nRF9160 Asset Tracker: 'Project load failed'

[eskimo_IcYPaTh]

On my macOS Mojave, I have followed the 'Getting Started Assistant' in setting up the development environment for the nRF9160 but I am unable to load the asset tracker project. I'm on the master branch for the various repo folders for the nRF Connect SDK.

I loaded the project using SEGGEER Embed Studio 4.16 and have tried both the secure and non-secure board configurations before loading the project but I still met with the same issue. I have provided the output logs.

Loading solution asset_tracker.emProject
Executing load commands
/usr/local/bin/cmake -GNinja -DBOARD=nrf9160_pca10090 -DBOARD_DIR=/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs_master/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf9160_pca10090 -DZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=gnuarmemb -DGNUARMEMB_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=/Users/wilfred/gnuarmemb -B/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs_master/nrf/applications/asset_tracker/build_nrf9160_pca10090 -H/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs_master/nrf/applications/asset_tracker -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/local/bin/python3 -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/usr/local/bin/ninja -DDTC=/usr/local/bin/dtc -D WEST=/Users/wilfred/Library/Python/3.7/bin/west -DEXTRA_KCONFIG_TARGETS=menuconfig_ses -DEXTRA_KCONFIG_TARGET_COMMAND_FOR_menuconfig_ses=/Users/wilfred/arm_segger_embedded_studio_v416_macos_x64_nordic/html/configure_nordic_project_menuconfig.py
-- Found PythonInterp: /usr/local/bin/python3 (found suitable version "3.7.3", minimum required is "3.4") 
-- Selected BOARD nrf9160_pca10090
Zephyr version: 1.13.99
Parsing Kconfig tree in /Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs_master/nrf/applications/asset_tracker/Kconfig
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfig.py", line 200, in 
    main()
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfig.py", line 32, in main
    kconf = Kconfig(args.kconfig_root, warn_to_stderr=False)
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 960, in __init__
    self._parse_block(None, self.top_node, self.top_node)
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 2582, in _parse_block
    self._parse_block(_T_ENDMENU, node, node)
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 2542, in _parse_block
    prev = self._parse_block(None, parent, prev)
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 2542, in _parse_block
    prev = self._parse_block(None, parent, prev)
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 2562, in _parse_block
    self._parse_block(_T_ENDIF, node, node)
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 2562, in _parse_block
    self._parse_block(_T_ENDIF, node, node)
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 2487, in _parse_block
    self._parse_properties(node)
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 2695, in _parse_properties
    while self._next_line():
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 1825, in _next_line
    self._tokens = self._tokenize(self._line)
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 1963, in _tokenize
    name, s, i = self._expand_name(s, i)
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 2240, in _expand_name
    self._parse_error("macro expanded to blank string")
  File "/Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/scripts/kconfig/kconfiglib.py", line 3437, in _parse_error
    self._line.strip(), msg))
kconfiglib.KconfigError: /Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs_master/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf9160_pca10090/Kconfig.defconfig:53: couldn't parse 'default $(dt_hex_val,DT_CODE_PARTITION_SIZE)': macro expanded to blank string
CMake Error at /Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/cmake/kconfig.cmake:159 (message):
  command failed with return code: 1
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/cmake/app/boilerplate.cmake:259 (include)
  CMakeLists.txt:11 (include)


Project load failed
Reported error: solution load command failed (1)

[Simon]

Could you retry it using tag v0.4.0. The master branch is constantly under development and is considered unreliable.

Best regards,

Simon

[eskimo_IcYPaTh]

Thanks for the reply Simon.

I've tried tag v0.4.0 but the issue still persists.

(Edit)

I got the project to load. It was due to the 'ncs' folder pointing to the v0.3.0 version as I have multiple ncs folders. Switching the folders solved the issue.

However, this brings me to another problem. I can't build the project due to a compilation error as shown.

In file included from /Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/include/toolchain.h:21:0,
1>                  from zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c:7:
1> /Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/include/toolchain/gcc.h:325:51: error: expected expression before ')' token
1> zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c:22:1: note: in expansion of macro 'GEN_ABSOLUTE_SYM'
1> /Users/wilfred/nrf-connect-sample/ncs/zephyr/include/toolchain/gcc.h:325:51: error: expected expression before ')' token
1> zephyr/misc/generated/configs.c:29:1: note: in expansion of macro 'GEN_ABSOLUTE_SYM'
3> Compiling ?soc.c?
Build failed

(Edit 2)

I could build the project using the board name with 'ns' (which I'm assuming it stands for 'Non-Secure') appended, but not for the board name without 'ns'. But being able to debug using the 'ns' board is good enough