ubuntuubuntu-16.04xenomai

Installation steps for xenomai 3 on Ubuntu 16.04


I would like to install Xenomai 3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I wan unable to find any proper installation guide/procedure for the same.

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Solution

  • Notes on Installing the Cobalt core

    1) Download Ubuntu 16.04.1 (v4.4 kernel) from: http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04.1/

    Install on USB drive using: Universal USB Installer
    

    2) Download: linux-4.4.43.tar.gz

    from: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/
    

    3) Download: xenomai-3.0.3.tar.bz2

    from: https://xenomai.org/downloads/xenomai/stable/latest/
    
    Unzip to /usr/src
    

    4) Download: ipipe-core-4.4.43-x86-6.patch

    from: https://xenomai.org/downloads/ipipe/v4.x/x86/
    

    5) Run these commands

    apt-get install libncurses5 libncurses5-dev build-essential kernel-package fakeroot libssl-dev
    

    6) Prepare the Cobalt kernel

        cd /usr/src/linux-4.4.43
    
        /usr/src/xenomai-3.0.3/scripts/prepare-kernel.sh --arch=x86_64 --linux=/usr/src/linux-4.4.43 --ipipe=/usr/src/ipipe-core-4.4.43-x86-6.patch
    

    7) Run cd /usr/src/linux-4.4.43 cp /boot/config-4.4.0-31-generic .config

    export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/Qt/5.8/gcc_64/lib/pkgconfig
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/Qt/5.8/gcc_64/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    
    make [ARCH=i386] xconfig
    

    8) Apply Settings from: https://xenomai.org//2014/06/configuring-for-x86-based-dual-kernels/#Optimized_CPU_and_platform_settings

        Power Management and ACPI options->ACPI Support
        Search for ACPI_PROCESSOR (disable ACPI_PROCESSOR)
        Search for CPU_FREQ (disable CPU frequency scaling)
        Search for CPU_IDLE (disable CPU idle PM support)
        Search for INTEL_IDLE (disable)
        Search for INPUT_PCSPKR (disable PC speaker support)
    
    
        Search for XENO and enable RTnet
            Yes -   Enable RTnet, TCP/IP socket interface
            Yes -   Search for XENO and enable User-space device driver framework
    
        Search for UNISYS (disable Unisys SPAR driver support)
    

    9) Run

    export CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=4
    make bzImage modules
    
    make modules_install
    make install
    

    10) Install Xenomai

    ./configure --with-core=cobalt --enable-smp --enable-pshared
    make install