nuttx/tools
Marco Casaroli abbe0df26d !arch/arm: Use r9 as the PIC base register.
ARM PIC has used r10 as the base register, but the tree has never been
consistent about it.  Toolchain.defs gives CONFIG_BUILD_PIC
-mpic-register=r9 and CONFIG_PIC -mpic-register=r10, twenty-five lines
apart, and arm_initialstate.c sets REG_R9 from inline assembly under one
and REG_PIC under the other, with a comment reading "Set the PIC base
register (probably R10)".  This settles it on r9 for all of PIC: NXFLAT,
ELF PIC and CONFIG_BUILD_PIC alike.

r9 is the right choice rather than an arbitrary one.  It is the AAPCS
platform register, the "static base", and it is what GCC itself picks
for -msingle-pic-base on an EABI target; r10 is the non-EABI default.

It also removes a combination that cannot build today.  Stack checking
adds -ffixed-r10 in armv7-m/Toolchain.defs and armv8-m/Toolchain.defs,
while CONFIG_PIC adds -mpic-register=r10, and GCC rejects the pair with
"unable to use 'r10' for PIC register".  The comment above REG_PIC has
always said the register "can be R9 if stack checking is enabled", but
the definition was unconditionally REG_R10, so it would have named the
wrong register even had the build succeeded.

The thunk generator moves with the firmware.  NXFLAT import stubs had
the register baked in as "add ip,ip,sl", so a module built for r9 would
load and then branch to a wild address on its first call out.  The stubs
now come from NXFLAT_PIC_REG in the in-tree tool, which is built only
when CONFIG_NXFLAT is set, following the
CONFIG_BOARD_ETC_ROMFS_PASSWD_ENABLE precedent in tools/Unix.mk.

That leaves modules built before this change, and they are the reason
for the ABI marker.  The NXFLAT header cannot carry a version: h_magic
is written by ldnxflat, which is GPL, derived from elf2flt, and stays
out of this repository, so it can never be changed in step with the
loader.  The import table can, because both of its ends are in-tree --
mknxflat emits it and nxflat_bindimports() reads it -- and ldnxflat
passes it through untouched.  So every module now imports
__nxflat_abi_v2, the base firmware defines it, and a module that does
not import it is refused.

Making the marker a real exported symbol rather than a name the loader
special-cases is what keeps it out of the build system's way: a board's
symbol table picks it up exactly as it picks up printf, so mksymtab.sh
and its equivalents need no change.  It also gives the reverse direction
a diagnosis for free -- a module built against a newer ABI than its
firmware fails with "Exported symbol __nxflat_abi_v2 not found".

Most of the remaining churn is boards restating a default.  ARCHPICFLAGS
is a "?=" default so that a board only speaks up when it differs, and
twenty-six were assigning the value the default already had.  MKNXFLAT
gets the same treatment: thirteen boards named the same tool, and the
only thing that varies is ARM versus Thumb-2, which falls out of
CONFIG_ARM_THUMB.  LDNXFLAT gains a default too -- it stays an
out-of-tree PATH lookup, but naming it centrally fixes boards that never
assigned it, where it expanded to nothing and handed make a recipe
beginning "-e", whose leading dash make ate as "ignore errors".

The non-ARM boards carrying -mpic-register=r10 lose it: it is an
ARM-only option, reachable only through CPICFLAGS, which is only used to
build NXFLAT modules, and no non-ARM board enables NXFLAT.

Boards keep nothing about PIC flags any more.  ARCHPICFLAGS was set by
sixty-three of them and only ever fed CPICFLAGS, which is only used to
build NXFLAT modules; no board outside arch/arm enables NXFLAT, so every
non-ARM copy was setting a variable nothing read.  Those are removed
rather than moved somewhere more central, which would only make dead
text look load-bearing.  LDNXFLAT goes the same way as MKNXFLAT, for the
same reason: thirteen boards named the same tool that Toolchain.defs now
names once.

One of them was not merely redundant.  am67/t3-gem-o1 asked for
"-mpic-register=r10 -ffixed-r10", which GCC refuses outright with
"unable to use 'r10' for PIC register" -- the very combination the
filter-out machinery in Toolchain.defs exists to prevent.  It has
survived because that board does not build NXFLAT modules, so the flags
are never handed to a compiler.  Renaming the register would have
carried the fault forward unchanged, so the line goes.

Tested on lm3s6965-ek:qemu-nxflat under QEMU, configured and built with
no overrides.  The nxflat example runs the errno, hello and struct
modules with output identical to the same config built from master.
Built with the old out-of-tree thunk generator instead, the same
firmware refuses all three with ENOEXEC rather than locking up in a
HardFault, which is what this change is for.  mps3-an547:picostest,
which is CONFIG_PIC without CONFIG_NXFLAT, builds clean and does not
build the thunk generator.

