Build Properties for Linux Project

This chapter explains build properties for Microcontrollers Linux projects. The Microcontrollers New Linux/ uClinux Application Project wizard uses the information it gathers from you to set up the project's build and launch configurations.

A project's build configuration contains information on the tool settings used to make the program. For example, it describes the compiler and linker settings, and the files involved, such as source and libraries.

A project's launch configuration describes how the IDE starts the program, such as whether it executes by itself on a target, or under debugger control. Launch configurations also specify the core the program executes on (if the target processor has multiple cores).They also specify the connection interface and communications protocol that the debugger uses to control the environment that the program executes in.

When the wizard completes its process, it generates launch configurations with names that follow the pattern projectname - configtype - targettype, where:

• projectname represents the name of the project
• configtype represents the project's name, which usually describes the build configuration
• targettype represents the type of target software or hardware on which the launch configuration acts

For each launch configuration, you can specify build properties, such as:

• additional libraries to use for building code
• behavior of the compilers, linkers, assemblers, and other build-related tools
• specific build properties, such as the byte ordering of the generated code

The topics in this chapter are:

• Changing Build Properties
  
• Restoring Build Properties
  
• Build Properties for Linux/uClinux Project