the respective directory (e.g. compile a program from several source
files). Its syntax is very simple -- see the following sections.

Since make searches by default for a @file{Makefile} and not for
@file{Makefile.rules} or @file{Makefile.omk}, there must be a small
generic @file{Makefile} in every directory, whose task is only to find
@file{Makefile.rules} in the actual or any parent directory and include
it. This search is performed only once at the beginning of compilation.

@c TODO: Pavel's note about qmake.

The compilation process itself is comprised of several passes. Every
pass traverses the whole directory structure@footnote{In future, we are
planning some optimization that allows OMK to traverse the directories
only once and thus decrease compilation time.} and does a particular
task in every directory of the project. Typically, these passes are:
@table @dfn
@anchor{include-pass}
@item include-pass
    This pass takes all include files marked for ``export'' and copies
    (or links) them to the @file{include} directory under
    @file{_compiled} directory. @xref{Header Files}.

    Also, during this pass, automatically generated header file are
    generated according to the current
    configuration. @xref{Configuration and Conditional Compilation}.
@item library-pass
    During this pass, all include files are in place, so all libraries
    can be compiled.
@item binary-pass
    Finally, programs can be compiled and linked against libraries
    created in the previous pass.
@end table

The results of compilation are stored under the @file{_compiled}
directory. This directory is structured as a classical Unix file-system
(it contains directories like @file{bin}, @file{lib} and @file{include})
and can be directly copied to the target device or to some directory on
a host computer (e.g. @file{/usr/local}).

Besides @file{_compiled} directory, there in a @file{_build}
directory. Under this directory are stored some temporary files and
intermediate compilation products (object files, dependency files etc.).

In the next section, we provide an overview of methods, how to invoke
OMK from command line. Section @ref{Interfacing OMK to popular IDEs}
covers running of OMK from popular IDEs.

Sections @ref{Compiling Programs} through @ref{Configuration and
Conditional Compilation} deals with the content of
@file{Makefile.omk}. Its syntax in usual cases compatible to GNU
Automake's @file{Makefile.am} syntax. Also, the scheme for naming
variables was inspired by Automake so most OMK variables have the name
like @samp{@var{target}_@var{TYPE}}.

@node Invoking OMK, Compiling Programs, Basic Concepts, OMK User's Manual
@section Invoking OMK

Before using OMK for the first time, you have to call:
@example
@command{make default-config}
@end example
@noindent See @ref{Configuration and Conditional Compilation} for
details. If you forget to do this, OMK will notice you.

To compile the whole project or only some subtree of the project, call
@example
@command{make}
@end example
@noindent in the appropriate directory.

To clean files in @file{_build} directory but not in @file{_compiled}
one, use:
@example
@command{make clean}
@end example

To clean the compilation completely, you can either remove
@file{_compiled} and @file{_build} directories manually, or call
@example
@command{make distclean}
@end example
@noindent which does the same. This command removes these directories
even if you call it from a subdirectory.

To debug compilation problems, you can use @code{V} variable (see
@ref{V}):
@example
@command{make V=1}
@end example

You can also set values of some other variables on command line for
temporary change something. The example below compiles the code
temporarily with debugging information:
@example
@command{make CFLAGS="-g -O0 -Wall"}
@end example


@anchor{V}
@defvar V
If this variable equals to @samp{1}, the whole command lines for all
executed commands are displayed. Otherwise, only short messages are
printed.
@end defvar

@node Compiling Programs, Libraries, Invoking OMK, OMK User's Manual
@section Compiling Programs

To tell OMK to compile a program, you need to set some variables in
@file{Makefile.omk} (usually) in the directory where program sources are
located.

In the example bellow a program @command{test} will be compiled from
source @file{test.c}.

@example
@verbatiminclude ../tests/programs/Makefile.omk
@end example

@noindent The variables are:

@defvar bin_PROGRAMS
  Contains a list of names (whitespace separated) of programs to be
  compiled in this directory.
@end defvar

@defvar xxx_SOURCES
  For every program name @var{xxx} in @code{bin_PROGRAMS}, this variable
  contains a list of sources that are needed to compile the
  executable. OMK uses an extension of the filename to determine the
  compiler to compile this source.
@end defvar

@defvar xxx_LIBS
  This variable contains a list of libraries the program @var{xxx} will
  be linked with.

