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src/build-in-docker.md \
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* Define your custom targets
* Override default targets
Handling multiple boards with udev-rules {#multiple-boards-udev}
========================================
When developing and working with multiple boards the default `PORT` configuration
for a particular board might not apply anymore so `PORT` will need to be specified
whenever calling `make term/test`. This can also happen if multiple `DEBUGGERS/PROGRAMMERS`
are present so `DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID` will also need to be passed. Keeping track of
this will become annoying.
One way of handling this is to use `udev` rules to define `SYMLINKS` between the
boards serial port (`riot/tty-<board-name>`) and the actual serial port
(dev/ttyACM* or other). With this we can query the rest of the boards serial
`dev` information (`DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID`, `PORT`, etc.) to always flash and open a
terminal on the correct port.
Procedure:
- use `udevadm info /dev/ttyACM0` to query the udev database for information on
device on port `/dev/ttyACM0`.
or use `udevadm info --attribute-walk --name /dev/ttyACM0` for more detailed
output when the first level of information isn't enough
- create a udev rule with information of the device and one parent to create a
matching rule in `/etc/udev/rules.d/70-riotboards.rules`.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# samr21-xpro
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="03eb", \
ATTRS{idProduct}=="2111", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Atmel Corp.", \
ATTRS{serial}=="ATML2127031800004957", SYMLINK+="riot/tty-samr21-xpro"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- reload rules: `udevadm control --reload-rules`
- Boards `PORT` are symlinked to /dev/riot/tty-`board-name`.
- Create a `makefile.pre` that will query the real `PORT` and the `DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID`
from the `SYMLINK` info
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PORT = /dev/riot/tty-$(BOARD)
DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID = $(\
shell udevadm info -q property $(PORT) |\
sed -n ’/ID_SERIAL_SHORT/ {s/ID_SERIAL_SHORT=//p}’)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- You can now add `makefile.pre` to `RIOT_MAKEFILES_GLOBAL_PRE` as an environment
variable or on each `make` call:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$ RIOT_MAKEFILES_GLOBAL_PRE=/path/to/makefile.pre make -C examples/hello-world flash term
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
_note_: if set as an environment variable it would be a good idea to add a variable
to enable/disable it, e.g:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ifeq (1,$(ENABLE_LOCAL_BOARDS))
PORT = /dev/riot/tty-$(BOARD)
DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID = $(\
shell udevadm info -q property $(PORT) |\
sed -n ’/ID_SERIAL_SHORT/ {s/ID_SERIAL_SHORT=//p}’)
endif
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Handling multiple versions of the same BOARD
-------------------------------------------
The above procedure works fine when handling different boards, but not
multiple times the same board, e.g: multiple `samr21-xpro`.
An option for this would be to add an identifier of that board to the mapped
`riot/tty-*`, there are multiple ways of handling this but in the end it means
having a way to identify every copy.
Another way would be to map the `DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID` in the name:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SYMLINK+="riot/node-$attr{serial}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But it will require to know in advance the serial number of each board you want
to use. Another option would be to add some kind of numbering and defining
multiple symlinks for each board. e.g. for `samr21-xpro` number `n`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# samr21-xpro
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="03eb", \
ATTRS{idProduct}=="2111", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Atmel Corp.", \
ATTRS{serial}=="ATML2127031800004957", SYMLINK+="riot/tty-samr21-xpro", \
SYMLINK+="riot/tty-samr21-xpro-n"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Then, when flashing, the number can be specified and the parsing adapted:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ifneq(,$(BOARD_NUM))
PORT = /dev/riot/tty-$(BOARD)-$(BOARD_NUM)
else
PORT = /dev/riot/tty-$(BOARD)
endif
DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID = $(\
shell udevadm info -q property $(PORT) |\
sed -n ’/ID_SERIAL_SHORT/ {s/ID_SERIAL_SHORT=//p}’)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BOARD=samr21-xpro BOARD_NUM=n make flash term
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the end, this would be the same as using the serial, but a simple number might
be easier to handle.
