locating sysroot
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@jsulm yes I did include an image. Basically there's a file in my SDK named rootfs with the following folders:
bin, boot, dev, etc, home, lib, lost+found, mnt, nfsroot, opt, proc, root, sbin, share, sys, temp, usr, var, mkimg.rootfs, mknod_console.But the werid thing is that after decompressing this rootfs folder, the folders within (as per above) contains no files inside. But is this somewhat the structure of a sysroot? If so i'll have to try and locate the missing files, probably residing in other directories.
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@jsulm guess what, I navigated through the entire SDK again and found that the constituents of the file system are in another folder. I think it should be the one i'm looking for. now the folder size is about 25mb, the bin folders are populated. file name is rootfs_gblic_single. So right now I just need to link to this path in Qt kit right? so, how does having this sysroot help in my overall development / compilation in Qt?
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@jsulm another question is that if I want to compile my target board source code (c language) as well as QML, qmake will help to combine 2 compilers together, so that when I compile in Qt creator IDE, the IDE will help to compile my target board source code as well as QML for the GUI to work?
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@embdev Well, qmake generates the Makefiles. If you use a sysroot it will use the libraries from that sysroot instead of libraries on your host machine (which most probably are build for a different architecture).
Regarding your last question: QML is not compiled. There is a QML compiler, which was (still is?) commercial. It is or will be free, I think it will be free starting with Qt 5.8, but I'm not sure. But this compiler is optional and is used to improve performance. I never used QML compiler, so I don't know what you need to do to use it. -
I see. ok so what if I've compiled the C source codes on my embedded target board into exe. files, and then use Qt Creator to develop my GUI, what are the things that I link from my GUI to my target board source codes? e.g. if I create a GUI with a button, that button when clicked will run the executable file I've created on my embedded target board?
