FPC 4 GBA: a step ahead

[K4Z]

ok, I updated my FPC sources to the newer 2.0.0 version, and that got it working
However, now it's having problems finding all those .inc files, heh :? .

[Legolas]

ok, I updated my FPC sources to the newer 2.0.0 version, and that got it working
However, now it's having problems finding all those .inc files, heh :? .

Define "problems", plz Do you get an error message?

[JSoftware]

osdefs.inc?

that was the one i missed yesterday

[K4Z]

Problems being that it cannot find the .inc files.
are there more paths I need to set?

If I simply copy/paste 'osdefs.inc' to the rtl directory it finds it ok, but then there's hundreds of other .inc files it needs, and I can't copy paste them all :? . heh.

[Legolas]

Erm... Ok. Now I'm trying to recompile all on a clean pc. Maybe I have missed a step ops:

[Legolas]

Erm... Ok. Now I'm trying to recompile all on a clean pc. Maybe I have missed a step ops:

My friends, I'm coming to recompile all from scratch on a W98 SE pc and all went fine...
Downloading latest release (2.0.0, not 2.1.X) binaries and sources and following step-by-step my doc, I can't find errors

The only thing I could guess is that something goes wrong when you are making the new gba directory.
Fist of all, you need to add c:\fpc\bin\arm-gba to your path (so you should have PATH=c:\fpc\bin\arm-gba;c:\fpc\bin\i386-win32;...;...). You should make a copy of fpc/source/rtl/linux directory (comprising all files inside it, of course) and remove only the files specified in my doc. After that you can add the files provided in the rtl directory of my package.
In order to recompile the rtl you should go in source/rtl, do a 'fpcmake -Tall -r -w', do a 'make distclean', and 'make CPU_TARGET=arm OS_TARGET=gba PP=ppcarm OPT="-Tgba"'. If you want, we could do a "recompiling-fpc4gba irc session" so if you have doubts I could help in real time :mrgreen:

Now my question is: except me, someone other has been able to recompile all? :?: :mrgreen:

[JSoftware]

i've recompiled it once more now following your guide down to each simple step. Now i get it to compile however it just throws out a lot of assembler code and tells me that most of the instructions are unknown

[Legolas]

i've recompiled it once more now following your guide down to each simple step. Now i get it to compile however it just throws out a lot of assembler code and tells me that most of the instructions are unknown

Maybe because it calls wrong binutils. You should copy in bin/arm-gba all files in binutils directory of my package, then make a copy of these files and rename it, by placing arm-gba- before the name (eg. arm-gba-ld.exe). So, at the end of the story, your bin/arm-gba should contain these files:
as.exe
ld.exe
objcopy.exe
ppcarm.exe
cygwin1.dll
arm-gba-as.exe
arm-gba-ld.exe
arm-gba-objcopy.exe
You should try to call "arm-gba-ld -V" from c:\. You should get

GNU ld version 2.15
  Supported emulations:
   armelf

[JSoftware]

oh it works now! i thought that the files with normal filenames should be renamed and not exist in their old names ops:

[Legolas]

oh it works now! i thought that the files with normal filenames should be renamed and not exist in their old names ops:

I'm happy to hear that
Maybe that part of my tutorial is a little cryptic...

Now I'm working on smartlinking, in order to reduce file size.