Update the build system doc

This adds a reference to the _{32|64|arm|arm64|...|darwin|linux|windows}
variables, and adds information about how LOCAL_MODULE_HOST_OS works.

It also removes many (but not all) obsolete references.

Bug: 23566667
Change-Id: Ief16a5e245eb65ac00fc23d4fc1b7a409a7a64bd
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Dan Willemsen 2015-09-09 16:51:09 -07:00
parent c8db47a021
commit 0b6c3481d5
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@ -462,26 +462,17 @@ LOCAL_GENERATED_SOURCES += $(GEN)
<p>Sometimes you need to set flags specifically for different platforms. Here
is a list of which values the different build-system defined variables will be
set to and some examples.</p>
<p>For a device build, <code>TARGET_OS</code> is <code>linux</code> (we're using
linux!), and <code>TARGET_ARCH</code> is <code>arm</code>.</p>
<p>For a simulator build, <code>TARGET_OS</code> and <code>TARGET_ARCH</code>
are set to the same as <code>HOST_OS</code> and <code>HOST_ARCH</code> are
on your platform. <code>TARGET_PRODUCT</code> is the name of the target
hardware/product you are building for. The value <code>sim</code> is used
for the simulator. We haven't thought through the full extent of customization
that will happen here, but likely there will be additional UI configurations
specified here as well.</p>
<table cellspacing=25>
<tr>
<td valign=top align=center>
<b>HOST_OS</b><br/>
linux<br/>
darwin<br/>
(cygwin)
darwin
</td>
<td valign=top align=center>
<b>HOST_ARCH</b><br/>
x86
x86<br/>
x86_64
</td>
<td valign=top align=center>
<b>HOST_BUILD_TYPE</b><br/>
@ -490,43 +481,41 @@ specified here as well.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=top align=center>
<b>TARGET_OS</b><br/>
linux<br/>
darwin<br/>
(cygwin)
</td>
<td valign=top align=center>
<b>TARGET_ARCH</b><br/>
arm<br/>
x86
arm64<br/>
mips<br/>
mips64<br/>
x86<br/>
x86_64
</td>
<td valign=top align=center>
<b>TARGET_BUILD_TYPE</b><br/>
release<br/>
debug
</td>
<td valign=top align=center>
<b>TARGET_PRODUCT</b><br/>
sim<br/>
dream<br/>
sooner
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>There are also special variables to use instead of conditionals. Many of the
normal variables (LOCAL_SRC_FILES, LOCAL_CFLAGS, etc) can be conditionally added
to with _{arch} _{32|64}, and for the host, _{os}.</p>
<h4>Some Examples</h4>
<pre>ifeq ($(TARGET_BUILD_TYPE),release)
LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DNDEBUG=1
endif
LOCAL_CFLAGS_arm += -DTARGET_IS_ARM
LOCAL_CFLAGS_64 += -DBIG_POINTER
# from libutils
ifeq ($(TARGET_OS),linux)
# Use the futex based mutex and condition variable
# implementation from android-arm because it's shared mem safe
LOCAL_SRC_FILES += futex_synchro.c
LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lrt -ldl
endif
LOCAL_SRC_FILES_linux += futex_synchro.c
LOCAL_LDLIBS_linux += -lrt -ldl
</pre>
@ -554,7 +543,7 @@ LOCAL_UNSTRIPPED_PATH := $(TARGET_ROOT_OUT_SBIN_UNSTRIPPED)
the unstripped executables so GDB can find the symbols.
<code>LOCAL_UNSTRIPPED_PATH</code> is not necessary if you only specified
<code>LOCAL_MODULE_RELATIVE_PATH</code>.</p>
<p>Look in <code>config/envsetup.make</code> for all of the variables defining
<p>Look in <code>core/envsetup.mk</code> for all of the variables defining
places to build things.</p>
<p>FYI: If you're installing an executable to /sbin, you probably also want to
set <code>LOCAL_FORCE_STATIC_EXCUTABLE := true</code> in your Android.mk, which
@ -587,6 +576,11 @@ alphabetically.</p>
and definitions that are specific to either the host or the target builds.
Do not set variables that start with HOST_ or TARGET_ in your makefiles.
</li>
<li><b>HOST_CROSS_</b> - These contain the directories and definitions that
are specific to cross-building host binaries. The common case is building
windows host tools on linux. Do not set variables that start with
HOST_CROSS_ in your makefiles.
</li>
<li><b>BUILD_</b> and <b>CLEAR_VARS</b> - These contain the names of
well-defined template makefiles to include. Some examples are CLEAR_VARS
and BUILD_HOST_PACKAGE.</li>
@ -773,13 +767,13 @@ LOCAL_POST_PROCESS_COMMAND := /Developer/Tools/Rez -d __DARWIN__ -t APPL\<br/>
</code></p>
<h4>LOCAL_PREBUILT_EXECUTABLES</h4>
<p>When including $(BUILD_PREBUILT) or $(BUILD_HOST_PREBUILT), set these to
executables that you want copied. They're located automatically into the
<p>When including $(BUILD_MULTI_PREBUILT) or $(BUILD_HOST_PREBUILT), set these
to executables that you want copied. They're located automatically into the
right bin directory.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_PREBUILT_LIBS</h4>
<p>When including $(BUILD_PREBUILT) or $(BUILD_HOST_PREBUILT), set these to
libraries that you want copied. They're located automatically into the
<p>When including $(BUILD_MULTI_PREBUILT) or $(BUILD_HOST_PREBUILT), set these
to libraries that you want copied. They're located automatically into the
right lib directory.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES</h4>
@ -836,6 +830,16 @@ set <code>LOCAL_UNSTRIPPED_PATH</code>, the unstripped binaries will also use