Notes
-----
Udev only parses SUBSYSTEM and one parent. For others, we will rely on ENV
variables defined by 60-serial.rules
So the current filename should be higher than 60-serial.rules
If for some reason re-writing the serial is needed there is a windows tool:
https://remoteqth.com/wiki/index.php?page=How+to+set+usb+device+SerialNumber
Documentation:
--------------
* The whole documentation
http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html#udevinfo
* Udev manpage
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/eoan/en/man7/udev.7.html
Handling multiple boards without udev-rules {#multiple-boards-no-udev}
===========================================
This is a simpler approach to the above mentioned issue. The solution here only
uses a makefile script for selecting the debugger and serial port. No
administrative privileges (e.g. to configure Udev) are required.
One of the limitations of the solution described here is that it currently
doesn't work with multiple boards of the same type. This limitation is a
limitation of the script and not of the mechanism used, it is possible to adapt
the script to support multiple boards of the same type. This modification is
left as an exercise to the reader.
The following Make snippet is used:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LOCAL_BOARD_MAP ?= 1
# Adapt this list to your board collection
SERIAL_nucleo-f103rb ?= 066BFF343633464257254156
SERIAL_same54-xpro ?= ATML2748051800005053
SERIAL_samr21-xpro ?= ATML2127031800008360
SERIAL_nrf52dk ?= 000682223007
ifeq (1,$(LOCAL_BOARD_MAP))
# Retrieve the serial of the selected board
BOARD_SERIAL = $(SERIAL_$(BOARD))
# Check if there is a serial for the board
ifneq (,$(BOARD_SERIAL))
# Set the variables used by various debug tools to the selected serial
SERIAL ?= $(BOARD_SERIAL)
DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID ?= $(BOARD_SERIAL)
JLINK_SERIAL ?= $(BOARD_SERIAL)
# Use the existing script to grab the matching /dev/ttyACM* device
PORT ?= $(shell $(RIOTTOOLS)/usb-serial/ttys.py --most-recent --format path --serial $(SERIAL))
endif
endif
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The array of board serial numbers has to be edited to match your local boards.
The serial numbers used here is the USB device serial number as reported by
the debugger hardware. With the `make list-ttys` it is reported as the 'serial':
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$ make list-ttys
path | driver | vendor | model | model_db | serial | ctime
-------------|---------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|---------
/dev/ttyUSB0 | cp210x | Silicon Labs | CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller | CP210x UART Bridge | 0001 | 15:58:13
/dev/ttyACM1 | cdc_acm | STMicroelectronics | STM32 STLink | ST-LINK/V2.1 | 0671FF535155878281151932 | 15:58:04
/dev/ttyACM3 | cdc_acm | Arduino (www.arduino.cc) | EOS High Power | Mega ADK R3 (CDC ACM) | 75230313733351110120 | 15:59:57
/dev/ttyACM2 | cdc_acm | SEGGER | J-Link | J-Link | 000683475134 | 12:41:36
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the above make snippet is included as `RIOT_MAKEFILES_GLOBAL_PRE`, the
serial number of the USB device is automatically set if the used board is
included in the script. This will then ensure that the board debugger is used
for flashing and the board serial device is used when starting the serial
console.
It supports command line parameters to filter by vendor name, model name, serial
number, or driver. In addition, the `--most-recent` argument will only print the
most recently added interface (out of those matching the filtering by vendor,
model, etc.). The `--format path` argument will result in only the device path
being printed for convenient use in scripts.
Handling multiple boards: Simplest approach {#multiple-boards-simple}
===========================================
Passing `MOST_RECENT_PORT=1` as environment variable or as parameter to
make will result in the most recently connected board being preferred over the
default PORT for the selected board.
Analyze dependency resolution {#analyze-depedency-resolution}
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Flashing via RIOT's Build System {#flashing}
================================
[TOC]
General Approach {#flashing-general}
================
In general, flashing a board from RIOT is as straight forward as typing in a
shell (with the application directory as current working directory):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make BOARD=<BOARD-TO-FLASH> flash
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This will **rebuild** ***AND*** **flash** the application in the current working
directory for board `<BOARD-TO-FLASH>`, using its default programming tool. If
you want to use an alternative programming tool, say `stm32flash`, use:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make BOARD=<BOARD-TO-FLASH> PROGRAMMER=stm32flash flash
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To flash without rebuilding use `flash-only` as target instead of `flash`.
