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``Python`` Python interpreter
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This guide explains how to run Python on NuttX.
*Yes, you heard it right*. **Python on NuttX**. This is a port of the `CPython <https://github.com/python/cpython>`_ repository for NuttX.
The `CPython` repository is the reference implementation of the Python programming language.
It is written in C and is the most widely used Python interpreter.
.. warning::
Python for NuttX is still in the experimental stage (thus, it requires ``CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL`` to be enabled)
It is not fully functional for all the architectures and configurations.
Please check this `issue <https://github.com/apache/nuttx-apps/issues/2884>`_ in the `nuttx-apps <https://github.com/apache/nuttx-apps/>`_ repository to know the current status.
How Does it Work?
=================
1. Python for NuttX target initially the ``rv-virt`` (RISC-V QEMU) board.
2. Python modules are stored in `pyc <https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-bytecode>`_ (byte-code format) and are loaded from a ROMFS image at startup.
3. Environment variables like ``PYTHONHOME`` and ``PYTHON_BASIC_REPL`` need to be set accordingly.
Building Python NuttX
=====================
Use the ``rv-virt:python`` config to build Python for NuttX. Note that the CMake scripts don't work for this configuration. For now, please use the makefile build instead:
.. code:: console
$ cd nuttx
$ make distclean
$ ./tools/configure.sh rv-virt:python
$ make -j$(nproc)
$ ls -l nuttx
This will generate a ``nutxx`` binary. This file can be run using the RISC-V QEMU.
Try Python in NSH
=================
Before running the RISC-V QEMU, create a raw disk image with the following command:
.. code:: console
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=./mydisk-1gb.img bs=1M count=1024
Then, run RISC-V QEMU with the following command:
.. code:: console
$ qemu-system-riscv32 -semihosting -M virt,aclint=on -cpu rv32 -smp 8 \
-global virtio-mmio.force-legacy=false \
-device virtio-serial-device,bus=virtio-mmio-bus.0 \
-chardev socket,telnet=on,host=127.0.0.1,port=3450,server=on,wait=off,id=foo \
-device virtconsole,chardev=foo \
-device virtio-rng-device,bus=virtio-mmio-bus.1 \
-netdev user,id=u1,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:10023-10.0.2.15:23,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:15001-10.0.2.15:5001 \
-device virtio-net-device,netdev=u1,bus=virtio-mmio-bus.2 \
-drive file=./mydisk-1gb.img,if=none,format=raw,id=hd \
-device virtio-blk-device,bus=virtio-mmio-bus.3,drive=hd \
-bios none -kernel ./nuttx -nographic
ABC[ 0.062131] board_userled: LED 1 set to 0
[ 0.063269] board_userled: LED 2 set to 0
[ 0.063367] board_userled: LED 3 set to 0
telnetd [4:100]
NuttShell (NSH) NuttX-10.4.0
nsh> python_mount_modules
Mounting ROMFS filesystem at target=/usr/local/lib/ with source=/dev/ram1
nsh> export PYTHONHOME /usr/local
nsh> export PYTHON_BASIC_REPL 1
nsh> python
Python 3.13.0 (main, Dec 4 2024, 17:00:42) [GCC 13.2.0] on nuttx
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
Demo
----
Check the following `asciinema <https://asciinema.org/>`_ demo to see how to run Python on NuttX. You can copy and paste the commands from the demo to try it yourself.
.. image:: https://asciinema.org/a/bYYy1fyIOQ3hOY4lJ7L3WFcNb.svg
:target: https://asciinema.org/a/bYYy1fyIOQ3hOY4lJ7L3WFcNb