  @example
  test_LIBS = m curses
  @end example
@end defvar

@defvar LOADLIBES
  This variable contains a list of libraries all programs in this
  directory needs to be linked to.
@end defvar

@defvar INCLUDES
  Directives passed to the C or C++ compiler with additional directories
  to be searched for header files. In most cases you need to specify an
  absolute path. To specify a directory relative to the source
  directory, you can use the @code{$(SOURCES_DIR)} variable, which
  refers to the directory, where @file{Makefile.omk} is located. This
  variable applies to all compilations invoked in the current directory.

  @example
  INCLUDES = -I$(SOURCES_DIR)/my_include_dir
  @end example
@end defvar

@defvar DEFS
  Directives passed to the C or C++ compiler with preprocessor macro
  definitions. This variable applies to all compilations invoked in the
  current directory.

  @example
  DEFS = -DDEBUG=1
  @end example
@end defvar


@c FIXME: INCLUDES variable should not be set by rtlinux rules.

@node Libraries, Multiple Directories, Compiling Programs, OMK User's Manual
@section Libraries


With OMK, you can easily create statically or dynamically linked
libraries. The way of creating libraries is very similar to how programs
are created. @xref{Compiling Programs}.

In @file{Makefile.omk}, you specify several variables, which defines how
the libraries should be compiled. In the example below the library
@samp{mylib} is created from two sources @file{funca.c} and
@file{funcb.c}. Interface of this library is defined in
@file{myfunc.h}. Therfore, we export this header for use by other
programs.

@example
@verbatiminclude ../tests/libraries/Makefile.omk
@end example

@noindent Variables for use with libraries are:

@defvar lib_LIBRARIES
  Specifies a list of statically linked libraries to be compiled. 
@end defvar

@defvar shared_LIBRARIES
  Specifies a list of dynamically linked libraries to be compiled. 
@end defvar

@defvar xxx_SOURCES
  For every library name @var{xxx} in @code{lib_LIBRARIES} or
  @code{shared_LIBRARIES}, this variable contains a list of sources that
  are needed to compile the library. OMK uses an extension of the
  filename to determine the compiler to compile this source.
@end defvar

@menu
* Header Files::                
@end menu

@node Header Files,  , Libraries, Libraries
@subsection Header Files

C and C++ libraries are not very useful without header files. OMK
provides several variables that specify activities on header files.

During compilation, header files are copied (or linked) from source
directories to the @file{_compiled} tree
(see @ref{include-pass}). Libraries and programs are then compiled against
these copies.

@anchor{include_HEADERS}
@defvar include_HEADERS
  Specifies the list of header files to be exported for use by other
  libraries/programs. The files are exported directly to the
  @file{include} directory even if the file is located in a subdirectory
  (like @file{sci_regs.h} in the example below)

  @example
  include_HEADERS = regs.h periph/sci_regs.h
  @end example
@end defvar

@defvar nobase_include_HEADERS
  Similar to @ref{include_HEADERS}, but the directory prefix is always
  kept. To include the file exported by this variable, use
  @code{#include <@var{prefix}/@var{header.h}>}.
@end defvar

@defvar renamed_include_HEADERS
  Exports the header files under different name. The form of the items
  in this whitespace separated list is: @var{real name}@code{->}@var{new
  name}.

@example 
  renamed_include_HEADERS = orte_config_omk_win32.h->orte_config.h
@end example
@end defvar

@defvar LN_INCLUDES
  If this variable equals to @samp{y}, symbolic links to headers in
  source directories are used in @file{_compiled} tree instead of
  copies.

  Normally, the header files are copied into @file{_compiled} directory
  to be prepared for transfer into target location afterwards. Copying
  ensures that resulting libraries are in correspondence with the header
  files even if the header is changed by a developer but the library is
  not recompiled.

