Use case: Build an application that runs on a Windows Intel PC and on a Linux ARM (Raspberry Pi, BBB, ...), using 3rd party libraries.
In my case: I want to use a USB NFC card reader that comes with precompiled Linux lib and Windows DLL.
Let's say you want to make a program that
- runs on both platforms
- uses a single Eclipse project, on a windows laptop
- uses the GCC toolchain
- can be built on that Windows Eclipse, for both targets
- can be debugged on that Eclipse platform, for both targets
- has a single source of code with (please) no conditional parts in the source.
- can make a debug and a release binary of the deliverable
I've been able to create such a project, and will post the steps and settings.
I'll walk through the process. It's not complex, but you need to be precise.
For the impatient, I attached the initial Eclipse Project.
Here's a proof of concept.
The project being debugged locally on the development PC:
The same project being remotely debugged on Raspberry Pi family, from that same Eclipse session:
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| Part 1: preview |
| Part 2: start multi-target project |
| Part 3: debug on both platforms |
| Part 4a: link 3rd party library on Linux ARM |
| Part 4b: link 3rd party library on Windows |