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diff --git a/ports/windows/README.md b/ports/windows/README.md index f1bd40551..8d907d1b7 100644 --- a/ports/windows/README.md +++ b/ports/windows/README.md @@ -3,46 +3,73 @@ It is based on Unix port, and expected to remain so. The port requires additional testing, debugging, and patches. Please consider to contribute. +All gcc-based builds use the gcc compiler from [Mingw-w64](mingw-w64.org), +which is the advancement of the original mingw project. The latter is +getting obsolete and is not actively supported by MicroPython. + +Build instruction assume you're in the ports/windows directory. Building on Debian/Ubuntu Linux system --------------------------------------- - sudo apt-get install gcc-mingw-w64 + sudo apt-get install python3 build-essential gcc-mingw-w64 + make -C ../../mpy-cross make CROSS_COMPILE=i686-w64-mingw32- -If for some reason the mingw-w64 crosscompiler is not available, you can try -mingw32 instead, but it comes with a really old gcc which may produce some -spurious errors (you may need to disable -Werror): - - sudo apt-get install mingw32 mingw32-binutils mingw32-runtime - make CROSS_COMPILE=i586-mingw32msvc- - Building under Cygwin --------------------- -Install following packages using cygwin's setup.exe: +Install Cygwin, then install following packages using Cygwin's setup.exe: * mingw64-i686-gcc-core * mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core * make +Also install the python3 package, or install Python globally for Windows (see below). + Build using: + make -C ../../mpy-cross CROSS_COMPILE=i686-w64-mingw32- make CROSS_COMPILE=i686-w64-mingw32- Or for 64bit: + make -C ../../mpy-cross CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- make CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- +Building under MSYS2 +-------------------- + +Install MSYS2 from http://repo.msys2.org/distrib, start the msys2.exe shell and +install the build tools: + + pacman -Syuu + pacman -S make mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc pkg-config python3 + +Start the mingw64.exe shell and build: + + make -C ../../mpy-cross STRIP=echo SIZE=echo + make + + Building using MS Visual Studio 2013 (or higher) ------------------------------------------------ -In the IDE, open `micropython.vcxproj` and build. +Install Python. There are several ways to do this, for example: download and install the +latest Python 3 release from https://www.python.org/downloads/windows or from +https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html, +or open the Microsoft Store app and search for Python and install it. + +Install Visual Studio and the C++ toolset (for recent versions: install +the free Visual Studio Community edition and the *Desktop development with C++* workload). + +In the IDE, open `micropython-cross.vcxproj` and `micropython.vcxproj` and build. To build from the command line: + msbuild ../../mpy-cross/mpy-cross.vcxproj msbuild micropython.vcxproj __Stack usage__ @@ -57,6 +84,19 @@ There are several ways to deal with this: See [issue 2927](https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/2927) for more information. +Running the tests +----------------- + +This is similar for all ports: + + cd ../../tests + python3 ./run-tests + +Depending on the combination of platform and Python version used it might be +needed to first set the MICROPY_MICROPYTHON environment variable to +the full path of micropython.exe. + + Running on Linux using Wine --------------------------- |