Installing the Intel(R) C++ Compiler and Intel(R) Integrated Performance Primitives into QEMU* for Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor targeted development

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August 18, 2009 1:00 AM PDT



This article is intended as a guide to help you use the Intel(R) Software Development Tool Suites for Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor together with a MeeGo* 1.0 image running inside a QEMU* or KVM* virtual machine. The Intel(R) Software Development Tool Suites for Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor offer two distinct options for tight integration of Intel's development tools with MeeGo*'s development and testing environment. The MeeGo* SDK development options that this tool suite integrates with are outlined at http://wiki.meego.com/SDK/Docs/1.1/MeeGo_developer_story.
You can download an existing MeeGo* image from http://www.meego.com for development and testing on this image and install target specific components of the Intel(R) Application Software Development Tool Suite into it. Alternatively you can also download and install the MeeGo*Image Creator, which is part of the MeeGo* SDK from http://www.meego.com and integrate development tool suite components into it's chroot environment with Xephyr* as well as prepare the target image created by MeeGo* Image Creator to contain the Intel(R) VTune(TM) Performance Analyzer Sampling Collector (SEP) and Intel(R) Application Debugger debug agent (idbserver) for testing and performance tuning. (http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/meego-integration-software-development-tool-suite-atom/)

In this article we will focus on the first option of using the Intel(R) C++ Compiler and the Intel(R) Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel(R) IPP) inside QEMU* or on a small form factor target device.


Whether you intend to do most of your development on a live MeeGo* image running inside a QEMU* or KVM* based virtual machine or whether you intend to do your development in a protected jailroot/chroot environment, there are tools components that should be installed on your development host system and should be independent of your MeeGo* based Intel(R) Atom(TM) processor target.

It is recommended to register for the Intel(R) Application Software Development Tool Suite for Intel(R) Atom(TM) processor at http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-tools-for-intel-atom-processors/ and download it at https://registrationcenter.intel.com. It is also recommended to install at least the Intel(R) VTune(TM) Performance Analyzer and the Intel(R) Debugger following the steps outlined in the product installation guide Install_All.htm. This will take care of installing the host components to take advantage of the Intel(R) Application Software Development Tool Suite's performance analysis, tuning and debug capabilities.

 

To install the Intel(R) C++ Compiler and the Intel(R) Integrated Performance Primitives as well as the idbserver debug agent on an existing live Moblin* image please follow the steps below:

  1. Open a shell on the MeeGo* image, enable root access and change to the /etc/yum.repos.d directory. There create a *.repo repository file with the following contents:

    [inteltools]

    name=inteltools

    baseurl=http://downloads.meegozone.com/development-tool-suite

    enabled=1

    gpgcheck=0

     

    A template repository file can also be found attached below.

    If your network setup requires the use of a proxy server you may want to add a line with the following contents

     

    proxy=http://myProxyIP:myProxyPort/

     

    where myProxyIP and myProxyPort reflect the actual proxy configuration in your network environment

  1. Still at the MeeGo* Linux* prompt enter the following command:

 

> yum groupinstall "Compiler" "IPP" "Server agent for Application Debugger"

 

and follow the installation messages.

This will install the Intel(R) C++ Compiler, the Intel(R) Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel(R) IPP) and the Intel(R) Application Debugger idbserver debug agent on the MeeGo* image to be used there locally.

  1. To additionally install the Intel(R) VTune(TM) Analyzer Sampling Collector (SEP) you would download it directly from http://downloads.meegozone.com/development-tool-suite/rpm/vtune91u8_target.tar.gz and unpack it and install it in the MeeGo* environment. Please be advised that using SEP is only supported on real Intel(R) Atom(TM) processor based hardware and not on OS images running under KVM*.
  2. To use the Intel(R) Application Debugger to connect to idbserver running inside KVM* and attach to processes running on MeeGo* there you will need to redirect TCP/IP port 2000 to point at KVM*:

 

> qemu-kvm my_meego_image.raw -redir tcp:2000::2000

 

 

 

 



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