SDP 6.4.X BSP Information#

This page contains important information required to compile and package BSPs with the QNX Software Development Platform 6.4.0 and 6.4.1 . The release number ( e.g. 6.4.1 ) will be referred to explicitly if instructions are applicable only to the stated release; otherwise 6.4.x will be used.

BSP Source Guide (for QNX 6.3.x and 6.4.x BSPs)#

What's New #

6.4.1#

• QNX SDP 6.4.1 ( with IDE 4.6) has just been released. Both 6.4.0 and 6.4.1 BSPs can be built with SDP 6.4.1, either at the command line or in the IDE. See the "Building 6.4.x BSPs" section for how to build the BSPs, and see the "6.4.0 and 6.4.1 Interoperability" section for potential hazards.
• PPC-SPE variant was added to support SPE floating point operations on Freescale boards using an e500 core.
• MIPS BE and LE variants were added.
• ARM Cortex-A8 support was added.
• module.tmpl files are no longer required to import a BSP into the IDE (4.6.1 and above). Instead, a startup (and optionally an IPL ) entry must be added to the source.xml file which can be found at the root of BSPs. See the Packaging a Board Support Packag for more information.

6.4.0#

• 6.4.x BSPs are packaged differently than their predecessors:
  • It is no longer necessary to run the setupbsp script; see Installing the BSP below.
  • Documentation is now provided in Wiki format on Foundry27.

6.4.0 and 6.4.1 Interoperability #

Building 6.4.0 BSPs with QNX SDP 6.4.1 #

NOTE: 6.4.0 BSPs for e500-based boards cannot be used with SPE turned ON; you must use 6.4.1 versions of these BSPs instead

Building 6.4.1 BSPs with QNX SDP 6.4.0#

This is not supported, and upgrading to SDP 6.4.1 is required. NOTE: New BSPs will be delivered under 6.4.0 unless 6.4.1 is strictly required e.g. PPC-SPE.

Available BSPs#

6.4.1 BSPs#

6.4.0 BSPs#

• AMCC PPC405EX EVK
• AMCC PPC440 EP/GR EVK
• AMCC PPC460EX EVK
• AMD Geode LXDB800
• Atmel AT91SAM9263-EK EVB
• Centrality Atlas II EVB
• Centrality Titan EVB
• Freescale i.MX21 ADS
• Freescale i.MX27 ADS
• Freescale i.MX31 ADS
• Freescale i.MX31 PDK
• Freescale Lite5200B and Media5200
• Freescale MPC5121E ADS
• Freescale MPC8313E RDB
• Freescale MPC8323E RDB
• Freescale MPC8349E MDS
• Freescale MPC85x0 ADS
• Freescale MPC8536 DS (Development System a.k.a Calamari)
• Freescale MPC8548 CDS
• Freescale MPC8572 DS
• Freescale MPC8641D HPCN
• Freescale MPC8360E MDS
• Fujitsu Jade EVB
• IBM PPC970FX EVB
• Renesas SH7774 GoldAle
• Renesas SH7780 EDOSK
• Renesas SH7785 SDK
• Texas Instruments DM644x EVM
• Texas Instruments DRA446 EVM
• Texas Instruments DM355 EVM
• Texas Instruments OMAP 2420 SDP
• Texas Instruments OMAP 5912 OSK
• Texas Instruments OMAP 3530 EVM and Beagle
• x86 BIOS
• x86 LiPPERT CoreExpress-ECO

Building 6.4.x BSPs#

Importing and Building a BSP live from Foundry 27 (using IDE 4.6)#

1. Select File > Import, pick QNX > QNX Source Package and BSP, and then click Next.
2. Select Import from Foundry27 SVN repository, and then click Next.
3. Select a board support package from the Known Foundry27 Source Packages, and then click Finish. (Note: The first time you do this, you will have to enter your Foundry 27 credentials.)

Importing and Building a BSP archive with the IDE (using IDE 4.6)#

1. Download the BSP archive to your host development system.
2. In the IDE, do the following:
   1. Select File > Import, pick QNX > QNX Source Package and BSP, and then click Next.
3. Select Import from local archive file.
   1. Select Browse..., browse to the location of the BSP archive, and then click Finish.

NOTE: BSPs downloaded from Foundry27 are sometimes double zipped (when downloading by pressing the download button as opposed to using your browser "download" functionality over links). When this happens, make sure to unzip the first level of archive before importing into the IDE. This will be resolved in future release of the IDE (Ref# 68666).

Importing and Building a BSP archive with the IDE (using IDE 4.5)#

1. Download the BSP archive to your host development system.
2. In the IDE, do the following:
   1. Select File > Import, pick QNX > QNX Board Support Package, and then click Next.
   2. Select Select Package..., browse to the location of the BSP archive, and then click Finish.

NOTE: BSPs downloaded from Foundry27 are sometimes double zipped (when downloading by pressing the download button as opposed to using your browser "download" functionality over links). When this happens, make sure to unzip the first level of archive before importing into the IDE. This will be resolved in future release of the IDE (Ref# 68666).

How to use the 6.4.0 tool chain within IDE 4.6 ( which is shipped with SDP 6.4.1) #

Prerequisite: Both QNX SDP 6.4.0 and QNX SDP 6.4.1 must be installed.

1. Start IDE 4.6 (part of QNX SDP 6.4.1)
2. Select Windows->Preferences->QNX.
3. Select the 6.4.0 installation, which changes the $QNX_HOST and $QNX_TARGET environment variables.
4. Import the BSP as per the above instructions.

Building BSPs at the command line#

1. Download the BSP archive to your host development system.
2. Extract the BSP archive in your workspace.
3. Type make.

Resources#

• Migration Guide for pre-6.4.0 BSP
• Packaging a Board Support Package