RE: nrfx timer example not building in nrf SDK connect

Edvin — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:27:51 GMT

Hello,

It doesn't say in the part of the build log that you included, but a little further up:

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:11 (GET_DEVICE_CONFIG_FILES):
  GET_DEVICE_CONFIG_FILES Macro invoked with incorrect arguments for macro
  named: GET_DEVICE_CONFIG_FILES

Remove that line, or use the extra argument "--no-sysbuild" (or tick off the child_image build when generating your build configuration if you are using VS Code). Thank you for reporting this. I will report it internally.

Best regards,

Edvin

RE: nrfx timer example not building in nrf SDK connect

Jakob Ruhe — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:23:43 GMT

Hello Richard,

I have no experience of the nrfx library but I had a quick look at the example and reproduced the problem you reported.

The error actually happens earlier (at least on my machine) than what the log you have attached reveals.

I believe this is the relevant error:

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:11 (GET_DEVICE_CONFIG_FILES):
  GET_DEVICE_CONFIG_FILES Macro invoked with incorrect arguments for macro
  named: GET_DEVICE_CONFIG_FILES

So a very simple fix is to comment out the invocation of that macro in this file:

modules/hal/nordic/nrfx/samples/src/nrfx_timer/timer/CMakeLists.txt

like so:

# GET_DEVICE_CONFIG_FILES(${BOARD} ../boards)

That said. I have no idea if the sample application works by doing so, but at least it builds. A more proper would be to actually make the macro invocation work.

But if the only thing the macro tries to accomplish is to add an overlay, and that if the overlay is actually needed, you may try to build like this:

west build --build-dir build/nrfx_timer --board nrf52dk/nrf52832 \
  -DEXTRA_DTC_OVERLAY_FILE=../boards/nrf52dk_nrf52832.overlay \
  modules/hal/nordic/nrfx/samples/src/nrfx_timer/timer

Good luck with your project!