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Aidan MacDonald 7bf1c79cb5 make: have preprocess2file fail on error
The preprocess2file helper is mainly used to preprocess
linker scripts, but piping the preprocessor output to
'grep' masks the exit code of gcc, so if it fails (eg.
due to an #error directive) then it does not cause the
build to fail like it should.

In this particular case the grep commands don't seem to
be doing anything, since the "-P" option suppresses line
markers, which "grep -v ^$(_hash)" is probably meant to
filter out. The intent behind "grep -v ^$$" is unclear
since the preprocessor doesn't seem to output any line
beginning with '$', but in any event it seems unnecessary.

Change-Id: Ie23f5de1fe1bfb5890c7b2f3c7fa05401931d89f
2026-03-06 13:28:24 +00:00
android build: instead of 'ifdef NODEPS' use 'ifneq ($NODEPS,)' 2025-03-29 14:33:20 -04:00
apps plugins: always include cpu.h in linker script 2026-03-05 21:13:50 +00:00
backdrops Rockbox for the HiBy R3 Pro II/R1 2025-12-27 15:44:54 -05:00
bootloader misc: get rid of unused LOADADDRESS define in makefiles 2026-03-05 20:11:07 +00:00
docs plugins: Remove audio_master_sampr_list from the plugin API 2026-03-03 21:31:58 -05:00
firmware misc: respect standard __ASSEMBLER__ define in CPU headers 2026-03-05 21:13:50 +00:00
fonts FS#9060: Add the WinQangYi-Song BOLD fonts in 9, 10, 11, and 12pt. 2025-11-19 08:33:07 -05:00
icons Revert Non-Alpha Updated 8x8 tango icons 2020-10-25 16:21:58 +00:00
lib utf8proc: Add utf8proc for normalizing UTF-8 strings 2026-03-01 08:26:00 -05:00
manual added setting to retain file browser directory on reboots WIP 2026-03-01 15:05:09 -05:00
packaging rgnano: rbutil support and manual updates 2026-01-03 20:03:12 -05:00
tools make: have preprocess2file fail on error 2026-03-06 13:28:24 +00:00
uisimulator Remove Creative Zen Vision and Vision:M ports 2026-02-06 07:31:54 -05:00
utils misc: respect standard __ASSEMBLER__ define in CPU headers 2026-03-05 21:13:50 +00:00
wps Rockbox for the HiBy R3 Pro II/R1 2025-12-27 15:44:54 -05:00
.gitattributes Add a gitattributes file for the migration. 2011-12-01 14:14:59 +00:00
.gitignore tools: add RegGen utility 2025-12-29 18:51:56 -05:00
.gitreview misc: Add a .gitreview file for better gerrit integration 2021-06-24 07:22:19 -04:00

               __________               __   ___.
     Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
     Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
     Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
     Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
                       \/            \/     \/    \/            \/

Build Your Own Rockbox

1. Clone 'rockbox' from git (or extract a downloaded archive).

   $ git clone git://git.rockbox.org/rockbox

     or

   $ tar xJf rockbox.tar.xz

2. Create a build directory, preferably in the same directory as the firmware/
   and apps/ directories. This is where all generated files will be written.

   $ cd rockbox
   $ mkdir build
   $ cd build

3. Make sure you have mips/m68k/arm-elf-gcc and siblings in the PATH. Make sure
   that you have 'perl' in your PATH too. Your gcc cross compiler needs to be
   a particular version depending on what player you are compiling for. These
   can be generated using the rockboxdev.sh script in the /tools/ folder of the
   source.

   $ which arm-elf-eabi-gcc
   $ which perl

4. In your build directory, run the 'tools/configure' script and enter what
   target you want to build for and if you want a debug version or not (and a
   few more questions). It'll prompt you. The debug version is for making a
   gdb version out of it. It is only useful if you run gdb towards your target
   Archos.

   $ ../tools/configure

5. *ploink*. Now you have got a Makefile generated for you.

6. Run 'make' and soon the necessary pieces from the firmware and the apps
   directories have been compiled, linked and scrambled for you.

   $ make
   $ make zip

7. unzip the rockbox.zip on your music player, reboot it and
   *smile*.

If you want to build for more than one target, just create several build
directories and create a setup for each target:

   $ mkdir build-fuzeplus
   $ cd build-fuzeplus
   $ ../tools/configure

   $ mkdir build-xduoox3
   $ cd build-xduoox3
   $ ../tools/configure

Questions anyone? Ask on the mailing list or on IRC. We'll be happy to help you!