External GCC for TriCore™ applications

Documentation

The configuration of an external GCC toolchain is described in the documentation of the AURIX Development Studio.

Choose Help Help Contents, and navigate to AURIX Development Studio User Guide Tasks External Toolchains Configuring and external GCC Toolchain.

Fig. 1. Navigation inside Help Content window

Import existing Infineon example

To test if the HighTec compiler works correctly, let’s import one of the existing Infineon projects.

Select File Import Infineon AURIX Development Studio Project and click Next.

Fig. 2. Import Infineon example

Then select an example of your choice (we will test the "blinky" example for Application Kit TC397).

Manage build configuration

To create a new HighTec GCC toolchain configuration, right-click on the project and select Build Configuration Manage.

Fig. 3. Setting the manage build configuration

The Manage Configurations tab will be opened.

Fig. 4. manage configuration tab

Select New and give a name to the new configuration. Then select Import predefined, choose TriCore Application External GCC Debug and click OK.

Fig. 5. new configuration

Activate build configuration

To select a new active configuration, right-click on the project and select Build Configuration Set Active HighTec (name of the new configuration created).

Fig. 6. Setting the active build configuration

Compiler-specific options

Path to the compiler

The path and name prefix of the Hightec compiler must be updated for the active build configuration.

Right-click on the project and select Properties C/C++ Build Settings. Change the Prefix and Path fields under the Tool Settings tab. The prefix is always "tricore-" for AURIX devices; the path might be different.

Fig. 7. Setting the prefix and path to the HighTec GCC compiler

Now, the project will use the HighTec GCC compiler to build the application.

Include paths

Right-click on the project and select Properties Aurix Development Studio Build check the box to auto-discover compiler include paths.

Fig. 8. Include paths

GCC linker options

Right-click on the project and select Properties C/C++ Build Settings, click on AURIX GCC Linker. Under Command line pattern, change:

From: ${COMMAND} ${FLAGS} ${OUTPUT_FLAG} ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}${OUTPUT} ${INPUTS}

To: ${COMMAND} -nocrt0 ${FLAGS} ${OUTPUT_FLAG} ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}${OUTPUT} ${INPUTS}

Click on Apply and Close.

Fig. 9. GCC linker options

Linker script

Before the imported Infineon example can be built with the HighTec compiler, the Lcf_Gnu_Tricore_Tc.lsl linker script file must be added to the newly imported Infineon project.

The linker will be generated by updating the iLLD.

Fig. 10. Update iLLD

Fig. 11. Linker script

Alternatively, you can find the linker script here: HighTec Linker Scripts.

After the linker script is in place, the project is ready to be built.