nRF9160 SES project load

[HAO]

Hi Team,

May I know your kind advice on the following issue when I tried to Open the SDK project in SES. I have seen some discussions on line but none of them works for me. I am using Win10 64bit OS. Thanks.

Loading solution at_client.emProject

Executing load commands

cmake -GNinja -DBOARD=nrf9160_pca10090 -DBOARD_DIR=C:/ncs/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf9160_pca10090 -DZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=gnuarmemb -DGNUARMEMB_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=C:/gnuarmemb -BC:/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/at_client/build -HC:/ncs/nrf/samples/nrf9160/at_client

Project load failed

Reported error: solution load command failed (-1) 

Thanks.

[HAO]

Hi Bjørn, thanks for your prompt response. Please see the screen shot below - similar to others'. I tried a couple of GNU versions as well. I did setup as indicated in the guide. Thanks.

[Bjørn Kvaale]

This applies to all three of you. I find it weird that you all receive so little logging information. Normally, you can easily see where the error lies. If you have recently downloaded the Nordic Connect SDK (around the12.2.2019), I believe the cause of this may be that we are now using west, Zephyr's meta-tool. There is more documentation here that may be helpful. Could you try to download west, update to the newest repositories & then try opening the SES examples again? Hopefully, you will then receive more logging information that can help you debug the issue.

[Bjørn Kvaale]

Otso JousimaaDo not believe this will make a difference, as the Segger license is valid for all Nordic products. I did however notice that I received a compile issue (different to what you three are noticing) when I activated my Segger license. Before, my license was not active & I was able to build the asset tracker example without any issues. Now, with an active license, I get a compile issue. So it may have something to do with the license. I will have to investigate further.

DanMsc Does your license show Cortex M4 or Cortex M33?

[DanMsc]

My license shows Cortex-M V4

[Bjørn Kvaale]

Otso Jousimaa It seems that you need to use branch v0.3.0 to be able to use Segger Embedded Studio (SES) with Nordic Connect SDK (NCS). If you want to use SES, I would suggest to checkout this NCS tag. Just follow the commands given in the NCS Getting Started Assistant in nRF Connect for Desktop:

If you are using the master branch by chance, you will need to follow this documentation here. You'll need to currently build the example via cmake, like shown here:

cmake -GNinja -DBOARD=nrf9160_pca10090ns ..  

I would recommend using the v0.3.0 branch & following the NCS Getting Started Guide, as that seems like the easier option currently.

This note may also be useful:

[Otso Jousimaa]

Bjørn Kvaale

I checked out the tags, the error remains the same. I can compile the project with cmake, but it would be nice to have an IDE. 

[RicFlair]

Hey Guys, Seeing similar behavior as well. I have the latest masters for all repos updated as of 2/22/19

• Windows 10.
• SES: V4.14
• Phyton: 3.7.2
• GNU Arm Embedded toolchain 7-2018-q2-update also tried q4(latest and no luck)

Hi Bjorn, Are you seeing these errors as well?

This is what I am seeing when building solution with SES:

Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/driver-validation.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
1> Combining ‘zephyr/include/generated/driver-validation.h’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/kobj-types-enum.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
1> Combining ‘zephyr/include/generated/kobj-types-enum.h’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/otype-to-str.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
Building ‘zephyr/misc/generated/syscalls.json’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
1> Combining ‘zephyr/misc/generated/syscalls.json’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/syscall_list.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
1> Combining ‘zephyr/include/generated/syscall_list.h’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/syscall_dispatch.c’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/syscall_macros.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
1> Combining ‘zephyr/include/generated/syscall_macros.h’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/offsets.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
1> Combining ‘zephyr/include/generated/offsets.h’
1> Traceback (most recent call last):
1> File "C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/scripts/gen_offset_header.py", line 72, in <module>
1> input_file = open(args.input, 'rb')
1> FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:/Nordic/ncs/nrf/applications/asset_tracker/build/zephyr/CMakeFiles/offsets.dir/arch/arm/core/offsets/offsets.c.obj'
Build failed

But When I send ninja clean via cmd prompt and then ninja to build the application this is what i see.

C:\Nordic\ncs\nrf\applications\asset_tracker\build>ninja clean
[1/1] Cleaning all built files...
Cleaning... 7 files.