@c   Another reason for having single include directory for the whole
@c   project is tat every component knows where to find header files of
@c   other components. 

  On the other side, the copying could make problems during
  development. Most @acronym{IDE}s, allows you to jump directly to the
  place, where an error is reported by the compiler. If the error is in
  a header file, IDE opens you the copy of the header file. If you
  correct the error there, after the next compilation, your header file
  will be overwritten by the old version from your source tree.
  
  This option is not typically used in @file{Makefile.omk}, but in the
  top level configuration file @file{config.omk} or on command line.
@end defvar

@node Multiple Directories, Dependency Tracking, Libraries, OMK User's Manual
@section Multiple Directories

OMK is probably most useful in projects consisting of multiple
directories. For such projects, it is not easy to write from scratch
classic Makefiles that provides all the needed features.

You can instruct OMK to descend to a (sub)directory by setting the
@code{SUBDIRS} variable in @file{Makefile.omk}.

@defvar SUBDIRS
  This variable contains a list of directories, in which compilation
  must be also invoked. Usually, names of subdirectories are used, but
  you can use any path specification here.

  Compilation is invoked in these directories before it is invoked in
  the current directory.
@end defvar
@c TODO: Write tests for this.

@defvar ALL_OMK_SUBDIRS
  This variable is set by OMK and can be used as the value of
  @code{SUBDIRS} variable. It contains a list of all direct
  subdirectories, which contain @file{Makefile.omk}. This is especially
  useful if you are combining several projects or components
  together. In the root directory of your project, you just create
  symbolic links the components from other projects and all the linked
  directories automatically appears as the value of this variable.

  @example
  SUBDIRS = $(ALL_OMK_SUBDIRS)
  @end example
@end defvar

@node Dependency Tracking, Configuration and Conditional Compilation, Multiple Directories, OMK User's Manual
@section Dependency Tracking

OMK automatically handles tracking of dependencies of files in compiled
projects. It uses gcc's @option{-M@var{x}} options to do this for object
files. This way, whenever you change some header file, OMK recompiles
only those files, where the changed header was really included.

Dependencies are also maintained for libraries and binaries. To find the
dependencies, OMK parses linker map files, so a change to some library
causes recompilation of all programs using that library.

@node Configuration and Conditional Compilation, Advanced OMK Features, Dependency Tracking, OMK User's Manual
@section Configuration and Conditional Compilation

In many projects, it is necessary to configure a compilation process. By
this configuring we mean, setting some parameters that influence the
output of compilation process. In GNU projects, @command{configure}
script is usually responsible for configuration. User provides some
parameters to @command{configure}, which is run before compilation, and
this script does all steps needed to configure the sources and
make-system in the desired way.

OMK has its own configuration mechanism, which is described in this
section. For future releases, we plan that this mechanism can make use
of GNU Autoconf, but currently there is no directly integrated support
for it.

In every directory you can specify some configuration parameters, which
can be modified by a user. Then, when @command{make default-config} is
run, all these parameters are found and together with their default
values are stored as makefile variables in
@file{config.omk-default}. This file is included during compilation, so
if you don't specify other values, these defaults are used. If you are
not satisfied with these defaults, you can override the values of
parameters in @file{config.omk}. This file is also included during
compilation and variables mentioned there takes precedence over those
specified in @file{config.omk-default}. Both @file{config.omk} and
@file{config.omk-default} have to be stored in the same directory as
@file{Makefile.rules}.

Besides overriding the default values of configuration parameters,
@file{config.omk} can also be used as a common place to store some
global settings that applies to the whole project, e.g. the compiler to
use or common compiler flags.

@subsection Specifying Configuration Parameters

To specify names and default values of configuration parameters use the
@code{default_CONFIG} variable in @file{Makefile.omk}.

@defvar default_CONFIG
  This variable contains a list of configuration parameters and their
  default values. The format of every item in this list is
  @var{CONFIG_xxxx}=@var{value}. You can name the parameter as you want,
  but it is good practice to start the name with @samp{CONFIG_} prefix.
   
