Building v6.3.1 on Mac OS and Ubuntu is not working

[mattjoyce]

After working through fresh installs for both Mac and Ubuntu, the binaries are not compiling properly and result in 75kb bin files.
I tried on two separate Ubuntu versions and Max OS, and try both Blackpillf401cc and mega2560.

Here's the output from Ubunto

Building application...
Generating target definitions...
Generating MCU definitions...
Generating arch definitions...
Generating vendor definitions...
Generating HW test config...
Building: board/common/Bootloader.cpp
Building: board/common/Common.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/ISR.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/NVM.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/Setup.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/UniqueID.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/Flash.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/Bootloader.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/Multiplexer.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/ShiftRegistersWait.cpp
Building: board/common/io/Stubs.cpp
Building: board/common/comm/USBOverSerial/USBOverSerial.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/comm/uart/UART.cpp
Building: board/common/comm/uart/UART.cpp
Building: application/main.cpp
Building: application/database/CustomInit.cpp
Building: application/database/Database.cpp
Building: application/system/System.cpp
Building: application/protocol/midi/MIDI.cpp
Building: application/protocol/dmx/DMX.cpp
Building: application/util/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
Building: application/util/configurable/Configurable.cpp
Building: application/util/cinfo/CInfo.cpp
Building: application/util/conversion/Conversion.cpp
Building: application/util/messaging/Messaging.cpp
Building: application/io/common/Common.cpp
Building: ../modules/sysex/src/SysExConf.cpp
Building: ../modules/midi/src/MIDI.cpp
Building: ../modules/dbms/src/LESSDB.cpp
Building: ../modules/dmxusb/src/DMXUSBWidget.cpp
Building: application/io/analog/Analog.cpp
Building: application/io/buttons/Buttons.cpp
Building: application/io/encoders/Encoders.cpp
Building: application/io/leds/LEDs.cpp
Building: board/common/io/Analog.cpp
Building: board/common/io/Input.cpp
Building: board/common/io/Output.cpp
Building: application/io/touchscreen/Touchscreen.cpp
Building: application/io/touchscreen/model/viewtech/Viewtech.cpp
Building: application/io/touchscreen/model/nextion/Nextion.cpp
Building: application/io/touchscreen/model/Builder.cpp
Building: application/io/i2c/I2C.cpp
Building: application/io/i2c/peripherals/display/strings/Strings.cpp
Building: application/io/i2c/peripherals/display/Display.cpp
Building: application/io/i2c/peripherals/Builder.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/comm/i2c/I2C.cpp
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_string.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_setup.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_u8toa.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_8x8.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_u16toa.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_display.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_fonts.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_byte.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_cad.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_gpio.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_d_ssd1306_128x64_noname.c
Building: ../modules/u8g2/csrc/u8x8_d_ssd1306_128x32.c
Creating executable: build/app/mega2560/release/mega2560.elf
AVR Memory Usage
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Device: atmega2560

Program:   75106 bytes (28.7% Full)
(.text + .data + .bootloader)

Data:       5595 bytes (68.3% Full)
(.data + .bss + .noinit)


Building bootloader...
Building: board/common/Bootloader.cpp
Building: board/common/Common.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/ISR.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/NVM.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/Setup.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/UniqueID.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/Flash.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/Bootloader.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/Multiplexer.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/common/ShiftRegistersWait.cpp
Building: board/common/io/Stubs.cpp
Building: board/common/io/Indicators.cpp
Building: bootloader/main.cpp
Building: bootloader/FwSelector/FwSelector.cpp
Building: bootloader/updater/Updater.cpp
Building: bootloader/SysExParser/SysExParser.cpp
Building: board/arch/avr/atmel/comm/uart/UART.cpp
Building: board/common/comm/uart/UART.cpp
Building: board/common/comm/USBOverSerial/USBOverSerial.cpp
Creating executable: build/boot/mega2560/release/mega2560.elf
AVR Memory Usage
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Device: atmega2560

Program:    6468 bytes (2.5% Full)
(.text + .data + .bootloader)

Data:        962 bytes (11.7% Full)
(.data + .bss + .noinit)


Building sysexgen...
Building: sysexgen/main.cpp
Creating executable: build/sysexgen/mega2560/release/mega2560.elf
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
   8459     792     280    9531    253b ./build/sysexgen/mega2560/release/mega2560.elf
Building flashgen...
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'binary'.
Merged binary created: ./build/merged/mega2560/release/mega2560.hex
Creating SysEx file...
Firmware size is 75108 bytes. Generating SysEx file, please wait...
SysEx file created: ./build/merged/mega2560/release/mega2560.sysex

[paradajz]

I think you're confusing something here. OpenDeck binary is amalgamation of two binaries for AVR, and three on STM32:

• AVR: application+bootloader
• STM32: application+bootloader+factory setings

When the binaries are joined, any gaps between them are filled with 0xFF, hence their size.

For mega2560 specifically, yes, application is 75k, and bootloader is 6k. However, on AVR, bootloader is located at the very bottom of the flash, so 75k is filled in its entirety (mega2560 has 256k of flash - 8k reserverved for bootloader, so total of 248kB for flash binary). 248+6 = 254kB.

Similar thing occurs with STM32, only there bootloader comes first filled with 32k, then app, then factory settings fill. Amounts differ from variant to variant.

[mattjoyce]

Thanks again, and yes you're quite correct, I am not familiar with the structure of the images, and realize it's not the goal of this project to teach the topic in depth.