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Software => Software => Topic started by: SoundDiver on March 06, 2011, 10:04:09 PM

Title: Recompiling the Webbotlib libraries
Post by: SoundDiver on March 06, 2011, 10:04:09 PM

Stepping through the code in the debugger is a pain since the file paths from the original compilation are expected. (C:\eclipse\workspace\webbotclibrary sound familiar?)

Is there a makefile, AVRStudio project, or plain ol' instructions anywhere for reproducing libWebbot-ATMega640.a on my local machine?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Recompiling the Webbotlib libraries
Post by: Webbot on March 07, 2011, 12:51:16 PM

AVRStudio debugger should then allow you to locate the diretory where you've got WebbotLib source code installed. You can do that without recompiling anything.

The debugger is always a bit flakey since the WebbotLib code is built using -Os optimisation. If you recompile it yourself with, say, no optimisation -O0 then the debugger is better but the code will be much bigger. Also note that the AVRStudio debugger has got loads of bugs - for example some of the timers (cant remember if its 3, 4 or 5) - never generate any interrupts.

If you really need to recompile then I'd take a backup of the original .a files first. Dunk has done a tutorial on recompiling Version 1.xx here:  http://www.societyofrobots.com/member_tutorials/node/382 (http://www.societyofrobots.com/member_tutorials/node/382)