  OMK can automatically generate header files, with C preprocessor macro
  definitions according to the OMK's configuration parameters. The
  actual content of generated header files depends on the form of the
  @var{value}. The possible forms are:
  
@table @code 
@item @samp{y}, @samp{n} or @samp{x}
  This defines boolean parameters. If the value of the parameter is
  @samp{y}, the @samp{#define CONFIG_@var{xxx} 1} is generated, if it is
  @samp{n}, no @code{#define} is generated. 

  @samp{x} is a special value called @emph{recessive 'n'}. The meaning
  is that this parameter influences the component in the current
  directory (i.e. the corresponding @code{#define} will be included in
  @code{LOCAL_CONFIG_H}; see @ref{LOCAL_CONFIG_H}) but the default value
  is not specified here. If the default value is not specified anywhere,
  the behavior is the same as if @samp{n} is specified.
@item @samp{number}
  Numeric parameters. The define looks like @samp{#define CONFIG_@var{xxx} @var{number}}
@item @samp{text}
  Text without quotes. The define looks like @samp{#define CONFIG_@var{xxx} @var{text}}
@item @samp{"text"}
  Text with quotes. The define looks like @samp{#define CONFIG_@var{xxx} "@var{text}"}
@end table
@end defvar

@noindent Example of using @code{default_CONFIG}. @file{Makefile.omk} reads like:
@example
@verbatiminclude ../tests/config/default/Makefile.omk
@end example
@noindent and @file{subdir/Makefile.omk} like:
@example
@verbatiminclude ../tests/config/default/subdir/Makefile.omk
@end example

@noindent After running @command{make default-config}, the content of
@file{config.omk-default} will be:
@example
@verbatiminclude ../tests/config/default/config.omk-correct
@end example

@subsection Using Configuration Parameters

Configuration parameters can be used in two ways:
@enumerate
@item
  as variables in @file{Makefile.omk} and
@item
  as C/C++ preprocessor macros in OMK generated header files.
@end enumerate

@noindent For the first use, your @file{Makefile.omk} may contain something like:
@example
SUBDIRS = arch/$(CONFIG_ARCH)

ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG),y)
DEFS += -DUSE_SIMULATOR
endif
@end example

@noindent For the second use, there are several variables that control
the generation of header files with configuration values. These
variables are described here:

@anchor{LOCAL_CONFIG_H}
@defvar LOCAL_CONFIG_H
  The value of this variable is the name of a header file, which will
  contain all configuration parameters declared in the current directory
  by @code{default_CONFIG}. This header file is accessible only by files
  in the current directory and it should be included like @code{#include
  "@var{myconfig.h}"}.

  In @file{Makefile.omk}, the use of this variable can look like this:

@example
LOCAL_CONFIG_H = myconfig.h
@end example
@end defvar

@defvar config_include_HEADERS
  This variable is similar to @code{LOCAL_CONFIG_H}. One difference is
  that the generated header file is accessible to all sub-projects in
  all directories, not only to the files in the same directory (the
  header is stored in @file{_compiled} tree). The second difference is
  that you have to specify, which configuration parameters you want to
  appear in the header file.
@end defvar

@defvar xxx_DEFINES
  This variable determines the configuration parameters that should be
  stored in a header file specified by
  @code{config_include_HEADERS}. The @var{xxx} in the name of this
  variable needs to be the same as the base name (without extension) of
  the header file.
@end defvar

@noindent Example of using @code{config_include_HEADERS}:
@example
default_CONFIG = CONFIG_LINCAN=y CONFIG_LINCANRTL=n CONFIG_LINCANVME=n
config_include_HEADERS = global.h
global_DEFINES = CONFIG_OC_LINCAN CONFIG_OC_LINCANRTL 
@end example

@noindent Here, we include only two out of the three configuration 
parameters defined in the current @file{Makefile.omk}. It is also
possible to include configuration parameters defined in a different
directory.

@subsection Common Variables

It is common practice to use @file{config.omk} to store project-wide
settings. Here is the list of variables, which are commonly set here
(but they can also be set elsewhere, e.g. in @file{Makefile.omk}).

