Anyone having success building a .so file and running in LINX?

[bbelley]

Anyone having success building a .so file and running in LINX?

I am having trouble at the compile steps. I will post more info today.

[bbelley]

LINX target installed on Raspberry Pi 4 B is: 20.0.0-4

Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) with desktop version: August 2020 (2020-08-20)

Kervel Version: 5.4

I follow the following steps found here: https://www.labviewmakerhub.com/doku.php?id=learn:tutorials:libraries:linx:misc:build-on-target

For code, I try to make the simplest C code that I can think of.  I know I can compile and run it as an exe outside of chroot on Raspberry Pi:

int returnZero() {
return 0;
}

int returnOne() {
return 1;
}

int main() {
return 0;
}

I place this code here: root@raspberrypi:/home/pi/lv_ccode/test_func.c

I run this command with no error while in labview chroot: gcc -c -Wall -Werror -fpic test_func.c

I enter the next command: gcc -shared -o libtest_func.so test_func.o

And proceed to get the following information:

/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find crtbeginS.o: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lc
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find crtendS.o: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find crtn.o: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

I do not understand why others have had no problems at this step, however I am having errors on a simple C program.

So I exit labview chroot and return to the normal file location: cd /home/pi/lv_ccode

And repeat the above two gcc lines of commands with no errors. So now I have libtest_func.so, which I then place into chroot /usr/lib here: cp libtest_func.so /srv/chroot/labview/usr/lib

And verify that it is in fact there at labview chroot /usr/lib, which it is.

So now I use a Call Library Function Node to call this .so file that I have now created, and place it in a LabVIEW while loop will all the correct connections.

 

And then click on "Run"

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Deployment completed with errors

Where did things go wrong?  Any help is appreciated.

[rolfk]

You have a mixup of the location where you put the code. While you run in the Raspberry Pi Desktop, the /home/pi/lv_ccode/test_func.c path is in the main Pi environment. When you want to place something into the environment that the LabVIEW chroot "virtual machine" sees, you have to place it in /srv/chroot/labview/root/ when looked at from your Raspbian host environment.

This will be /root/ inside your LabVIEW schroot environment. Then you can proceed to compile from inside your LabVIEW chroot environment (after entering it with the command:

sudo schroot --run-session -c lv

[bbelley]

Thank you rolfk for your detailed response.  

So instead I do the following command from  /home/pi/lv_ccode/ folder: 

cp test_func.c /srv/chroot/labview/root/

Then enter into chroot:

sudo schroot --run-session -c lv

command: cd /root

Then I proceed to compile from inside your LabVIEW chroot environment:

I run this command with no error while in labview chroot: gcc -c -Wall -Werror -fpic test_func.c

I enter the next command: gcc -shared -o libtest_func.so test_func.o

And proceed to get the following information:

root@raspberrypi:~# gcc -shared -o libtest_func.so test_func.o
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find crtbeginS.o: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lc
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find crtendS.o: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find crtn.o: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

It appears your instructions did not  fix my problem. 😞 Would you know what else could be my solution or fix?

It appears the compiler cannot find some files during the compiling process.

[bbelley]

Does anyone have a compiled .so file that I can borrow that you know works?  I would like to at least troubleshoot and narrow down where the problem resides.

[bbelley · Accepted solution]

I found this article worked perfectly as a workaround to making my .so file.  I was then able to run my same labview program successfully with no errors.

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019SViSAM&l=en-US

Thanks.

[diman27]

I can confirm that using the instructions in this article, I was able to completely recompile liblinxdevice_rpi2.so from the sources found here: https://github.com/MakerHub/LINX/tree/master/LabVIEW/vi.lib/MakerHub/LINX/Firmware 
And also successfully add some new functions related to the i2c bus to the library.

[hfdteam_hao]

How do you do?

I cant compile my program too.

root@raspberrypi:~# gcc tcp_test.c -o tcp_test
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find crtbegin.o: No such file or directory
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.9.2/../../../../arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

[diman27]

Did you use C/C++ Development Tools for NI Linux Real-Time Eclipse Edition?
I do exact, as described in this article, an it is compiled with no problem.

[hfdteam_hao]

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