Compatibility Matrix {#flashing-compatibility}
====================
Note that some programmers require additional configuration on a per board
level or rely on features only available on some boards. Hence, a board `FOO` of
MCU family `BAR` may not be supported by programmer `BAZ`, even though `BAZ` is
listed as supported for MCU family `BAR`.
This table will use the value to pass to `PROGRAMMER=<value>` as title, rather
than the official spelling of the programmer.
MCU Family | `adafruit-nrfutil` | `avrdude` | `bmp` | `bossa` | `cc2538-bsl`| `cpy2remed` | `dfu-util` | `edbg` | `elf2uf2` | `esptool` | `goodfet` | `jlink` | `lpc2k_pgm` | `mspdebug` | `nrfutil` | `openocd` | `pic32prog` | `pyocd` | `robotis-loader` | `stm32flash` | `stm32loader` | `uf2conv` | `uniflash`
---------------|--------------------|-----------|-------|---------|-------------|-------------|------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|-------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------|------------------|--------------|---------------|-----------|-----------
ATmega | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
ATXmega | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
CC2538 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
CC13xx / C26xx | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ (3) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓
EFM32 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
ESP8266 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
ESP32 (Xtensa) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
ESP32 (RISC-V) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
FE310 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
GD32V | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ (3) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
Kinetis | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
LPC1768 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
LPC23xx | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
MIPS32r2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
MSP430 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
nRF51 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
nRF52 | ✓ (1) | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ (1) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗
RP2040 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
SAM | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ (1) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
Stellaris | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗
STM32 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ (1) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗
Remarks:
1. Requires a bootloader to be flashed (rather than a bootloader in ROM)
2. Requires specific hardware, e.g. an embedded programmer
3. Requires a patched version of the programmer tool
Programmer Configuration {#flashing-configuration}
========================
This section will list additional configuration options to control the behavior
of a programming tool, such as selecting the hardware adapter used for
programming.
OpenOCD Configuration {#flashing-configuration-openocd}
---------------------
### `OPENOCD_DEBUG_ADAPTER`
`OPENOCD_DEBUG_ADAPTER` can be set via command line or as environment variable
to use non-default flashing hardware.
### `OPENOCD_RESET_USE_CONNECT_ASSERT_SRST`
`OPENOCD_RESET_USE_CONNECT_ASSERT_SRST` can be set via command line or as
environment variable to `0` to disable resetting the board via the `SRST` line.
This is useful when the `SRST` signal is not connected to the debug adapter or
when using cheap ST-Link V2 clones with broken `SRST` output. Note that it may
not be possible to attach the debugger while the MCU is in deep sleeping mode.
If this is set to `0` by the user, the user may need a carefully timed reset
button press to be able to flash the board.
### `OPENOCD_PRE_FLASH_CMDS`
`OPENOCD_PRE_FLASH_CMDS` can be set as environment variable to pass additional
commands to OpenOCD prior to flashing, e.g. to disable flash write protection.
### `OPENOCD_PRE_VERIFY_CMDS`
`OPENOCD_PRE_VERIFY_CMDS` can be set as environment variable to pass additional
flags to OpenOCD prior to verifying the flashed firmware. E.g. this is used
in the `pba-d-01-kw2x` to disable the watchdog to prevent it from disrupting
the verification process.
### `OPENOCD_PRE_FLASH_CHECK_SCRIPT`
`OPENOCD_PRE_FLASH_CHECK_SCRIPT` can be set via command line or as
environment variable to execute a script before OpenOCD starts flashing. It is
used for Kinetis boards to prevent bricking a board by locking the flash via
magic value in the flash configuration field protection bits.
The script is expected to exit with code `0` if flashing should resume, or with
exit code `1` if flashing should be aborted.
### `OPENOCD_CONFIG`
`OPENOCD_DEBUG_ADAPTER` can be set via command line or as environment variable
to use non-default OpenOCD configuration file.
