Workshop1, lab1: cannot compile Preloader

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I am trying through work my way to the workshops. With WS1, LAB1 I am stuck on the ‘Compiling the Preloader’ step. After issuing ‘make’ it fails with

make[2]: Entering directory '/home/kramer/Documents/fpga/workshop/WS1-IntroToSoC/software/spl_bsp/uboot-socfpga/tools'
make[2]: gcc: Command not found

gcc is not in the path but the ‘arm-altera-eabi-’ tools are. Any idea how to fix this issue?
I am using Centos 6 with Quartus and SocEDS 15.1.

Thanks

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Are you sure you are running the right makefile and set the right cross compiler in makefile ? And do you issue your command within embedded command shell ?

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Thanks for replying.

I am using the make command in the ‘software/spl_bsp’ directory while in the embedded_command_shell.
cross compile in the Makefile is set to

CROSS_COMPILE := arm-altera-eabi-

The problem is when compiling the ‘gcc’ command is being issued instead of arm-altera-eabi-gcc. It goes wrong here:

make[2]: Entering directory '/home/kramer/Documents/fpga/workshop/WS1-IntroToSoC/software/spl_bsp/uboot-socfpga/tools'
make[2]: gcc: Command not found
gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -idirafter /home/kramer/Documents/fpga/workshop/WS1-IntroToSoC/software/spl_bsp/uboot-socfpga/include -idirafter /home/kramer/Documents/fpga/workshop/WS1-IntroToSoC/software/spl_bsp/uboot-socfpga/include2 -idirafter /home/kramer/Documents/fpga/workshop/WS1-IntroToSoC/software/spl_bsp/uboot-socfpga/include -I /home/kramer/Documents/fpga/workshop/WS1-IntroToSoC/software/spl_bsp/uboot-socfpga/lib/libfdt -I /home/kramer/Documents/fpga/workshop/WS1-IntroToSoC/software/spl_bsp/uboot-socfpga/tools -DCONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x01000040 -DUSE_HOSTCC -D__KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES -pedantic   -o gen_eth_addr.o gen_eth_addr.c -c
make[2]: gcc: Command not found
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well, could you let me know where the project it is. then I may reproduce the issue and try to fix it. tks.

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The project is here:
https://rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/SoCSWWS1IntroToAlteraSoCDevicesLab1Preloader

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hi, Lintweker

Using SoC EDS version 16.0 build 211 on windows, I can compile the preloader for Altera_CV_SoC as introduced in Lab1 as shown in the attached image. <img src="/uploads/default/original/1X/5170530a8425a6e801b578c9e689b6d499eeee2d.png" width="690" height="388">
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Thank you for testing. The image is not visible.
I am using EDS 15.1 on Linux for the Atlas Soc dev board (aka DE0-nano-SoC).

What happens if you type ‘gcc’ when in embedded_comman_shell.sh ?

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I guess there are some additional packages needed to be installed if the host machine runs the 64bit version of the OS, try:

$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

pls refer to the link below for host setup

https://rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/GSRD151CompilingLinux

B.R.
Adeli Wang

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the similar topic mentioned by other member as above, it’s likely due to lack of ia32 library in the system.

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Thanks,
after issuing:

sudo yum install glibc.i686 libgcc.i686 libstdc++.i686 glibc-devel.i686 ncurses-libs.i686 zlib.i686·
sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

I can now complete the lab (results not tested yet). Odd thing is that the 64-bit version of gcc (x86_64) is now installed and presumably used, which seems odd for building stuff for an ARM platform.