diff --git a/docs/exporters.md b/docs/exporters.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# About the exporters
+
+The mbed exporters are used to export your code to various 3rd party tools and IDEs. Each exporter implements a `generate` function that produces an IDE specific project file. Exporters benefit from [mbed build tools](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/docs/BUILDING.md#build-mbed-sdk-library-from-sources). However, instead of using your source and [config data](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/docs/config_system.md) to create an executable, we use that information to populate an IDE project file that will be configured to build, flash, and debug your code. You can find exporter implementations [here](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/tree/master/tools/export).
+
+## mbed-cli command
+
+`mbed export -m [target] -i [IDE]`
+
+# Adding export support for a target
+
+If you have added new target to the mbed SDK, exporting will allow users to transition from mbed source code to the offline development environment of their choice. This functionality activates the use of your device for larger number of users.
+
+## Eclipse and Make
+
+Eclipse project export utilizes a generated Makefile for building. Other than target configuration within the [config system](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/docs/mbed_targets.md) for mbed build system support, there is no additional work to provide Make export.
+
+### Available mbed-cli commands
+
+`mbed export -m [target] -i [make_gcc_arm, make_iar, make_armc5, eclipse_gcc_arm, eclipse_iar, eclipse_armc5]`
+
+## UVision and IAR
+
+### CMSIS Packs
+
+UVision and IAR both utilize [CMSIS packs](http://www.keil.com/pack/doc/CMSIS/Pack/html/index.html) to find target information necessary to create a valid project file.
+
+We utilize the tool [ArmPackManager](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/tree/master/tools/arm_pack_manager) to scrape [MDK5 Software Packs](https://www.keil.com/dd2/Pack/) for target information. This is achieved by parsing [http://www.keil.com/pack/index.idx](http://sadevicepacksprod.blob.core.windows.net/idxfile/index.idx). The relevant information in the [PDSC (Pack Description)](http://www.keil.com/pack/doc/CMSIS/Pack/html/_pack_format.html) retrieved from each URL in the index is stored in [index.json](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/tools/arm_pack_manager/index.json). A `.pdsc` file typically describes a family of devices. Each device is uniquely identified by its [device name](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/docs/mbed_targets.md#device_name). Thus, this name makes a natural key to associate a device with its information in `index.json`.
+
+#### What's in a device name?
+There is no reliable way to map an mbed alias like [NUCLEO_F030R8](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/targets/targets.json#L603) to its unique identifier, [STM32F030R8](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/targets/targets.json#L615), as it is listed in a CMSIS pack (and subsequently `index.json`). So, we added a [device name](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/docs/mbed_targets.md#device_name) field in `targets.json`. **This field is required for IAR or UVision exporter support**.
+
+#### Code Usage
+http://www.keil.com/pack/Keil.Kinetis_K20_DFP.pdsc is the PDSC that contains TEENSY_31 device (MK20DX256xxx7). It has been parsed by ArmPackManager and stored in `index.json`. The device information begins on line 156:
+```xml
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+```
+
+##### Uvision
+The dname (device name) field on line 156 directly corresponds to that in the Uvision5 IDE target selection window. [`tools/export/uvision/uvision.tmpl`](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/tools/export/uvision/uvision.tmpl#L15), uses target information from these packs is used to generate valid Uvision5 projects. If the device name is not found, we use a generic ARM CPU target in Uvision5.
+
+##### IAR
+[`tools/export/iar/iar_definitions.json`](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/tools/export/iar/iar_definitions.json) utilizes this device name to store information necessary to set the target in an IAR project.
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diff --git a/docs/mbed_targets.md b/docs/mbed_targets.md
index 94ad200f56..f460dcc646 100644
--- a/docs/mbed_targets.md
+++ b/docs/mbed_targets.md
@@ -164,6 +164,5 @@ The hook code can look quite different between different targets. Take a look at
This property is used to pass necessary data for exporting the mbed code to various 3rd party tools and IDEs.
