Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of AddingApp


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Timestamp:
2011-06-12T20:55:07Z (15 years ago)
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Vojtech Horky
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  • AddingApp

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     1= Quick how to for adding program to HelenOS =
     2
     3Following steps are needed in order to add a program to HelenOS (i.e. executable that can be launched from HelenOS userspace shell).
     4
     5== Sources location ==
     6Under one of `uspace/` directories. Use `app/` for standalone applications, `srv/` for system services or `drv/` for device drivers.
     7
     8Definitely put it inside its own subdirectory (e.g. `uspace/app/hello/`).
     9
     10The `main` uses standard signature `int main(int, char **)`.
     11
     12== `Makefile`s & co. ==
     13Simplest way is to copy `Makefile` from other program and change two variables:
     14 * `BINARY` to specify name of the compiled executable
     15 * `SOURCES` to list C source files
     16
     17For a simple ''Hello World'' program, the `Makefile` would look like this (omitting the copyright notice):
     18{{{
     19#!Makefile
     20USPACE_PREFIX = ../..
     21BINARY = hello
     22SOURCES = hello.c
     23include $(USPACE_PREFIX)/Makefile.common
     24}}}
     25
     26== Compiling ==
     27To compile the program, add the directory name (e.g. `app/hello`) to `DIRS` variable in `uspace/Makefile`.
     28
     29== Adding it to the image ==
     30Last thing that needs to be done is to add the compiled executable to the image file (e.g. `image.iso` for IA-32). That is done by adding the executable filename to a variable in `boot/Makefile.common`.
     31For services use the `RD_SRVS_*` variable, for application use `RD_APPS_*`. The suffix is either `ESSENTIAL` or `NON_ESSENTIAL`.
     32
     33== Complete diff ==
     34Below is a diff (with copyrights omitted) for a ''Hello World''.
     35{{{
     36=== modified file 'boot/Makefile.common'
     37--- boot/Makefile.common        2011-06-12 15:44:38 +0000
     38+++ boot/Makefile.common        2011-06-12 20:45:19 +0000
     39@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
     40        $(USPACE_PATH)/app/dload/dload \
     41        $(USPACE_PATH)/app/edit/edit \
     42        $(USPACE_PATH)/app/ext2info/ext2info \
     43+       $(USPACE_PATH)/app/hello/hello \
     44        $(USPACE_PATH)/app/kill/kill \
     45        $(USPACE_PATH)/app/killall/killall \
     46        $(USPACE_PATH)/app/mkfat/mkfat \
     47
     48=== modified file 'uspace/Makefile'
     49--- uspace/Makefile     2011-06-12 15:44:38 +0000
     50+++ uspace/Makefile     2011-06-12 20:44:44 +0000
     51@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     52        app/edit \
     53        app/ext2info \
     54        app/getterm \
     55+       app/hello \
     56        app/init \
     57        app/kill \
     58        app/killall \
     59
     60=== added directory 'uspace/app/hello'
     61=== added file 'uspace/app/hello/Makefile'
     62--- uspace/app/hello/Makefile   1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
     63+++ uspace/app/hello/Makefile   2011-06-12 20:43:41 +0000
     64@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
     65+#
     66+# Copyright omitted
     67+#
     68+
     69+USPACE_PREFIX = ../..
     70+
     71+BINARY = hello
     72+SOURCES = \
     73+       hello.c
     74+
     75+include $(USPACE_PREFIX)/Makefile.common
     76+
     77
     78=== added file 'uspace/app/hello/hello.c'
     79--- uspace/app/hello/hello.c    1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
     80+++ uspace/app/hello/hello.c    2011-06-12 20:44:18 +0000
     81@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
     82+/* Copyright omitted */
     83+
     84+#include <stdio.h>
     85+
     86+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
     87+       printf("Hello World!\n");
     88+       return 0;
     89+}
     90+
     91}}}