You can easily ``reconfigure'' your project by changing the
@file{config.omk} file. It is useful to have several configurations
stored in different files and let @file{config.omk} be a symbolic link
to the desired configuration.

@vtable @code
@item CC
  The name of C compiler.
@item CFLAGS
  Command line options for C compiler.
@item CXX
  The name of C++ compiler.
@item CPPFLAGS
  Additional parameters (besides @code{CFLAGS}) to by passed to C++
  compiler.
@end vtable

@node Advanced OMK Features, Running OMK under Windows OS, Configuration and Conditional Compilation, OMK User's Manual
@section Advanced OMK Features

In this section we list several OMK features, which are more complicated
or rarely used so they were omitted in previous sections.

@itemize
@item
  The @file{_compiled} directory can be shared between multiple projects
  (by using symbolic links).

@item
  If you work on a bigger project, you usually don't need to rebuild the
  whole project and call @command{make} only in a
  subdirectory. Sometimes, it might be useful to rebuild the whole
  project. You can either change working directory to the root of your
  project and call @command{make} there or, as a shortcut, you can use
  @code{W} variable (see @ref{W}) to compile everything directly from a
  subdirectory.
@example
@code{make W=1}
@end example

@item
  Searching for @file{Makefile.rules} works such way, that if you get
  into sources directory over symbolic links, OMK is able to unwind your
  steps back. This implies you can make links to component directories
  on read-only media, copy @file{Makefile.rules}, @file{Makefile} and
  top-level @file{Makefile.omk}, adjust @file{Makefile.omk} to contain
  only required components and then call @command{make} in the top
  directory or even in read-only directories after changing working
  directory from your tree to readonly media.
@end itemize


@anchor{W}
@defvar W
If this variable equals to @samp{1}, the @b{whole} project is
(re)compiled, even if @command{make} is called from a subdirectory.
@end defvar



 
@node Running OMK under Windows OS, Interfacing OMK to popular IDEs, Advanced OMK Features, OMK User's Manual
@section Running OMK under Windows OS

@node Interfacing OMK to popular IDEs, Troubleshooting, Running OMK under Windows OS, OMK User's Manual
@section Interfacing OMK to popular IDEs

@subsection KDevelop

KDevelop has support for custom build systems. To use KDevelop to
develop projects using OMK follow these steps. These steps are valid for
version 3.5.0 of KDevelop, but for previous versions it doesn't differ
much.

@enumerate
@item
  Import project to KDevelop (from menu choose @emph{Project---Import
  existing project}). Select the type of project to @emph{Generic C
  Application (Custom Buildsystem)}.
@example
  @image{kdevelop1}
@end example

@item
  Then answer to following dialogs as you want.
@example
  @image{kdevelop2}
@end example
@example
  @image{kdevelop3} @image{kdevelop4}
@end example

@item
  If you are working only on some small part of the bigger project, you
  usually don't want to recompile the whole project every time. In
  @emph{Project---Project Options}, you can specify the subdirectory where to
  run @command{make}.
@example
  @image{kdevelop5}
@end example

@item
  If you want to switch between several configurations easily (see also
  @ref{Configuration and Conditional Compilation}), in the same dialog
  you can add @option{-e} to make options. This makes environment variables
  have higher precedence than those in @file{config.omk-default}. Then,
  you can define several environments with different
  @code{CONFIG_@var{xxx}} variables and their values.
@example
  @image{kdevelop6}
@end example

@item
  You can easily switch the configurations from @emph{Build---Make
  Environment}.
@example
  @image{kdevelop7}
@end example
@end enumerate


@subsection Eclipse

@subsection Emacs, VIM, etc.

Since OMK compilation is started by executing @command{make} command,
many common editors can work easily with OMK.

Under Emacs, you can use @command{compile} or @command{recompile}
commands as you are used to do.

@node Troubleshooting,  , Interfacing OMK to popular IDEs, OMK User's Manual
@section Troubleshooting

Renaming of some file => dependency problems.

Manual compilation ... V=1

@node Original README, OMK Development, OMK User's Manual, Top
@chapter Original README

Since this manual still doesn't cover all aspects of OMK, we include
here a @file{README.rules} file, which was written for the first version
of OMK.

