micropython/ports/unix
Angus Gratton 2fcd28f713 py/mkrules.mk: Don't strip binary if STRIP variable is unset.
This provides a way to build a non-DEBUG host binary that still has symbols
and debug information.

Document this for the unix port, and update a comment in the unix port
Makefile.

This work was funded through GitHub Sponsors.

Signed-off-by: Angus Gratton <angus@redyak.com.au>
2023-09-29 13:01:12 +10:00
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mbedtls all: Rename UMODULE to MODULE in preprocessor/Makefile vars. 2023-06-08 17:54:11 +10:00
variants extmod/modselect: Add optimisation to use system poll when possible. 2023-08-07 12:11:40 +10:00
Makefile py/mkrules.mk: Don't strip binary if STRIP variable is unset. 2023-09-29 13:01:12 +10:00
README.md py/mkrules.mk: Don't strip binary if STRIP variable is unset. 2023-09-29 13:01:12 +10:00
alloc.c unix/alloc: Use MP_REGISTER_ROOT_POINTER() for mmap_region_head. 2022-07-18 13:49:09 +10:00
coverage.c extmod/modtimeq: Remove timeq module. 2023-06-08 17:54:28 +10:00
coveragecpp.cpp esp32,unix: Support building C++ code. 2020-10-29 15:29:50 +11:00
fatfs_port.c unix/fatfs_port: Fix month offset in timestamp calculation. 2020-09-02 00:19:06 +10:00
gccollect.c py/gc: Make gc_dump_info/gc_dump_alloc_table take a printer as argument. 2023-03-10 10:58:10 +11:00
input.c all: Update to point to files in new shared/ directory. 2021-07-12 17:08:10 +10:00
input.h ports: Make new ports/ sub-directory and move all ports there. 2017-09-06 13:40:51 +10:00
main.c py/modsys: Allow sys.path to be assigned to. 2023-06-08 17:54:24 +10:00
modffi.c unix/modffi: Move header includes inside MICROPY_PY_FFI guard. 2022-10-14 14:36:17 +11:00
modjni.c unix/modjni: Fix build errors with type definitions and error strings. 2023-09-04 10:22:19 +10:00
modmachine.c all: Use MP_REGISTER_EXTENSIBLE_MODULE for overrideable built-ins. 2023-06-08 17:54:21 +10:00
modos.c all: Rename *umodule*.c to remove the "u" prefix. 2023-06-08 17:54:17 +10:00
modsocket.c unix/modsocket: Add poll support for missing ERR,HUP,NVAL poll values. 2023-08-06 11:54:06 +10:00
modtermios.c all: Fix spelling mistakes based on codespell check. 2023-04-27 18:03:06 +10:00
modtime.c all: Rename *umodule*.c to remove the "u" prefix. 2023-06-08 17:54:17 +10:00
mpbthciport.c extmod/modbluetooth: Make all HCI transports trace in the same format. 2023-04-26 11:37:20 +10:00
mpbtstackport.h unix: Implement BLE H4 HCI UART for btstack/nimble. 2020-09-08 12:53:24 +10:00
mpbtstackport_common.c extmod/btstack: Switch to use hci_dump_init instead of hci_dump_open. 2023-04-22 00:39:31 +10:00
mpbtstackport_h4.c extmod/btstack: Update BTstack bindings to work with latest BTstack. 2022-10-22 14:28:25 +11:00
mpbtstackport_usb.c extmod/btstack: Update BTstack bindings to work with latest BTstack. 2022-10-22 14:28:25 +11:00
mpconfigport.h py/profile: Remove the requirement to disable MICROPY_COMP_CONST. 2023-08-30 10:58:04 +10:00
mpconfigport.mk all: Rename UMODULE to MODULE in preprocessor/Makefile vars. 2023-06-08 17:54:11 +10:00
mphalport.h unix,windows: Factor out code that generates random bytes to a new func. 2022-06-07 23:41:30 +10:00
mpnimbleport.c extmod/nimble: Make stm32 and unix NimBLE ports use synchronous events. 2020-11-13 17:19:05 +11:00
mpnimbleport.h unix: Implement BLE H4 HCI UART for btstack/nimble. 2020-09-08 12:53:24 +10:00
mpthreadport.c py/modthread: Return thread id from start_new_thread(). 2023-09-03 18:49:18 +10:00
mpthreadport.h unix: Implement `-X realtime` command-line option on macOS. 2022-05-24 00:51:47 +10:00
qstrdefsport.h all: Add *FORMAT-OFF* in various places. 2020-02-28 10:31:07 +11:00
unix_mphal.c all: Rename mod_umodule*, ^umodule* to remove the "u" prefix. 2023-06-08 17:54:07 +10:00

README.md

The Unix version

The "unix" port requires a standard Unix-like environment with gcc and GNU make. This includes Linux, BSD, macOS, and Windows Subsystem for Linux. The x86 and x64 architectures are supported (i.e. x86 32- and 64-bit), as well as ARM and MIPS. Making a full-featured port to another architecture requires writing some assembly code for the exception handling and garbage collection. Alternatively, a fallback implementation based on setjmp/longjmp can be used.

To build (see section below for required dependencies):

$ cd ports/unix
$ make submodules
$ make

Then to give it a try:

$ ./build-standard/micropython
>>> list(5 * x + y for x in range(10) for y in [4, 2, 1])

Use CTRL-D (i.e. EOF) to exit the shell.

Learn about command-line options (in particular, how to increase heap size which may be needed for larger applications):

$ ./build-standard/micropython -h

To run the complete testsuite, use:

$ make test

The Unix port comes with a built-in package manager called mip, e.g.:

$ ./build-standard/micropython -m mip install hmac

or

$ ./build-standard/micropython
>>> import mip
>>> mip.install("hmac")

Browse available modules at micropython-lib. See Package management for more information about mip.

External dependencies

The libffi library and pkg-config tool are required. On Debian/Ubuntu/Mint derivative Linux distros, install build-essential(includes toolchain and make), libffi-dev, and pkg-config packages.

Other dependencies can be built together with MicroPython. This may be required to enable extra features or capabilities, and in recent versions of MicroPython, these may be enabled by default. To build these additional dependencies, in the unix port directory first execute:

$ make submodules

This will fetch all the relevant git submodules (sub repositories) that the port needs. Use the same command to get the latest versions of submodules as they are updated from time to time. After that execute:

$ make deplibs

This will build all available dependencies (regardless whether they are used or not). If you intend to build MicroPython with additional options (like cross-compiling), the same set of options should be passed to make deplibs. To actually enable/disable use of dependencies, edit the ports/unix/mpconfigport.mk file, which has inline descriptions of the options. For example, to build the SSL module, MICROPY_PY_SSL should be set to 1.

Debug Symbols

By default, builds are stripped of symbols and debug information to save size.

To build a debuggable version of the Unix port, there are two options

  1. Run make [other arguments] DEBUG=1. Note setting DEBUG also reduces the optimisation level, so it's not a good option for builds that also want the best performance.
  2. Run make [other arguments] STRIP=. Note that the value of STRIP is empty. This will skip the build step that strips symbols and debug information, but changes nothing else in the build configuration.