### `OPENOCD_TRANSPORT`
`OPENOCD_TRANSPORT` can be set via command line or as environment variable to
select a non-default transport protocol. E.g. to use JTAG rather than SWD for a
board that defaults to SWD use:
```
make PROGRAMMER=openocd OPENOCD_TRANSPORT=jtag
```
Note that OpenOCD configuration file of a given board may only support SWD or
JTAG. Also JTAG requires more signal lines to be connected compared to SWD and
some internal programmers only have the SWD signal lines connected, so that
JTAG will not be possible.
Handling Multiple Boards With UDEV-Rules {#multiple-boards-udev}
========================================
When developing and working with multiple boards the default `PORT`
configuration for a particular board might not apply anymore so `PORT` will need
to be specified whenever calling `make term/test`. This can also happen if
multiple `DEBUGGERS/PROGRAMMERS` are present so `DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID` will also
need to be passed. Keeping track of this will become annoying.
One way of handling this is to use `udev` rules to define `SYMLINKS` between the
boards serial port (`riot/tty-<board-name>`) and the actual serial port
(dev/ttyACM* or other). With this we can query the rest of the boards serial
`dev` information (`DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID`, `PORT`, etc.) to always flash and open a
terminal on the correct port.
Procedure:
- use `udevadm info /dev/ttyACM0` to query the udev database for information on
device on port `/dev/ttyACM0`.
or use `udevadm info --attribute-walk --name /dev/ttyACM0` for more detailed
output when the first level of information isn't enough
- create a udev rule with information of the device and one parent to create a
matching rule in `/etc/udev/rules.d/70-riotboards.rules`.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# samr21-xpro
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="03eb", \
ATTRS{idProduct}=="2111", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Atmel Corp.", \
ATTRS{serial}=="ATML2127031800004957", SYMLINK+="riot/tty-samr21-xpro"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- reload rules: `udevadm control --reload-rules`
- Boards `PORT` are symlinked to /dev/riot/tty-`board-name`.
- Create a `makefile.pre` that will query the real `PORT` and the
`DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID` from the `SYMLINK` info
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PORT = /dev/riot/tty-$(BOARD)
DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID = $(\
shell udevadm info -q property $(PORT) |\
sed -n ’/ID_SERIAL_SHORT/ {s/ID_SERIAL_SHORT=//p}’)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- You can now add `makefile.pre` to `RIOT_MAKEFILES_GLOBAL_PRE` as an environment
variable or on each `make` call:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$ RIOT_MAKEFILES_GLOBAL_PRE=/path/to/makefile.pre make -C examples/hello-world flash term
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@note if set as an environment variable it would be a good idea to add a
variable to enable/disable it, e.g:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ifeq (1,$(ENABLE_LOCAL_BOARDS))
PORT = /dev/riot/tty-$(BOARD)
DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID = $(\
shell udevadm info -q property $(PORT) |\
sed -n ’/ID_SERIAL_SHORT/ {s/ID_SERIAL_SHORT=//p}’)
endif
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Handling Multiple Versions of the Same BOARD
--------------------------------------------
The above procedure works fine when handling different boards, but not
multiple times the same board, e.g: multiple `samr21-xpro`.
An option for this would be to add an identifier of that board to the mapped
`riot/tty-*`, there are multiple ways of handling this but in the end it means
having a way to identify every copy.
Another way would be to map the `DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID` in the name:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SYMLINK+="riot/node-$attr{serial}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But it will require to know in advance the serial number of each board you want
to use. Another option would be to add some kind of numbering and defining
multiple symlinks for each board. e.g. for `samr21-xpro` number `n`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# samr21-xpro
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="03eb", \
ATTRS{idProduct}=="2111", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Atmel Corp.", \
ATTRS{serial}=="ATML2127031800004957", SYMLINK+="riot/tty-samr21-xpro", \
SYMLINK+="riot/tty-samr21-xpro-n"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Then, when flashing, the number can be specified and the parsing adapted:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ifneq(,$(BOARD_NUM))
PORT = /dev/riot/tty-$(BOARD)-$(BOARD_NUM)
else
PORT = /dev/riot/tty-$(BOARD)
endif
DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID = $(\
shell udevadm info -q property $(PORT) |\
sed -n ’/ID_SERIAL_SHORT/ {s/ID_SERIAL_SHORT=//p}’)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BOARD=samr21-xpro BOARD_NUM=n make flash term
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the end, this would be the same as using the serial, but a simple number might
be easier to handle.