C:\Nordic\ncs\nrf\applications\asset_tracker\build>ninja
[15/137] Building C object CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj
In file included from C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/sched_priq.h:9:0,
from C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/kernel_includes.h:23,
from C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/kernel.h:17,
from C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/zephyr.h:18,
from ../src/main.c:7:
../src/main.c: In function 'button_handler':
C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/misc/util.h:135:22: warning: left shift count is negative [-Wshift-count-negative]
#define BIT(n) (1UL << (n))
^
../src/main.c:56:22: note: in expansion of macro 'BIT'
#define FLIP_INPUT BIT(CONFIG_FLIP_INPUT - 1)
^~~
../src/main.c:727:57: note: in expansion of macro 'FLIP_INPUT'
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACCEL_USE_SIM) && (has_changed & FLIP_INPUT)) {
^~~~~~~~~~
[47/137] Building C object zephyr/CMakeFiles/zephyr.dir/misc/generated/configs.c.obj
FAILED: zephyr/CMakeFiles/zephyr.dir/misc/generated/configs.c.obj
C:\gnuarmemb\bin\arm-none-eabi-gcc.exe -DBUILD_VERSION=v1.13.99-ncs1-4489-ga869285d26 -DKERNEL -DNRF9160_XXAA -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -D__LINUX_ERRNO_EXTENSIONS__ -D__ZEPHYR__=1 -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/kernel/include -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/arch/arm/include -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/drivers -Izephyr/include/generated -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf91 -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/include -IC:/gnuarmemb/arm-none-eabi/include -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/cmsis/Include -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/nordic/nrfx -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/nordic/nrfx/drivers/include -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/nordic/nrfx/hal -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/nordic/nrfx/mdk -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/ext/hal/nordic/. -IC:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/subsys/net/lib/sockets/. -IC:/Nordic/ncs/nrf/include -IC:/Nordic/ncs/nrf/ext/cjson/. -IC:/Nordic/ncs/nrf/subsys/net/lib/nrf_cloud/./include -IC:/Nordic/ncs/nrfxlib/bsdlib/include -IC:/Nordic/ncs/nrf/applications/asset_tracker/src -IC:/Nordic/ncs/nrfxlib/crypto/nrf_oberon/include -isystem c:/gnuarmemb/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.3.1/include -isystem c:/gnuarmemb/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.3.1/include-fixed -Os -g -Wall -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-format-zero-length -imacros C:/Nordic/ncs/nrf/applications/asset_tracker/build/zephyr/include/generated/autoconf.h -ffreestanding -Wno-main -fno-common -mthumb -mcpu=cortex-m33 -mfpu=fpv5-sp-d16 -mfloat-abi=hard -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-pie -fno-pic -fno-strict-overflow -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fno-reorder-functions -fno-defer-pop -Werror=implicit-int -Wpointer-arith -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -mabi=aapcs -march=armv8-m.main+dsp -std=c99 -MD -MT zephyr/CMakeFiles/zephyr.dir/misc/generated/configs.c.obj -MF zephyr\CMakeFiles\zephyr.dir\misc\generated\configs.c.obj.d -o zephyr/CMakeFiles/zephyr.dir/misc/generated/configs.c.obj -c zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c
In file included from C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/toolchain.h:21:0,
from zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c:3:
zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c: In function '_ConfigAbsSyms':
C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/toolchain/gcc.h:331:51: error: expected expression before ')' token
"\n\t.type\t" #name ",%%object" : : "n"(~(value)))
^
zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c:18:1: note: in expansion of macro 'GEN_ABSOLUTE_SYM'
GEN_ABSOLUTE_SYM(CONFIG_FLIP_INPUT, );
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/toolchain/gcc.h:331:51: error: expected expression before ')' token
"\n\t.type\t" #name ",%%object" : : "n"(~(value)))
^
zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c:25:1: note: in expansion of macro 'GEN_ABSOLUTE_SYM'
GEN_ABSOLUTE_SYM(CONFIG_TEMP_SIM_BUTTON, );
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[52/137] Building C object zephyr/CMakeFiles/zephyr.dir/lib/os/printk.c.obj
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

Then I re-ran in SES and see the following. 

Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/driver-validation.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/kobj-types-enum.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/otype-to-str.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
Building ‘zephyr/misc/generated/syscalls.json’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/syscall_list.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/syscall_dispatch.c’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/syscall_macros.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
Building ‘zephyr/include/generated/offsets.h’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
1> Combining ‘zephyr/include/generated/offsets.h’
Building ‘zephyr/linker.cmd’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
1> Combining ‘zephyr/linker.cmd’
Building ‘app/libapp.a’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
Building ‘zephyr/libzephyr.a’ from solution ‘build’ in configuration ‘Common’
1> Compiling ‘configs.c’
2> Compiling ‘soc.c’
3> Compiling ‘mpu_regions.c’
4> Compiling ‘system_nrf9160.c’
1> In file included from C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/toolchain.h:21:0,
1> from zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c:3:
1> C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/toolchain/gcc.h:331:51: error: expected expression before ')' token
1> zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c:18:1: note: in expansion of macro 'GEN_ABSOLUTE_SYM'
1> C:/Nordic/ncs/zephyr/include/toolchain/gcc.h:331:51: error: expected expression before ')' token
1> zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c:25:1: note: in expansion of macro 'GEN_ABSOLUTE_SYM'
Build failed

It appears there are some known compiler errors with SES when building the solution but if you build the solution using ninja in the build directory using Command prompt after you load the project in ses, it will compile but there are some failures (See above)

I had it working previously but not sure why this is happening now..I also tried the licence suggestions mentioned here and no luck. 

[Bjørn Kvaale]

RicFlair The master's will not work with Segger Embedded Studio. Please roll back to the v0.3.0 tag using:

Please let us know if it works.

[RicFlair]

Those work but what are the steps on using cmake and ninja flash? What I was able to do was load the current master into SES and it successfully opens in SES. Then I use cmd prompt and navigate to the build directory. I then send ninja and it builds the project.

I then try to use ninja flash and that's where I'm seeing the above errors.

I am even at the point where after I do all of that I can successfully build the project using SES since after I send ninja via command prompt. I just am unable to flash and receive a failed to write to memory error.

[RicFlair]

Yea that works but I am trying to figure out why ninja flash will not work.

I am able to compile and build but unable to flash via cmd prompt.

[ThL]

Dear Bjorn,

No answer here but since I just ran into the same issue today, I can answer you that your rollback works perfectly. Thanks a lot for your support.

Best regards,

Thierry