How build Linuxcnc with xenomai3?

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20 Oct 2021 13:18 #223665 by SummerLotus
Kernel version: 5.4.70
Xenomai version: 3.2
Linuxcnc version: 2.8

I tried to compile linuxcnc in the above environment, and successfully compiled all programs.
But when I run latency-test, it prompts "Note: Using POSIX non-realtime"

The following are my configuration steps:
$ git clone https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc.git -b 2.8 linuxcnc-2.8
$ cd linuxcnc-2.8/debian
$ ./configure uspace xenomai (It return success)
$ cd .. $ dpkg-checkbuilddeps (installed all depened)
$ cd src/
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure --with-realtime=uspace
$ make
$ sudo make setuid
$ source ../script/rip-enviroment

During make, the posix/pthread.h header file in the uspace_xenomai.cc file cannot be found.
I modified it to cobalt/pthread.h corresponding to xenomai3. Then compile successfully!
But as I said at the beginning, the compiled program runs in a non-real-time environment.
It is not like some people will prompt to use Xenomai POSIX **** at runtime.Of course, the results of latency-test are very bad.
By the way, I used the latency compiled by xenomai to test and achieved very good results, so my xenomai real-time kernel and environment are working.
So, did I do something wrong or should I use a special Linuxcnc branch?

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20 Oct 2021 13:24 #223669 by tommylight
In a terminal:
uname -a
result ?

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20 Oct 2021 13:43 #223671 by PCW
You would not use:

./configure --with-realtime=uspace

With Xenomai since realtime=uspace means POSIX realtime

I don't know but I expect LinuxCNC Xenomai support needs work.

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21 Oct 2021 06:28 #223782 by SummerLotus
Kernel is:
>> Linux debian10 5.4.70-xeno3 #3 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 16 13:37:44 UTC 2021 aarch64 GNU/Linux

The kernel is compiled manually by myself, and the latency test under xenomai shows that the real-time work I need under the current environment is normal
 
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24 Oct 2021 22:57 #224137 by andypugh

You would not use:

./configure --with-realtime=uspace

With Xenomai since realtime=uspace means POSIX realtime
 

I thought that LinuxCNC knew how to use userspace Xenomai realtime, but it has been a very long time since I tried it. 

linuxcnc.org/docs/master/html/code/build...nc.html#_build_modes

The test at the configure stage is here: github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/faab5f...rc/configure.ac#L226

There might be a clue here; github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/2e75b0...dder/README.txt#L173

Do you have a xeno-config file in the default path? 
 

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24 Oct 2021 23:48 - 24 Oct 2021 23:53 #224150 by PCW
Ahh I did not realise that the somewhat misnamed:

./configure --with-realtime=uspace

Is supposed to work for RTAI and Xenomai if the proper files are present.

So, yes certainly possible configure is not finding these files so just building
POSIX realtime dependent LinuxCNC

Seems like
./configure --with-realtime=xenomai

Would be a lot clearer, and would complain about a missing Xenomai build environment
rather than buiding a mystery LinuxCNC version.
Last edit: 24 Oct 2021 23:53 by PCW.

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25 Oct 2021 01:35 - 25 Oct 2021 01:37 #224165 by SummerLotus
I think there is no problem with my xenomai installation~I compiled and installed the following packages in my system~
libxenomai-dev_2.99.0_arm64.deb
xenomai-kernel-source_2.99.0_all.deb
xenomai-runtime_2.99.0_arm64.deb
libxenomai1_2.99.0_arm64.deb
 

When I use ./configure uspace xenomai or ./configure xenomai, the prompt that appears corresponds to the following.
 

When I use ./configure --with-realtime=uspace under src, it can be seen that xeno-config was found in the output information, but I am not sure whether it is configured correctly.
 

When I execute make, it prompts that there is a problem with posix/pthread.h in usapce_xenomai.cc,
so I changed it to cobalt/pthread.h
so that it can be compiled and passed. Then as I said, it is non-real-time.
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28 Oct 2021 17:57 #224601 by andypugh

When I execute make, it prompts that there is a problem with posix/pthread.h in usapce_xenomai.cc,
so I changed it to cobalt/pthread.h

 

What did you change, and where?

It seems likely that LinuxCNC needs changes to compile with the current Xenomai. 

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28 Oct 2021 18:02 #224602 by andypugh
I think that the problem might be that there is a rather naive test for a Xenomai kernel here:

github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/2e75b0...uspace_common.h#L361

What happens if you change that to look for "-xeno3" instead?

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09 Oct 2022 01:39 #253794 by fsabbatini
I have been working with lcnc and xenomai 3.1 long enough to assure you it works much better than with RTAI. I have been using it with ethercat master from IgH with RTDM drivers for realtek r8169 and intel i210 igb drivers, so far no issues, running cold and smooth
for anyone who wants to test i have a github repo where you can download all the compiled binaries for linux kernel, headers, xenomai libraries and runtime, ethercat master with rtdm drivers and linuxcnc ethercat (lcec) here
xenomai3.1 for lcnc
The part missing is just compiling linuxcnc. To do so just clone the linuxcnc repo and configure it as userpace (--with-realtime=uspace)
when executing lcnc it will say "Note: Using XENOMAI (posix-skin) realtime" as it is using posix skin for making life easier

Best regards
Franco
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