@b{Important notice:} This make system uses features found in recent
versions of GNU Make program. If you encounter problems with package
building, check, that you use correct version of Make program.  The
Make older than version 3.80, could not be used.  Even Make version
3.80 has annoying bug which causes building fail with misleading
message "virtual memory exhausted".  Please, upgrade at least to
version 3.81 of GNU Make.

There is list of features which we want to solve with our make system:
@itemize
@item
Central @file{Makefile.rules} for most of components of a bigger project.

FIXME (our CAN framework includes more libraries common with our other
projects, we need to separate some utility libraries etc.)
@item
The rules in more spread Makefiles are way to the hell (update for
different kernel, RT-Linux etc would be nightmare in other case).
@item
Make system should allow to freely move cross-dependant components in
directory structure without need to update users of moved component (I
hate somethink like @option{-I../../sched/rtlshwq/include} in CAN makefiles for
example. If a component is renamed or version is added to then name,
all Makefiles in CAN will require update).
@item
Make system should be able to compile mutually cross-dependant
libraries and should ensure, that change in one component sources or
headers would result in relink or rebuild in components linked against
that library or including modified header file.
@item
Make system has to enable compilation out of OCERA full source tree
(we would lost many users of particular components in other case).
@item
Compile should be able to do all above work without need to install
any files before successful finish of build.
@item
Because we use some libraries for RT-Linux build and user-space build,
we need to solve how to compile from same sources to both targets.
@item
The build system should allow to call make for particular source
subdirectory. Time of recursive make through all subdirectories is
unacceptable.
@item
Make system should enable to build out of sources tree (else clean or
working with CVS sandbox gets fussy and simultaneous multiple targets
gets problematic).
@item
It would be good, if there is a possibility to call make from
read-only media sources.
@item
Make system should store results of build in some separate directory
structure to simple install and testing.
@item
Makefiles in sources directories should be simple.
@end itemize

There is probably only one alternative fully supporting above requirements
and it is GNU Autoheader...Automake...Autoconf... system.
But it is complicated and requires big amount of support files.
It would be acceptable if it could be easily used for OCERA framework.
But there are important show stoppers for that system:
@itemize
@item
It would require deep revision of all OCERA CVS contents and agreement
on this would be problematic
@item
This system is not well prepared for dual compilation for Linux and
RT-Linux sub-targets. It would mean many changes in default autoconf
setup to support this. Probably simplest way would be to rebuild GCC
tool chain for something like i586-elf-rtlinux.  This would require
even more space for OCERA development.
@end itemize

The problem calls for some solution, which would have minimal impact
on other components and would be elegant and would be maintainable
and small, because our main goal is components development and not
make systems development.

There is result of our trial. It is OMK make system.
The @file{Makefile} and @file{Makefile.omk} files should be in all source
directories. Common @file{Makefile.rules} file is required in the toplevel
sources directory. Alternatively this file could be moved
to link tree pointing into readonly media or can be anywhere
else if @code{MAKERULES_DIR} and @code{SOURCES_DIR} are specified.

@c !!! tohle tam nejak zmizelo, mozna by to chtelo skontrolovat, ze to
@c     sedi s aktualnim stavem


Syntax of Makefile.omk files is for usual cases compatible
to Automake's Makefile.am descriptions. There are specific targets
for RT-Linux and Linux kernel related stuff

Makefile.omk user defined variables
@vtable @code
@item SUBDIRS
list of subdirectories intended for make from actual directory
@item lib_LIBRARIES
list of the user-space libraries
@item shared_LIBRARIES
list of the user-space shared libraries
@item kernel_LIBRARIES
list of the kernel-space libraries
@item rtlinux_LIBRARIES
list of the RT-Linux kernel-space libraries
@item include_HEADERS  
list of the user-space header files
@item nobase_include_HEADERS 
headers copied even with directory part
@item kernel_HEADERS   
list of the kernel-space  header files
@item rtlinux_HEADERS  
list of the RT-Linux kernel-space  header files
@item bin_PROGRAMS     
list of the require binary programs
@item utils_PROGRAMS   
list of the development utility programs
@item kernel_MODULES   
list of the kernel side modules/applications
@item rtlinux_MODULES  
list of RT-Linux the kernel side modules/applications
@item xxx_SOURCES      
list of specific target sources
@item INCLUDES         
additional include directories and defines for user-space
@item kernel_INCLUDES  
additional include directories and defines for kernel-space
@item rtlinux_INCLUDES 
additional include directories and defines for RT-Linux
@item default_CONFIG   
list of default config assignments CONFIG_XXX=y/n ...
@end vtable

