Didj and Explorer libSDL

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libSDL is a popular library for games and other applications. It provides APIs for events (buttons, etc), graphics, sound, and more.

Note: A framebuffer driver is required. **not strictly true, will still run audio without a framebuffer**


Create an install script for iconv:

create a folder in your packages dir called libiconv, then copy and paste the following into a text file and save it in the libiconv folder, call it install.sh (you might need to change permissions on the file as well).

Download libiconv-1.13.1.tar.gz google it pretty easy to find

#!/bin/bash

BUILD_FROM_SOURCE=1

PKG_NAME=libiconv
SRC=libiconv-1.13.1.tar.gz
set -e

. $PROJECT_PATH/scripts/functions

# make sure all of the environment variables are good
check_vars

# exit if the user is root
check_user

# parse args
set_standard_opts $*

pushd $PROJECT_PATH/packages/$PKG_NAME

BUILD_DIR=`echo "$SRC" | cut -d '.' -f -3`

if [ "$CLEAN" == "1" -o ! -e $BUILD_DIR ]; then
	rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
	tar -xzf $SRC
fi

pushd $BUILD_DIR

CFLAGS="-I$PROJECT_PATH/packages/$PKG_NAME/libiconv-1.13.1/ -O3 -fPIC -mcpu=arm926ej-s" LDFLAGS=-L$PROJECT_PATH/packages/$PKG_NAME/libiconv-1.13.1/ ./configure --host=arm-linux --target=arm-linux --prefix=$ROOTFS_PATH/usr --enable-shared
make clean
make
make install

popd

popd

exit 0

Build libiconv

Now that you've got an install script you can run it with the following command:

CLEAN=1 ./install.sh

This will download the package for you, unpack it, set the necessary vars then compile and install libiconv. You should only need to do CLEAN=1 for the first time you run it, that's the var that triggers a clean download and install.

Build the SDL library

To build SDL, first download and unpack it:

 wget http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.13.tar.gz
 tar -xf SDL-1.2.13.tar.gz
 cd SDL-1.2.13

You'll need a toolchain, for example this one

Now try the following, but replace the "/path/to" lines with paths on your system. You'll want to tell the build system where to install libSDL and where to look for kernel headers

CFLAGS="-I/path/to/kernel/linux-2.6/include/" 
CC=arm-linux-uclibcgnueabi-gcc
CXX=arm-linux-uclibcgnueabi-g++ 
./configure --prefix=/path/to/rootfs//usr/ --build=`uname -m` --host=arm-linux --disable-video-opengl --disable-video-x11 
--disable-esd --disable-video-directfb --enable-video-fbcon --enable-pulseaudio=no

If that succeeds, try building and installing:

 make
 make install

You should see libSDL.so in usr/lib in your rootfs directory as well as its header files in "usr/include". When building applications against libSDL, tell the compiler to look for headers and the linker to look for libraries there (ie: CFLAGS="-I/path/to/rootfs/usr/include" and LDFLAGS="-L/path/to/rootfs/usr/lib").

Set up the device

Copy the .so files and symlinks to your device. Also edit "/etc/profile" on your device and add some environment variables for SDL:

For Didj:

 export SDL_NOMOUSE=1
 export SDL_FBDEV="/dev/fb0"
 export SDL_VIDEODRIVER="fbcon"
 export SDL_AUDIODRIVER="dsp"
 export SDL_PATH_DSP="/dev/dsp"
 export SDL_DEBUG="1"
 export SDL_FBACCEL="0"

For Explorer, the touchscreen works sort of like a mouse (TODO: add tslib support?), so you could try:

 export SDL_MOUSEDEV="/dev/input/event3"
 export SDL_FBDEV="/dev/fb0"
 export SDL_VIDEODRIVER="fbcon"
 export SDL_AUDIODRIVER="dsp"
 export SDL_PATH_DSP="/dev/dsp"
 export SDL_DEBUG="1"
 export SDL_FBACCEL="0"

You'll need to source that on your device:

 . /etc/profile

or just reboot. You should now be able to run SDL programs or demos as long as your device is set up with a standard Linux framebuffer and console in place of the LeapFrog-supplied graphics drivers.

TODO

* better audio support?
* tslib to make touchscreen usable on Explorer?