The .def files pick up two cosmetic changes here alongside the register:
a "Dyanamic" typo that codespell rejects, and a reworded comment in each
thunk_*.c.  Neither appears in the emitted thunk -- both are in C
comments -- so the generated text is still what the upstream tool
produces, modulo the register itself.

BREAKING CHANGE: ARM PIC moves from r10 to r9.  An NXFLAT module built
before this change has r10 baked into its import stubs and will not run
against a firmware carrying it; the two cannot be mixed.  The module is
refused with ENOEXEC rather than branching to a wild address, by way of the
__nxflat_abi_v2 marker described below.

Quick fix: rebuild the module against this tree.  Its source needs no
change.  A board that reserved r10 by hand, or that assigned ARCHPICFLAGS
or MKNXFLAT to restate a default, should drop those assignments; nothing
else is affected, and CONFIG_PIC without CONFIG_NXFLAT needs no action.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Marco Casaroli <marco.casaroli@gmail.com>
2026-08-06 01:38:23 +08:00
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ameba arch/arm/ameba: resolve the asdk toolchain per-IC 2026-07-17 08:30:47 -03:00
bcm2711 arch/bcm2711, boards/raspberry-pi-4b: Add preliminary support for the BCM2711 and Raspberry Pi 4B. 2024-12-17 16:43:17 +08:00
bl602 Documentation/bl602: Update some imformation; Add partition.toml in tool/bl602 2021-07-27 21:01:15 -07:00
ci boards/rp23xx: Split the xipfs configuration into xipfs and xipfs-nxflat. 2026-07-29 07:49:03 -03:00
codeowners docs/codeowners: Add preliminary code owner file 2025-09-05 19:53:06 -04:00
cxd56 fix misspelled names in locally scoped code 2025-05-15 10:12:12 +08:00
esp32 tools/espressif: Add UF2 output support 2026-05-27 14:29:35 -04:00
esp32c3 tools/espressif: add esptool version check to Espressif build system 2024-10-15 20:42:57 +02:00
esp32s2 tools/espressif: Add UF2 output support 2026-05-27 14:29:35 -04:00
esp32s3 tools/espressif: Add UF2 output support 2026-05-27 14:29:35 -04:00
espressif tools/espressif: Add UF2 output support 2026-05-27 14:29:35 -04:00
imx9 arch/arm64/imx9: Support for imx9 edgelock enclave 2025-03-17 21:35:25 +02:00
licensing tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
lwl docs/guides/lwl: move lwl's README.txt to lwl.rst 2025-12-23 15:20:06 +01:00
mpfs tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
nix tools/nix: move nix flakes to tools/ 2025-08-28 10:04:01 +08:00
nxflat !arch/arm: Use r9 as the PIC base register. 2026-08-06 01:38:23 +08:00
pic32 tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
pynuttx build(deps): bump pillow from 12.2.0 to 12.3.0 in /tools/pynuttx 2026-07-22 11:35:43 +08:00
rp23xx tools/rp{2040,23xx}: Ensure that picotool is found or built 2025-08-22 00:30:28 +08:00
rp2040 tools: rp2040: Drop uninitialized name length check 2026-07-10 12:39:44 +08:00
simwifi fix(udhcpc): missing interface name in log message 2025-05-05 09:32:31 +08:00
zds style: Fix "the the" typo across the codebase. 2026-03-23 11:07:49 +01:00
.gitignore tools/nxflat: Import the NXFLAT thunk generator. 2026-08-06 01:38:23 +08:00
aarch64-unknown-nuttx-macho.json tools: Enable Rust sim builds on Intel Macs 2026-06-08 21:22:45 +08:00
aarch64-unknown-nuttx.json tools/rust: Move NuttX Rust target specs into nuttx 2026-06-01 00:02:41 +08:00
abi_check.py abi_check.py:Check ABI compatibility between different ELF versions. 2026-01-28 18:32:39 +01:00
b16.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
bdf-converter.c tools/bdf-converter: Fix loop termination condition. 2025-03-18 10:12:23 -03:00
board_romfs_mkpasswd.sh !tools/mkpasswd: PBKDF2 host tool and ROMFS passwd build integration 2026-07-21 20:19:14 +08:00
btdecode.sh arch/risc-v/espressif/esp32p4: Support ESP32-P4 on NuttX 2026-03-09 21:40:25 +01:00
build-globals.sh libc/elf: rename modlib to libelf 2025-04-11 09:43:22 +08:00
callstack.py tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
cfgdefine.c libc/elf: rename modlib to libelf 2025-04-11 09:43:22 +08:00
cfgdefine.h tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
cfgparser.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
cfgparser.h tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
check_passwd_keys.sh !boards: enforce secure ROMFS passwd and TEA key setup 2026-07-09 22:41:11 +08:00
checkkconfig.py tools[feat]: add config check tool 2026-01-14 17:50:18 +01:00
checkpatch.sh tools/checkpatch.sh: Enhance stdin support for patch checking 2026-03-09 11:08:52 +08:00
checkrelease.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