-This is possible because the device name corresponds to a field in publicly hosted CMSIS packs. These packs hold target properties. [This](http://www.keil.com/pack/Keil.Kinetis_K20_DFP.pdsc) is the pdsc that contains TEENSY_31 device (MK20DX256xxx7). The device information begins on line 156. The dname (device name) field on line 156 directly corresponds to that in the Uvision5 IDE target selection window. Beginning on line 15 of `tools/export/uvision/uvision.tmpl`, target information from these packs is used to generate valid Uvision5 projects. If the device name is not found, we use a generic ARM CPU target in Uvision5.
-`tools/export/iar/iar_definitions.json` utilizes this device name to store information necessary to set the target in an IAR project.
+Please see [exporters.md](exporters.md) for information about this field.
diff --git a/tools/export/cmsis/__init__.py b/tools/export/cmsis/__init__.py
index b953227f5a..4356574113 100644
--- a/tools/export/cmsis/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/export/cmsis/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class DeviceCMSIS():
target_info = self.check_supported(target)
if not target_info:
raise TargetNotSupportedException("Target not supported in CMSIS pack")
-
self.url = target_info['pdsc_file']
self.pack_url, self.pack_id = ntpath.split(self.url)
self.dname = target_info["_cpu_name"]
@@ -67,6 +66,15 @@ class DeviceCMSIS():
return target_info
def vendor_debug(self, vendor):
+ """Reads the vendor from a PDSC tag.
+ This tag contains some additional numeric information that is meaningless
+ for our purposes, so we use a regex to filter.
+
+ Positional arguments:
+ Vendor - information in tag scraped from ArmPackManager
+
+ Returns a tuple of (debugger, vendor)
+ """
reg = "([\w\s]+):?\d*?"
m = re.search(reg, vendor)
vendor_match = m.group(1) if m else None
@@ -79,7 +87,13 @@ class DeviceCMSIS():
@staticmethod
def cpu_cmsis(cpu):
- #Cortex-M4F => ARMCM4_FP, Cortex-M0+ => ARMCM0P
+ """
+ Transforms information from targets.json to the way the generic cores are named
+ in CMSIS PDSC files.
+ Ex:
+ Cortex-M4F => ARMCM4_FP, Cortex-M0+ => ARMCM0P
+ Returns formatted CPU
+ """
cpu = cpu.replace("Cortex-","ARMC")
cpu = cpu.replace("+","P")
cpu = cpu.replace("F","_FP")
@@ -123,7 +137,6 @@ class CMSIS(Exporter):
return root_element
def generate(self):
-
srcs = self.resources.headers + self.resources.s_sources + \
self.resources.c_sources + self.resources.cpp_sources + \
self.resources.objects + self.resources.libraries + \
diff --git a/tools/export/exporters.py b/tools/export/exporters.py
index 439d4697f6..43c659bf18 100644
--- a/tools/export/exporters.py
+++ b/tools/export/exporters.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
"""Just a template for subclassing"""
import os
-import sys
+from abc import abstractmethod, ABCMeta
import logging
from os.path import join, dirname, relpath, basename, realpath
from itertools import groupby
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ class Exporter(object):
few helper methods for implementing an exporter with either jinja2 or
progen.
"""
+ __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
TEMPLATE_DIR = dirname(__file__)
DOT_IN_RELATIVE_PATH = False
NAME = None
TARGETS = None
TOOLCHAIN = None
+
def __init__(self, target, export_dir, project_name, toolchain,
extra_symbols=None, resources=None):
"""Initialize an instance of class exporter
@@ -164,3 +166,8 @@ class Exporter(object):
Returns -1 on failure and 0 on success
"""
raise NotImplemented("Implement in derived Exporter class.")
+
+ @abstractmethod
+ def generate(self):
+ """Generate an IDE/tool specific project file"""
+ raise NotImplemented("Implement a generate function in Exporter child class")