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<title></title>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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<meta name="Author" content="jba">
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</head>
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<body>
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<center>
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<h2>Converting an EPICS R3.14.5 application to R3.14.6</h2>
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</center>
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<p>This document describes how to convert a R3.14.5 application so that it
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builds with release R3.14.6.</p>
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<h3>Modify the Makefiles in <top>/iocBoot directory.</h3>
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<p>Change " i<tt>nclude $(TOP)/config/CONFIG_APP" </tt>to "<tt>include
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$(TOP)/configure/CONFIG"</tt></p>
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<p>If they do not already exist, add the lines
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<blockquote>
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<p><tt>DIRS += $(wildcard *ioc*)</tt></p>
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<p><tt>DIRS += $(wildcard as*)</tt></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Change <tt>"include $(TOP)/config/RULES.iocBoot" </tt>to "i<tt>nclude
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$(TOP)/configure/RULES_DIRS"</tt></p>
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<h3>Modify the Makefiles in <top>/iocBoot/ioc* directories.</h3>
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<p>Change <tt>"include $(TOP)/config/CONFIG_APP" </tt>to "<tt>include
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$(TOP)/configure/CONFIG"</tt></p>
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<p>Change</p>
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<p><tt>ARCH = <old arch specification e.g. mv167></tt></p>
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<p>to</p>
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<p><tt>ARCH = <new arch specification e.g.
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vxWorks-68040></tt></p>
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<p>Change "<tt>include $(TOP)/config/RULES.ioc</tt>" to "<tt>include
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$(TOP)/configure/RULES.ioc"</tt></p>
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<p>If it exists remove the line</p>
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<p><tt>buildInstall: cdCommands </tt></p>
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<p>Add the line</p>
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<p><tt>TARGETS = cdCommands</tt></p>
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<p>before the include for RULES.ioc line.</p>
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<h3>Modify st.cmd in <top>/iocBoot/ioc* directories.</h3>
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<p>Remove the lines</p>
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<pre>ld < seq
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ld < iocCore</pre>
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<p>Change "<tt>ld < <libname>Lib</tt>" to "<tt>ld <
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<libname>.munch"</tt></p>
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<p>Change "<tt>cd appbin</tt>" to "<tt>cd topbin</tt>"</p>
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<p>Change the statement:</p>
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<p><tt>dbLoadDatabase("../../dbd/<name>App.dbd")</tt> <br>
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</p>
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to
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<pre>dbLoadDatabase("../../dbd/<name>.dbd")
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<name>_registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase)</pre>
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<p>where <name> is replaced with the name of your dbd file.</p>
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<h3>recGbl calls</h3>
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<p>If any source file makes calls to recGbl routines make sure it has <span
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style="font-family: courier">"#include "recGbl.h"</span>. If it doesn't the
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compiler will issue warning messages and the ioc may issue the message:
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"undefined symbol: _recGblSetSevr".</p>
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<h3>Record support changes</h3>
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<p>The steppermotor, scan, and pid records are no longer in base. If these
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records are not used in your application, comment out references to them in
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base.dbd. If these record types are used at your site, they should be
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downloaded and built with base R3.14 by your EPICS administrator. To update
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the R3.14 location of these record types in your application you must add
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appropriate module definitions to your application's config/RELEASE file and
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add <tt>LIBOBJS</tt> definitions to the src Makefile.</p>
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<p>For example add</p>
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<p> <tt>PID=<full path to modules directory>/pid</tt></p>
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<p>to config/RELEASE and add <br>
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<p></p>
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<p><tt>LIBOBJS += $(PID_BIN)/pidRecord.o</tt></p>
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to your application src/Makefile.
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<p>You should consider changing any existing old steppermotor records to the
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new EPICS motor record module supported by Beamline Controls and Data
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Acquisition at APS.</p>
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<h3>RecDynLink.o and devPtSoft changes</h3>
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<p>recDynLink.o and devPtSoft.o are no longer in EPICS base and now exist as
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separate EPICS modules.You must now add the appropriate module full path
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definitions to your application config/RELEASE file, and change
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<tt>LIBOBJS</tt> location definition <tt>$(EPICS_BASE_BIN)</tt> to the module
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definition bin directory in your application src directory files. See
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"Hardware support changes" below for instructions.</p>
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<h3>Hardware support changes</h3>
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<p>All hardware support (dev, drv and dbd files) except soft support has been
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unbundled from base R3.14. This support includes the files symb.dbd,
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drvHp1404a.o, drvEpvxiMsg.o, and drvEpvxi.o. If these are not used by your
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application, comment out references to them in base.dbd.</p>
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<p>Hardware support now exists as separate EPICS modules. The hardware
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support for your site should be downloaded and built with base R3.14 by your
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EPICS administrator. You must now add the appropriate module full path
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definitions to your application config/RELEASE file, and change
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<tt>LIBOBJS</tt> location from <tt>$(EPICS_BASE_BIN) </tt>to the module bin
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directory in your application src directory files.</p>
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<p>For example, remove</p>
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<p> <tt>LIBOBJS+=$(EPICS_BASE_BIN)/symb</tt></p>
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<p>from baseLIBOBJS and add</p>
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<p> <tt>LIBOBJS+=$(SYMB_BIN)/symb</tt></p>
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<p>to your application src/Makefile, <br>
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and add the line</p>
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<p><tt>SYMB=<full path definition for the built module SYMB></tt></p>
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<p>into your application config/RELEASE file .</p>
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<h3>dbLoadtemplate tool changes</h3>
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<p>The host tool dbLoadTemplate has been replace by a new EPICS extension,
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msi, which should be downloaded and built with base R3.14 by your EPICS
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administrator. dbLoadTemplate is still supported on iocs. If, in your
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application, db files are created from template and substitution files you
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should add the definition</p>
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<p><tt>MSI=<full path name to msi executable></tt></p>
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<p>to your application config/RELEASE file.</p>
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<br>
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</body>
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</html>
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