CMakeLists.txt tools/CMakeLists.txt: Add mkpasswd binaries 2026-04-16 01:45:48 +08:00
cmpconfig.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
cnvwindeps.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
Config.mk tools: fix stale archive members surviving a Kconfig-driven CSRCS change 2026-07-28 21:26:03 -03:00
configure.bat tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
configure.c style: fix spelling in code comments and strings 2025-05-23 10:48:41 +08:00
configure.sh !tools/mkpasswd: PBKDF2 host tool and ROMFS passwd build integration 2026-07-21 20:19:14 +08:00
configure_completion.bash tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
convert-comments.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
copydir.bat style: fix spelling in code comments and strings 2025-05-23 10:48:41 +08:00
copydir.sh style: fix spelling in code comments and strings 2025-05-23 10:48:41 +08:00
coredump.py coredump.py:bug fix python file not have rename 2024-10-30 12:29:22 +08:00
csvparser.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
csvparser.h tools/mksyscall: fix 106: Unexpected end of line: "FAR char * co" 2025-03-08 12:39:24 +08:00
D.defs debug symbol level: Use config instead 2024-12-04 22:36:45 +08:00
define.bat style: fix spelling in code comments and strings 2025-05-23 10:48:41 +08:00
define.sh style: fix spelling in code comments and strings 2025-05-23 10:48:41 +08:00
detab.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
Directories.mk libbuitin/compiler_rt: Supports separate builtin rt.builtins or rt.profile 2024-11-12 16:12:53 +08:00
discover.py tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
doreleasenotes.py tools/doreleasenotes: remove deprecater API 2025-05-27 20:34:54 +08:00
Export.mk tools: Export LLVM flags for kernel build 2025-01-26 20:22:35 +08:00
find_symbol_callers.sh toos/scipts: add script to find symbol caller 2025-12-31 08:47:23 -03:00
flash_writer.py fix misspelled names in locally scoped code 2025-05-15 10:12:12 +08:00
FlatLibs.mk libbuitin/compiler_rt: Supports separate builtin rt.builtins or rt.profile 2024-11-12 16:12:53 +08:00
gcov.py gcov: Refactoring the implementation framework of gcov 2025-07-03 00:17:58 +08:00
gdbserver.py gdbserver.py:add x86_64 arch 2026-01-24 23:31:43 +08:00
gen_passwd_keys.sh boards: add CI ROMFS passwd credentials and refresh docs 2026-07-09 22:41:11 +08:00
gencromfs.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
host_info_dump.py tools: add build path support on host_info tool 2026-05-20 13:12:38 -04:00
host_info_parse.py tools: fix make host_info flag parsing and config string escaping 2026-02-05 14:23:19 +01:00
i486-unknown-nuttx.json tools/rust: Move NuttX Rust target specs into nuttx 2026-06-01 00:02:41 +08:00
ide_exporter.py tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
incdir.bat tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
incdir.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
incdir.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
indent.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
initialconfig.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
jlink-nuttx.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
kasan_global.py kasan/globals: fix compile error 2024-12-05 20:37:47 +08:00
kconfig.bat tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
kconfig2html.c style: fix spelling in code comments and strings 2025-05-23 10:48:41 +08:00
KernelLibs.mk libbuitin/compiler_rt: Supports separate builtin rt.builtins or rt.profile 2024-11-12 16:12:53 +08:00
LibTargets.mk clang:libclang_rt.builtins-xxx.a supports builtin 2024-10-28 16:38:45 +08:00
link.bat tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
link.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
lowhex.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
macar-qcs.sh tools/macar-qcs.sh: migrate license to ASF 2024-12-16 14:14:55 +08:00
Make.defs tools: Rename apps-or-nuttx-Make.defs to Make.defs 2024-10-17 07:55:02 +08:00
Makefile.host tools/nxflat: Import the NXFLAT thunk generator. 2026-08-06 01:38:23 +08:00
merge_config.py install kconfiglib using apt repo 2024-12-02 13:43:29 +08:00
mkallsyms.py libs/libc/symtab: fix bogus symbol names for out-of-range addresses 2026-08-05 21:51:25 +08:00
mkallsyms.sh sim: fix mkallsyms for Objective-C symbols on macOS 2026-05-08 19:51:39 +08:00
mkconfig.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
mkconfigvars.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
mkctags.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