Notes
-----
Udev only parses SUBSYSTEM and one parent. For others, we will rely on ENV
variables defined by 60-serial.rules
So the current filename should be higher than 60-serial.rules
If for some reason re-writing the serial is needed there is a windows tool:
https://remoteqth.com/wiki/index.php?page=How+to+set+usb+device+SerialNumber
Documentation:
--------------
* The whole documentation
http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html#udevinfo
* Udev manpage
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/eoan/en/man7/udev.7.html
Handling Multiple Boards Without UDEV-Rules {#multiple-boards-no-udev}
===========================================
This is a simpler approach to the above mentioned issue. The solution here only
uses a makefile script for selecting the debugger and serial port. No
administrative privileges (e.g. to configure Udev) are required.
One of the limitations of the solution described here is that it currently
doesn't work with multiple boards of the same type. This limitation is a
limitation of the script and not of the mechanism used, it is possible to adapt
the script to support multiple boards of the same type. This modification is
left as an exercise to the reader.
The following Make snippet is used:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LOCAL_BOARD_MAP ?= 1
# Adapt this list to your board collection
SERIAL_nucleo-f103rb ?= 066BFF343633464257254156
SERIAL_same54-xpro ?= ATML2748051800005053
SERIAL_samr21-xpro ?= ATML2127031800008360
SERIAL_nrf52dk ?= 000682223007
ifeq (1,$(LOCAL_BOARD_MAP))
# Retrieve the serial of the selected board
BOARD_SERIAL = $(SERIAL_$(BOARD))
# Check if there is a serial for the board
ifneq (,$(BOARD_SERIAL))
# Set the variables used by various debug tools to the selected serial
SERIAL ?= $(BOARD_SERIAL)
DEBUG_ADAPTER_ID ?= $(BOARD_SERIAL)
JLINK_SERIAL ?= $(BOARD_SERIAL)
# Use the existing script to grab the matching /dev/ttyACM* device
PORT ?= $(shell $(RIOTTOOLS)/usb-serial/ttys.py --most-recent --format path --serial $(SERIAL))
endif
endif
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The array of board serial numbers has to be edited to match your local boards.
The serial numbers used here is the USB device serial number as reported by
the debugger hardware. With the `make list-ttys` it is reported as the 'serial':
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
$ make list-ttys
path | driver | vendor | model | model_db | serial | ctime
-------------|---------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|---------
/dev/ttyUSB0 | cp210x | Silicon Labs | CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller | CP210x UART Bridge | 0001 | 15:58:13
/dev/ttyACM1 | cdc_acm | STMicroelectronics | STM32 STLink | ST-LINK/V2.1 | 0671FF535155878281151932 | 15:58:04
/dev/ttyACM3 | cdc_acm | Arduino (www.arduino.cc) | EOS High Power | Mega ADK R3 (CDC ACM) | 75230313733351110120 | 15:59:57
/dev/ttyACM2 | cdc_acm | SEGGER | J-Link | J-Link | 000683475134 | 12:41:36
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the above make snippet is included as `RIOT_MAKEFILES_GLOBAL_PRE`, the
serial number of the USB device is automatically set if the used board is
included in the script. This will then ensure that the board debugger is used
for flashing and the board serial device is used when starting the serial
console.
It supports command line parameters to filter by vendor name, model name, serial
number, or driver. In addition, the `--most-recent` argument will only print the
most recently added interface (out of those matching the filtering by vendor,
model, etc.). The `--format path` argument will result in only the device path
being printed for convenient use in scripts.
Handling Multiple Boards: Simplest Approach {#multiple-boards-simple}
===========================================
Passing `MOST_RECENT_PORT=1` as environment variable or as parameter to
make will result in the most recently connected board being preferred over the
default PORT for the selected board.
For some boards `TTY_BOARD_FILTER` is provided, which filters TTYs e.g. by
vendor or model to only considered TTYs that actually may belong to the selected
board. E.g. for Nucleo boards this is `--model 'STM32 STLink'`, as they all use
an integrated STLink as programmer. As long as only one TTY is provided from an
STLink, this will reliably select the correct TTY for an Nucleo regardless of
which TTY was most recently connected.