case about compatibility issues of ZBOSS NCP Host (2.2.5) on 64-bit Ubuntu 18.04 Linux

[jackmisaki]

Hi,

During our testing of the Zigbee NCP sample, we encountered some compatibility issues. We have flashed the NCP sample firmware onto an nRF52840 Dongle using SDK version v2.9.0, following the steps outlined in this documentation:
https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/ncs-2.9.0/page/nrf/samples/zigbee/ncp/README.html

We then proceeded to build the ZBOSS NCP Host (2.2.5) sample successfully on a 64-bit Ubuntu 18.04 Linux development board, referring to the guide here:
https://ncsdoc.z6.web.core.windows.net/zboss/3.11.6.0/zboss_ncp_host.html

After connecting the nRF52840 Dongle to the development board, we encountered an error when trying to run the application. The error indicated that we need to upgrade the GLIBC version to 2.34 or higher .

Our current system has GLIBC 2.27 , and we are unable to upgrade it at this time, as doing so might cause compatibility issues with other software on the system.

We also tried running the same setup in a virtual machine with the same environment, but encountered the same issue.

Do you have any suggested solutions for this problem?

Kind regards,
jackmisaki

[Susheel Nuguru]

I understand the situation you are in but the prebuilt binaries require a newer GLIBC than is available on Ubuntu 18.04. If you just want something that works without having to tweek a lot, I would rebuild the host right on your Ubuntu 18.04 machine. That way, everything links against the system’s glibc (2.27) and you are off to the races in minutes.

If you absolutely can’t recompile the binary or you need a newer toolchain, then spin up a lightweight Docker (or even an LXD) container based on Ubuntu 22.04. Do all your builds and runs in there, you will get glibc 2.34 by default and your host box stays untouched.

[peter.min]

Hi Susheel Nuguru,

1.Please provide detailed operation steps. Neither I nor the client are very familiar with the operations on Ubuntu.

2. Can you solve the mistakes in the above picture?

3.Please help compile a ZBOSS NCP Host firmware that supports running on ubuntu 18.04 for me. Version 2.25 is preferred.

Kind regards,
Peter.Min

[Susheel Nuguru]

I took some assistance from my colleague who know more about this.

Zigbee is a bit confusing after they moved it to be an add-on instead,  

Since you are using v2.9.0, they should use the Zigbee R23 add-on instead of the samples in the SDK:

https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/addon-zigbee-r23-0.4.0/page/index.html

The NCP sample is part of this add-on as well:

https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/addon-zigbee-r23-0.4.0/page/samples/ncp/README.html

With these versions of NCS and the add-on, you should use ZBOSS NCP host 3.1.0. There's a link here:

https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/addon-zigbee-r23-0.4.0/page/tools.html#zboss_ncp_host

And here is the link to the documentation for the NCP host:

https://ncsdoc.z6.web.core.windows.net/zboss-r23/4.1.14.0/zboss_ncp_host_intro.html

 To rebuild the ZBOSS libraries:

Open the ncp_host_v3.1.0 directory in a terminal, then run the following commands:

cd src

make rebuild

make zbosses

This can also be found at the bottom of this page: https://ncsdoc.z6.web.core.windows.net/zboss-r23/4.1.14.0/zboss_ncp_host.html

[peter.min]

Hi Susheel Nuguru,

How should the following mistakes be solved?

root@ubuntu:/ncs/ncp_host_v3.1.0/application/light_sample# cd /ncs
root@ubuntu:/ncs# ls
ncp_host_v3.1.0 ncp_host_v3.1.0.zip ncp_host_v3.1.0_new.zip
root@ubuntu:/ncs# cd ncp_host_v3.1.0
root@ubuntu:/ncs/ncp_host_v3.1.0# ls
Makefile Options Platform_config README.rst application deps include lib ncp_fw release_notes.rst src
root@ubuntu:/ncs/ncp_host_v3.1.0# sudo NCP_SLAVE_PTY=/dev/ttyACM0 ./application/light_sample/light_coordinator/light_zc
./application/light_sample/light_coordinator/light_zc: 1: ./application/light_sample/light_coordinator/light_zc: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
root@ubuntu:/ncs/ncp_host_v3.1.0# file ./application/light_sample/light_coordinator/light_zc
./application/light_sample/light_coordinator/light_zc: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=902f665ad5f5b6fc73f5ba1dde000b6af4c6459a, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, not stripped
root@ubuntu:/ncs/ncp_host_v3.1.0#

Kind regards,
Peter.Min