The Makefile is same for all sources directories and is only 14 lines
long.  It is there only for convenience reasons to enable call "make"
from local directory. It contains code which locates
@file{Makefile.rules} in actual or any parent directory. With standard
BASH environment it works such way, that if you get into sources
directory over symbolic links, it is able to unwind yours steps back
=> you can make links to readonly media component directories, copy
@file{Makefile.rules}, Makefile and toplevel Makefile.omk, adjust
Makefile.omk to contain only required components and then call make in
top or even directories after crossing from your tree to readonly
media.

The system compiles all files out of source directories.  The actual
version of system is adapted even for OCERA tree mode if
@code{OCERA_DIR} variable is defined in @file{Makefile.rules}

There are next predefined directory name components, which can be
adapted if required

@table @code
@item BUILD_DIR_NAME = _build
        prefix of directory, where temporary build files are stored
@item COMPILED_DIR_NAME = _compiled
        prefix of directory, where final compilation results are stored
@item GROUP_DIR_NAME = yyy
        this is used for separation of build sub-trees in OCERA environment
        where more @file{Makefile.rules} is spread in the tree
@end table

Next directories are used:

@table @code
@item KERN_BUILD_DIR   := $(MAKERULES_DIR)/$(BUILD_DIR_NAME)/kern
        directory to store intermediate files for kernel-space targets
@item USER_BUILD_DIR   := $(MAKERULES_DIR)/$(BUILD_DIR_NAME)/user
        directory to store intermediate files for user-space targets

@item USER_INCLUDE_DIR := $(MAKERULES_DIR)/$(COMPILED_DIR_NAME)/include
        directory to store exported include files which should be installed later
        on user-space include path
@item USER_LIB_DIR     := $(MAKERULES_DIR)/$(COMPILED_DIR_NAME)/lib
        same for user-pace libraries
@item USER_UTILS_DIR   := $(MAKERULES_DIR)/$(COMPILED_DIR_NAME)/bin-utils
        utilities for testing, which would not probably be installed
@item USER_BIN_DIR     := $(MAKERULES_DIR)/$(COMPILED_DIR_NAME)/bin
        binaries, which should go into directory on standard system PATH
        (/usr/local/bin, /usr/bin or $(prefix)/bin)

@item KERN_INCLUDE_DIR := $(MAKERULES_DIR)/$(COMPILED_DIR_NAME)/include-kern
        directory to store exported include files which should be installed later
        on kernel-space include path
@item KERN_LIB_DIR     := $(MAKERULES_DIR)/$(COMPILED_DIR_NAME)/lib-kern
        same for kernel-pace libraries
@item KERN_MODULES_DIR := $(MAKERULES_DIR)/$(COMPILED_DIR_NAME)/modules
        builded modules for Linux kernel or RT-Linux system
@end table

There is more recursive passes through directories to enable
mutual dependant libraries and binaries to compile.
Next passes are defined

@table @samp
@item default-config
generates @file{config.omk-default} or xxx-default (FIXME) configuration file
@item check-dir 
checks and creates required build directories
@item include-pass   
copies header files to @code{USER_INCLUDE_DIR} and @code{KERN_INCLUDE_DIR}
@item library-pass
builds objects in USER_BUILD_DIR/@var{relative path} and creates libraries
in USER_LIB_DIR
@item binary-pass and utils-pass
links respective binaries in USER_@{BIN,UTILS@}_DIR directory. If some
object file is missing it compiles it in USER_BUILD_DIR/@var{relative path}
@item kernel-lib-pass
builds libraries for kernel space targets
@item kernel-pass 
builds kernel modules
@end table

The amount of passes is relatively high and consumes some time.  But
only other way to support all required features is to assemble one big
toplevel Makefile, which would contain all components and targets
cross-dependencies.

