Build firmware for Photon

Firmware
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Hi,

I am trying to build the Firmware for Photon. For that I cloned core-firmware, core-communication-lib and core-common-lib repositories. I also downloaded and install/setup ‘make’ and GNU toolchain for Windows7 . Then I go to core-firmware/build directory and run make command. But it is giving me following error:

make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

This error seems obvious as there is not Makefile present in that directory. Please note, I got this direction from some document. Then I go to the core-firmware/main directory and run ‘make clean all PLATFORM=photon’, but I am getting following error:

make -C …/modules/photon/user-part clean
make: Interrupt/Exception caught (code = 0xc00000fd, addr = 0x4227d3)
make: *** [clean_modules/photon/user-part] Error 255

Can someone please help me to resolve this?

Thanks,
Dhaval

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Have you seen/used these instructions?

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@dhaval, for the Photon, you need to clone the develop branch and make sure you have the entire toolchain installed. The Photon firmware is comprised of a system firmware part and a user firmware part. To compile the system firmware go to the modules directory and make from there. For example, to compile the latest develop firmware and flash it to a Photon via DFU:

make clean all PARTICLE_DEVELOP=1 PLATFORM=photon program-dfu

This assumes you have a Photon connected via USB and in DFU mode (flashing yello).

To compile your app, you will find a user\application directory (under the main firmware directory). There you can create a directory and put all the files you want to compile (including libraries, etc) into that directory (no sub-directories). Then to make and flash your code to a Photon in DFU mode:

make clean all PARTICLE_DEVELOP=1 PLATFORM=photon program-dfu APP=appname

where appname is the name of the directory where you placed your files to compile.

:smile:

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Hi @Moors7

Yes I followed from that getting started document. And I got those error after that only.

Thanks,
Dhaval

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Hi @peekay123

I have tried to build the firmware as you have mentioned:

git checkout develop
make clean all PARTICLE_DEVELOP=1 PLATFORM=photon

But still it is giving the same error:
make: Interrupt/Exception caught (code = 0xc00000fd, addr = 0x4227d3)

Thanks,
Dhaval

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I can't see this in your procedure

As Paul said, you'd need to cd into the required directory before calling make

And in the Photon develop branch there should not be a core-firmware/main.

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@ScruffR Thanks for you quick reply!

I got it… I want to build the firmware for Photon hardware, not for the CORE. I download checkout the firmware from ‘https://github.com/spark/core-firmware.git’. Is it correct?

I want to trace the function call for analogRead() in this firmware. Can you please help me on that?

Thanks,
Dhaval

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I’d still go with the develop branch but build from main with e.g. make clean all PARTICLE_DEVELOP=1 PLATFORM=core APP=tinker (for Tinker).

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Thanks for your support @Moors7, @peekay123, @ScruffR… I am able to build the firmware on Linux machine.

But still I am not able to build it on Windows system… Getting same error.

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Do you get any other error or like something about stat.exe failing?
I had this once (or still have it, if I use a wrong CMD instance) and it was a problem with the PATH.

Have a look at your PATH if something looks fishy (e.g. double entries).
You could also try this installer (maybe after you removed any previous toolchain - including PATH entries)

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