{"id":2534,"date":"2017-02-02T20:36:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T04:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/?p=2534"},"modified":"2017-02-02T20:36:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T04:36:19","slug":"using-visualgdb-with-yocto-toolchains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/tutorials\/linux\/yocto\/","title":{"rendered":"Using VisualGDB with Yocto toolchains"},"content":{"rendered":"

This tutorial shows how to use VisualGDB with cross-toolchains built via the Yocto project<\/a>. The Yocto cross-toolchains typically run on an x86 or x64 Linux machine and compile code for an embedded ARM boards. Unlike the regular cross-toolchains that have the settings embedded into them, Yocto toolchains require special environment setup files in order to work correctly. This tutorial shows how to use VisualGDB with a Yocto-based toolchain that uses an environment setup file.<\/p>\n

Before you begin, install VisualGDB 5.2r8 or later.<\/p>\n

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  1. Start Visual Studio and open the VisualGDB Linux Project Wizard:\"01-prj\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Select Create a new project -> Application -> Use MSBuild:\"02-msbuild\"<\/a>The yocto toolchains will also work with GNU Make and CMake build systems.<\/li>\n
  3. On the next page choose the computer where you have the Yocto-based toolchain installed and then select “Specify a Yocto environment file” in the “Remote toolchain” field:\"03-getyocto\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Locate and select the environment setup file from your toolchain:\"04-poky\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Select “Deploy the project to another Linux computer” and specify the target board below:\"05-deploy\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Proceed with the default settings on the next page and click “Finish” to create a project:\"06-sources\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. VisualGDB will generate a basic project for you. Build it via Ctrl-Shift-B:\"07-build\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. You can press F5 to automatically deploy the application to the target board and start debugging it:\"08-debug\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Open the VisualGDB Project Properties and check the environment variables on the MSBuild settings page. Note that the Yocto environment setup file is listed as an environment variable with the “<” prefix. You can use the same syntax everywhere across VisualGDB Project Properties to configure VisualGDB to source environment scripts before running your commands: \"09-envvar\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This tutorial shows how to use VisualGDB with cross-toolchains built via the Yocto project. The Yocto cross-toolchains typically run on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[72,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualgdb.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}