FoxBoard LX 832

Configuring a Foxboard-Image for WS4D-gSOAP

The standard image on Foxboards is not able to run WS4D-gSOAP correctly. The Linux kernel in this image doesn't support IP-Multicast. So devices can send hello and bye messages but can't receive probe and resolve messages.

The following Foxboard images contain a linux kernel with IP-Multicast support:

• Image for LX832: dpws_image_LX832 (md5sum: bf07d6a06d22d2735de176ba7866cd0e)

FoxBoard G20

Configure FOX Board as described  here.

How to crosscompile a WS4D project with CMAKE

For Cross-Compilation of WS4D-gSOAP CMake version 2.6 or higher is required! Currently this feature is only tested on linux systems with the CMake Makefile generator. It should also work on all UNIX-like Systems like Cygwin and MacOSX.

Configure WS4D-gSOAP for Cross Compilation

To crosscompile the WS4D-gSOAP Toolkit you need a non-cross installation of WS4D-gSOAP first!!! See INSTALL for further instructions how to install WS4D-gSOAP. After installing WS4D-gSOAP you can continue with the configuration of WS4D-gSOAP for cross compilation. It is recommended to use a out-of-source configuration for cross compilation.

A typical cross compilation configuration for WS4D-gSOAP might look like this:

$ cd ws4d-gsoap
$ mkdir ws4d-gsoap-build-cross
$ mkdir ws4d-gsoap-install-cross

For cross compilation with CMake you need a toolchain file to support the development environment of yourt target plaform. How to create such a toolchain file you can read in the CMake documentation. Some target plattforms are already supported by WS4D-gSOAP. You can find corresponding toolchain files in the toolchains directory.

Toolchain files may require further configuration! So look at the toolchain file if all paths are correct or if you have to specify further CMake variables.

Now you can run CMake to configure the build system.

$ cd ws4d-gsoap-build-cross
$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=[absolute path to toolchain file] \
        -DGSOAP_PATH:PATH=[absolute path to gsoap installation] \
        -DDPWS_HOSTEXEC_PATH:PATH=[absolute path to non-cross WS4D-gSOAP installation] \
        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=[absolute path to cross installation directory] \
        ..

Cross Compile WS4D-gSOAP

The WS4D-gSOAP cross compilation configuration only supports the CMake Makefile generator.

A typical out-of-source build for WS4D-gSOAP might look like this:

$ cd ws4d-gsoap
$ cd ws4d-gsoap-build-cross
$ make install

Crosscompiling your own Project

For cross compilation you have to specify a toolchain file and WS4D-gSOAP cross installation.

Toolchain files may require further configuration! So look at the toolchain file if all paths are correct or if you have to specify further CMake variables.

A typical out-of-source configuration for a project for cross compilation might look like this:

$ mkdir Build-cross
$ cd Build-cross
$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=[absolute path to toolchain file] \
        -DDPWS_PATH:PATH=[absolute path to WS4D-gSOAP cross installation] \
        ..

The project uses the built in default gSOAP installation that was used to compile WS4D-gSOAP. You can also specifiy other installations of gSOAP with the GSOAP_PATH and DPWS_PATH variables. These varaibles can either be specified as environment variables or as arguments to cmake.

$ cd Build-cross
$ cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=[absolute path to toolchain file] \
        -DGSOAP_PATH:PATH=[absolute path to gsoap installation] \
        -DDPWS_PATH:PATH=[absolute path to WS4D-gSOAP cross installation] \
        ..

You should always use the same gSOAP installation that was also used to compile WS4D-gSOAP!!! WS4D-gSOAP relies on code generated by gSOAP and won't work if you use another gSOAP version than the version you used to compile WS4D-gSOAP!!!