How to add tools to the NCS toolchain?

[rgrr2]

Hello,

I want to have "make" included in the NCS toolchain.  As far as I can see, on Windows the tools (in toolchains/xxx/usr/bin) is msys2 based.  My question is where to place a request to add tools?

Reasoning for "make": parameterization of west takes sometimes long command lines (Kconfig / DT parameters).  I want to do this via preconfigured make targets.  Also "make" is a good way to integrate NCS into eclipse.

Thanks for help

Hardy

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

Reasoning for "make": parameterization of west takes sometimes long command lines (Kconfig / DT parameters).  I want to do this via preconfigured make targets. 

You can add long command lines (Kconfig / DT parameters) into a CMake file. See Application CMakeLists.txt, and Adding files and configuring CMake. 

Also "make" is a good way to integrate NCS into eclipse.

To my knowledge, Cmake is already supported there (albeit being a bit of an uphill struggle to get going, please see this: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/discussions/69812)

I want to have "make" included in the NCS toolchain.  As far as I can see, on Windows the tools (in toolchains/xxx/usr/bin) is msys2 based.  My question is where to place a request to add tools?

I have forwarded it to the team, but no promise.  

Regards,
Amanda H.

[rgrr2]

Hi Amanda,

thanks for the links.  Especially the last one is interesting.

My idea using "make" is something like

> make conf-blabla

and in the Makefile

   .PHONY: conf-blabla

   conf-blabla:

         west build ... lengthy west invocation

So the Makefile gives the user the choice of some defined configurations, no west parameters to remember.

If "make" appears in the tools I really would be grateful.

Regards

Hardy