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Petalinux custom app with library guidance

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Hello everyone,
I am using Petalinux 2014.4 for Zedboard.
I want to add a new app which references openssl library. Using petalinux-create I have created a sample app, which I am modifying. I need to do something like
#include <openssl/sha.h>
So on compilation I get 'undefined reference to `SHA1_Init', undefined reference to `SHA1_Update' etc.
I added openssl binaries through petalinux-config, but I understand this is not enough.
How do I specify in my make file, the external libary needed for my app?
I am new to Linux developement, I have been primarily been doing microcontroller development using easy UI tools. Can anyone point me to few docs which will explain using petalinux makefiles?

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    GK,

      While you can use custom makefiles with PetaLinux, and indeed at the top level that is useful so you don't have to remember some of the complex and lengthy options that are applicable to various commands, the PetaLinux environment presents a simplified interface for Linux newbies that hides much of the detail.  So it is best within the environment (at least for getting started) to follow the steps for PetaLinux development, rather than the traditional flow used by Linux experts.

    If you look at Xilinx user guide 1144, there are sections on adding pre-built and custom libraries, and also how to add userspace applications that make use of those libraries.  The information there should get you past your compilation problems.

    Ron

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    Hi Ron,
    Thanks for replying.
    I am using the same document. I used it to create a app as I mentioned and started modifying source code in it. I want to reference openssl library. That guide is incomplete in terms of explaining how to reference libraries in a new application. As openssl is already included in rootfs, all I want is a way to reference it in my application.

    Regards

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    If you include the openssl package in the kernel, that just provides the binaries in the target root file system.  You can demonstrate that openssl is functional by also including dropbear, and then using an SSL client like Putty to create a secure connection into the running target.  

    However, if you actually want to develop an application that calls the openssl-dev API, then you have to include the development libraries in the PetaLinux build environment, so you can link your program to them and create a final binary that would get included in the target root file system.

    So I don't think you actually have what you need for development by simply including the openssl library in the target rootfs.  That is why you have to install additional libraries in the development environment.  Make sense?

    Ron

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    Hi Ron,
    Yes it does. Thanks.
    I will try to include source files as a library.

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    Hi GK,

    have you been able to include source files (*.h) in the <TMPDIR>/work/{ARCH}-xilinx-linux-gnueabi/openssl/.../usr/include/openssl/  to your app, and build your app successfully?