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Subject: Re: static linking against libftdi?

From: Chris Morgan <chmorgan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "libftdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <libftdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:35:15 -0500
Alright, attached is a proof of concept patch, untested, for comments
on the approach.

Chris


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Chris Morgan <chmorgan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Chris Morgan <chmorgan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 4:53 AM,
>> <bon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Morgan <chmorgan@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>     Chris> How do I use that script? Do I just include it like:
>>>
>>> In xc3sprog/CMakeLists.txt I have
>>> ...
>>> set(USE_STATIC_FTDI ON)
>>> ...
>>> find_package(libftdi)
>>> include_directories(${LIBFTDI_INCLUDE_DIR})
>>> ...
>>> add_executable(detectchain detectchain.cpp cables.h devices.h)
>>> target_link_libraries(detectchain xc3sproglib ${LIBFTDI_LIBRARIES} 
>>> ${LIBFTD2XX_LIBRARIES} ${CONDITIONAL_LIBS})
>>>
>>> add_executable(xc3sprog xc3sprog.cpp javr.cpp srecfile.cpp progalgavr.cpp
>>>                         devices.h)
>>> target_link_libraries(xc3sprog xc3sproglib ${LIBFTDI_LIBRARIES}  
>>> ${LIBFTD2XX_LIBRARIES} ${CONDITIONAL_LIBS}  )
>>>
>>> add_executable(readdna readdna.cpp devices.h)
>>> target_link_libraries(readdna xc3sproglib ${LIBFTDI_LIBRARIES}  
>>> ${LIBFTD2XX_LIBRARIES} ${CONDITIONAL_LIBS}  )
>>>
>>
>>
>> I tried this but for whatever reason the Findlibftdi.cmake can't find
>> my libftdi files. I suspect this is because I'm actually installing
>> libftdi to a user directory and the pkg-config and other entries
>> aren't in the correct place. For whatever reason the example cmake
>> usage in the libftdi source is working for me, the:
>>
>> find_package (LibFTDI1 NO_MODULE REQUIRED)
>> include (${LIBFTDI_USE_FILE})
>>
>>
>>
>> Still seems like a better approach to support this in the existing
>> libftdi cmake scripts, unless I'm missing something as to why this
>> shouldn't be done.
>>
>> I was looking at what it might take to add this support to libftdi
>> proper. In LibFTDI1Config.cmake there are set()s for LIBFTDI_LIBRARY
>> and LIBFTDI_LIBRARIES. What if we introduce two new ones,
>>
>> LIBFTDI_STATIC_LIBRARY and LIBFTDI_STATIC_LIBRARIES that refer to
>> libftdi1.a instead of libftdi1.so? I tested this locally and it
>> appears to be working properly.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Chris
>
>
> And by thoughts, I want to see if what I'm saying makes sense before
> sending patches, but didn't want to go down that road if there is a
> better idea or approach.
>
> Chris


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