Re: [Csnd-dev] [EXTERNAL] [Csnd-dev] Daisy build info

Looking at crtosscompile.cmake, I see

SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH  /usr/arm-none-eabi /usr/lib/arm-none-eabi)

which suggests that maybe this has never been used on Windows.

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM Dave Seidel <[email protected]> wrote:

> The toolchain does seem to be in the path, since I can execute
> "arm-none-eabi-gcc.exe -v" without errors.
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM Dave Seidel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> OK, I now have the Daisy toolchain installed, and the latest Csound
>> develop. Following the instruction, I navigate to the build dir and execute
>>
>> cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../Daisy
>>> -DCUSTOM_CMAKE=../Daisy/Custom.cmake
>>> -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../Daisy/crosscompile.cmake
>>
>>
>> this produces an error:
>>
>> -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual
>> Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.29.30133/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe -
>> broken
>> CMake Error at C:/Program
>> Files/CMake/share/cmake-3.24/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:69 (message):
>>   The C compiler
>>
>>     "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual
>> Studio/2019/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.29.30133/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe"
>>
>>   is not able to compile a simple test program.
>>
>>   It fails with the following output:
>>
>>     Change Dir:
>> C:/Users/daves/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/csound/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp
>>
>>     Run Build Command(s):C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual
>> Studio/2019/Community/MSBuild/Current/Bin/MSBuild.exe cmTC_3462b.vcxproj
>> /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64 /p:VisualStudioVersion=16.0 /v:m &&
>> Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.11.6+a918ceb31 for .NET Framework
>>     Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>
>>       Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.29.30159 for x64
>>       Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>>       cl /c /Wall /WX- /diagnostics:column /O2 /D _MBCS /D
>> NO_SERIAL_OPCODES /D "CMAKE_INTDIR=\"Debug\"" /Gm- /MD /GS /fp:precise
>> /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /Fo"cmTC_3462b.dir\Debug\\"
>> /Fd"C:\Users\daves\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\csound\build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\Debug\libcmTC_3462b.pdb"
>> /external:W4 /Gd /TC /errorReport:queue  -mcpu=cortex-m7 -mfpu=fpv5-d16
>> -mfloat-abi=hard -mthumb -fno-builtin -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections
>> -fdata-sections -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions -Wno-attributes
>> -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-maybe-uninitialized -Wno-missing-attributes
>> -Wno-stringop-overflow -std=gnu99
>> C:\Users\daves\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\csound\build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\testCCompiler.c
>>     cl : command line error D8021: invalid numeric argument
>> '/Wno-attributes'
>> [C:\Users\daves\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\csound\build\CMakeFiles\CMakeTmp\cmTC_3462b.vcxproj]
>>
>> So apparently it is passing gcc options to the MSVC compiler. What do I
>> need to do to get it to use the Daisy toolchain instead?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM Dave Seidel <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Great, thank you!
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM Victor Lazzarini <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> it wasn't committed, I meant!
>>>> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
>>>> Maynooth University
>>>> Ireland
>>>>
>>>> On 8 Sep 2025, at 16:05, Victor Lazzarini <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> Indeed, it was committed. It's in a PR now
>>>> https://github.com/csound/csound/pull/2267
>>>>
>>>> But you don't need to build it yourself, just download the package from
>>>> the latest release.
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Csound-developers <[email protected]> on behalf of
>>>> Dave Seidel <[email protected]>
>>>> *Sent:* Monday 8 September 2025 15:47
>>>> *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [Csnd-dev] Daisy build info
>>>>
>>>> *Warning*
>>>>
>>>> This email originated from outside of Maynooth University's Mail
>>>> System. Do not reply, click links or open attachments unless you recognise
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>>>> The README file in Daisy says "To build libcsound.a from sources see
>>>> BUILD.md in this directory." But there is no BUILD.md in that directory.
>>>>
>>>>