the relative path.</p>
<p>See <a href="#moving-modules">Putting modules elsewhere</a> for more.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_MODULE_HOST_OS</h4>
<p>This specifies which OSes are supported by this host module. It is not used
for target builds. The accepted values here are combinations of
<code>linux</code>, <code>darwin</code>, and <code>windows</code>. By default,
linux and darwin(MacOS) are considered to be supported. If a module should
build under windows, you must specify windows, and any others to be supported.
Some examples:</p>
<p><code>LOCAL_MODULE_HOST_OS := linux<br/>
LOCAL_MODULE_HOST_OS := darwin linux windows</code></p>
<h4>LOCAL_UNSTRIPPED_PATH</h4>
<p>Instructs the build system to put the unstripped version of the module
somewhere other than what's normal for its type. Usually, you override this
@ -878,10 +882,10 @@ system expects, it fails printing an error message explaining what happened.
If you make a change that requires an update, you need to update two places
so this message will be printed.
<ul>
<li>In config/envsetup.make, increment the
<li>In core/envsetup.mk, increment the
CORRECT_BUILD_ENV_SEQUENCE_NUMBER definition.</li>
<li>In buildspec.mk.default, update the BUILD_ENV_SEQUENCE_DUMBER
definition to match the one in config/envsetup.make</li>
definition to match the one in core/envsetup.mk</li>
</ul>
The scripts automatically get the value from the build system, so they will
trigger the warning as well.
@ -900,53 +904,39 @@ isn't actually built in to it, you can add those make targets to
for some other dependency that isn't created automatically.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE</h4>
<p class=warning>This should not be used, since multiple binaries are now
created from a single module defintiion.</p>
<p>When a module is built, the module is created in an intermediate
directory then copied to its final location. LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE is
the full path to the intermediate file. See LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE
for the path to the final installed location of the module.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_HOST</h4>
<p>Set by the host_xxx.make includes to tell base_rules.make and the other
includes that we're building for the host. Kenneth did this as part of
openbinder, and I would like to clean it up so the rules, includes and
definitions aren't duplicated for host and target.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE</h4>
<p>Set by the host_xxx.mk includes to tell base_rules.mk and the other
includes that we're building for the host.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE</h4>
<p class=warning>This should not be used, since multiple binaries are now
created from a single module defintiion.</p>
<p>The fully qualified path name of the final location of the module.
See LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE for the location of the intermediate file that
the make rules should actually be constructing.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_REPLACE_VARS</h4>
<p>Used in some stuff remaining from the openbinder for building scripts
with particular values set,</p>
<h4>LOCAL_SCRIPTS</h4>
<p>Used in some stuff remaining from the openbinder build system that we
might find handy some day.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS</h4>
<p>Which kind of module this is. This variable is used to construct other
variable names used to locate the modules. See base_rules.make and
envsetup.make.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_MODULE_NAME</h4>
<p>Set to the leaf name of the LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE. I'm not sure,
but it looks like it's just used in the WHO_AM_I variable to identify
in the pretty printing what's being built.</p>
variable names used to locate the modules. See base_rules.mk and
envsetup.mk.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_MODULE_SUFFIX</h4>
<p>The suffix that will be appended to <code>LOCAL_MODULE</code> to form
<code>LOCAL_MODULE_NAME</code>. For example, .so, .a, .dylib.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_STRIP_MODULE</h4>
<p>Calculated in base_rules.make to determine if this module should actually
be stripped or not, based on whether <code>LOCAL_STRIPPABLE_MODULE</code>
is set, and whether the combo is configured to ever strip modules. With
Iliyan's stripping tool, this might change.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_STRIPPABLE_MODULE</h4>
<p>Set by the include makefiles if that type of module is strippable.
Executables and shared libraries are.</p>
<p>If set to true (the default), the binary will be stripped and a debug
link will be set up so that GDB will still work. If set to no_debuglink,
the binary will be stripped, but no debug link will be added. If set to
keep_symbols, it will strip the debug information, but keep the symbol table.
Any other value will prevent stripping.</p>
<h4>LOCAL_SYSTEM_SHARED_LIBRARIES</h4>
<p>Used while building the base libraries: libc, libm, libdl. Usually