mkdeps.c tools/mkdeps: increase MAX_BUFFER from 16384 to 65536 2024-10-31 08:55:07 +08:00
mkexport.sh build/export: Fix missing gnu-elf.ld copy and toolchain script. 2025-09-14 10:44:51 +08:00
mkfsdata.pl tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
mkfsdata.py style: fix spelling in code comments and strings 2025-05-23 10:48:41 +08:00
mknulldeps.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
mkpasswd.c !tools/mkpasswd: PBKDF2 host tool and ROMFS passwd build integration 2026-07-21 20:19:14 +08:00
mkromfsimg.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
mksymtab.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
mksyscall.c tools:mksyscall fix compilation warning 2026-05-09 09:42:58 +08:00
mkversion.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
mkwindeps.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
netusb.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
noteinfo.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
nxstyle.c arch/arm/rtl8721f: bring up minimal NSH (P1) 2026-07-30 17:04:14 +08:00
nxstyle_sweep.sh tools/nxstyle: add a script to check a whole tree at once 2026-07-28 02:43:24 +08:00
nxtagspkgsfetch.sh tools/nxtagspkgsfetch.sh: Fetch tags packages for NuttX and Apps. 2025-12-17 08:12:44 -03:00
parsecallstack.py tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
parsememdump.py mm: dump node overheadp during memdump 2024-11-25 00:42:34 +08:00
parsetrace.py tools/parsetrace.py: Fix get_typesize bug in parsetrace.py 2026-01-26 23:22:41 +01:00
passwd_keys.mk !tools/mkpasswd: PBKDF2 host tool and ROMFS passwd build integration 2026-07-21 20:19:14 +08:00
pre-commit tools: add git pre-commit hook based on checkpatch.sh 2023-05-03 14:42:34 +02:00
process_config.py cmake(enhance):include-style defconfig can modified via menuconfig 2026-01-15 15:42:17 -03:00
process_config.sh tools/process_config.sh: Fix sed errors 2025-07-03 09:41:56 -03:00
promptpasswd.sh !tools/mkpasswd: PBKDF2 host tool and ROMFS passwd build integration 2026-07-21 20:19:14 +08:00
ProtectedLibs.mk libbuitin/compiler_rt: Supports separate builtin rt.builtins or rt.profile 2024-11-12 16:12:53 +08:00
refresh.sh tools: Modify refresh.sh to support update all configs from a board 2025-06-21 04:21:10 +08:00
rmcr.c tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
Rust.defs tools: Enable Rust sim builds on Intel Macs 2026-06-08 21:22:45 +08:00
sethost.sh tools: Enable Rust sim builds on Intel Macs 2026-06-08 21:22:45 +08:00
showsize.sh tools/showsize.sh: support pass custom nuttx executable 2024-10-13 02:11:12 +08:00
simbridge.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
simhostroute.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
simlaunch.sh sim:support sim elf and dynamic libs package in post build 2024-11-06 01:56:44 +08:00
size_report.py fix: TreeNode has same attribute with NodeMixin 2023-10-09 17:51:01 -04:00
splashscreen_converter.py drivers/video/fb.c: Add startup splashscreen option 2025-04-30 06:38:05 -03:00
stackusage.py tools/stackusage.py: use toolchain binaries instead of Python libraries 2026-03-17 11:26:44 -03:00
stm32_pinmap_tool.py fix misspelled names in locally scoped code 2025-05-15 10:12:12 +08:00
Swift.defs debug symbol level: Use config instead 2024-12-04 22:36:45 +08:00
testbuild.ps1 tools/ci: Added esptool for Windows Native 2026-04-13 23:55:10 +08:00
testbuild.sh testbuild.sh: CMake Added -DNXTMPDIR 2026-04-22 06:22:36 +08:00
toolchain.cmake.export arch/crt0.c: revert entry _start 2025-12-10 19:06:04 +08:00
uncrustify.cfg tools/uncrustify: Update uncrustify for better support 2026-07-17 15:00:06 -03:00
Unix.mk !arch/arm: Use r9 as the PIC base register. 2026-08-06 01:38:23 +08:00
unlink.bat tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
unlink.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
update_romfs_password.sh !tools/mkpasswd: PBKDF2 host tool and ROMFS passwd build integration 2026-07-21 20:19:14 +08:00
version.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
Win.mk libc: add support for C23 stdbit.h with bit manipulation macros 2026-03-02 09:09:40 -03:00
x86_64-unknown-nuttx-macho.json tools: Enable Rust sim builds on Intel Macs 2026-06-08 21:22:45 +08:00
x86_64-unknown-nuttx.json tools/rust: Move NuttX Rust target specs into nuttx 2026-06-01 00:02:41 +08:00
xmlrpc_test.py tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00
Zig.defs tools/Zig.defs: Fix Zig builds on sim:x86_64 2026-07-20 09:36:56 +08:00
zipme.sh tools: migrate to SPDX identifier 2024-09-10 23:11:11 +08:00