Drawbacks of designed make system
@itemize
@item
the system is not as fast as we would like
@item
it lacks Autoconf and configure extensive support for many systems
from UNIX to DOS and WINDOWS
@item
it does not contain support for checking existence of target
libraries and functionalities as GNU Autoconf
@item
it is heavily dependant on GNU MAKE program. But it would not be big
problem, because even many commercial applications distribute GNU MAKE
with them to be able to work in non-friendly systems
@item
the key drawback is dependence on recent MAKE version 3.80 and better
and even version 3.80 of MAKE has important bug, which has been
corrected in newer sources (FIXME)
@end itemize

The last point is critical. I have not noticed it first, because
I use Slackware-9.2 and it contains latest released version 
of MAKE (version 3.80).
The problem appears when I have tried to build bigger libraries.
There is bug in version 3.80, which results in misleading
error "Virtual memory exhausted". It is known bug with ID 1517

@smallexample
* long prerequisite inside eval(call()) => vm exhausted, Paul D. Smith
@end smallexample


I have optimized some rules to not push memory to the edge,
but there could be still issues with 3.80 version.

I have downloaded latest MAKE CVS sources. The compilation required
separate lookup and download for .po files and full Autoheader... cycle.
I have put together package similar to release. Only ./configure --prefix=...
and make is required. CVS sources contains version 3.81beta1.
You can download prepared sources archive from
  @indicateurl{http://paulandlesley.org/make/make-3.81beta1.tar.bz2}
Or you can get our local copy from
  @indicateurl{http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/can/make-3.81beta1.tar.gz}

The archive contains even "make" binary build by me, which should work
on other Linux distributions as well.  Older version of MAKE (3.79.x
released about year 2000) found on Mandrake and RedHat are not
sufficient and do not support eval feature.  I do not expect, that
Debian would be more up-to-date or contain fixes to MAKE vm exhausted
bug.

The local CTU archive with our CAN components prepared for inclusion
into OCERA SF CVS could be found in my "can" directory

  @indicateurl{http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/can/ocera-can-031212.tar.gz}

The code should build for user-space with new make on most of Linux distros
when make is updated.

If you want to test compile for RT-Linux targets, line

@example
#RTL_DIR := /home/cvs/ocera/ocera-build/kernel/rtlinux
@end example

in @file{Makefile.rules} has to be activated and updated
to point RT-Linux directory containing "rtl.mk".
There is only one library ("ulutrtl") and test utility compiled for RT-Linux
(@file{can/utils/ulut/ul_rtlchk.c}).

The next line, if enabled, controls compilation in OCERA project tree

@example
#OCERA_DIR := $(shell ( cd -L $(MAKERULES_DIR)/../../.. ; pwd -L ) )
@end example

The LinCAN driver has been updated to compile out of source directories.

Please, check, if you could compile CAN package and help us with integration
into OCERA SF CVS. Send your comments and objections. 

The OMK system has been adapted to support actual OCERA configuration process.
I am not happy with ocera.mk mix of defines and poor two or three rules,
but OMK is able to overcome that.

The OMK system has integrated rules (default-config) to build default
configuration file. The file is named @file{config.omk-default} for
the stand-alone compilation.  The name corresponds to OCERA config +
"-default" if OCERA_DIR is defined.  This file contains statements
from all @code{default_CONFIG} lines in all @file{Makefile.omk}.  The
file should be used for building of own @file{config.omk} file, or as
list for all options if Kconfig is used.

@c @chapter OMK Reference

@node OMK Development, Variable Index, Original README, Top
@chapter OMK Development



@node Variable Index,  , OMK Development, Top
@unnumbered Variable Index

@printindex vr

@c @node Concept Index,  , Variable Index, Top
@c @unnumbered Concept Index
@c @printindex cp

@bye