Building and using the Library

How to build the library and test programs and include the library in an application

# Platform Support

The current makefiles and build projects support building the library on:

- Linux and Windows, x86 or x64 hosts.
- ARM linux - AArch32 and AArch64
- ARM aarch32 and aarch64 libs, x-compiled on x86/64 hosts.

In addition to building the library from the project, the library may be installed into the standard `/usr/lib/` area in Linux, and will soon be available as a package from Linux Distros.

# Building the Library

The library and test programs are built from the library `./build/<platform>` directory, where <platform> is either 'linux' or 'win-vs2015'

See `./docs/test_progs.md` for further information on use of the test programs.

## Linux x86/x64/ARM

Libraries are built into a <tgt_dir>. This is used as the final output directory for the libraries in `decoder/lib/<tgt_dir>`, and also as a sub-directory of the build process for intermediate files - `decoder/build/linux/ref_trace_decode_lib/<tgt_dir>`.

For a standard build, go to the `./build/linux/` and run `make` in that directory.

This will set <tgt_dir> to `builddir` for all build variants of the library. Using this only one variant of the library can be built at any one time.

For development, alternatively use `make -f makefile.dev`

This will set <tgt_dir> to `linux<bit-variant>/<dbg|rel>` and therefore build libraries into the `decoder/lib/linux<bit-variant>/<dbg|rel>` directories, allowing multiple variants of the library to be present during development.

e.g.

`./lib/linux64/rel` will contain the linux 64 bit release libraries.

`./lib/linux-arm64/dbg` will contain the linux aarch 64 debug libraries for ARM.

Options to pass to both makefiles are:-

- `DEBUG=1` : build the debug version of the library.

Options to pass to makefile.dev are:-

- ARCH=<arch> : sets the bit variant in the delivery directories. Set if cross compilation for ARCH other than host. Otherwise ARCH is auto-detected. <arch> can be x86, x86_64, arm, arm64, aarch64, aarch32

For cross compilation, set the environment variable `CROSS_COMPILE` to the name path/prefix for the compiler to use. The following would set the environment to cross-compile for ARM

         export PATH=$PATH:~/work/gcc-x-aarch64-6.2/bin
         export ARCH=arm64
         export CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-

The makefile will scan the `ocsd_if_version.h` to get the library version numbers and use these in the form Major.minor.patch when naming the output .so files.

Main C++ library names:

- `libcstraced.so.M.m.p` : shared library containing the main C++ based decoder library
- `libcstrace.so.M` : symbolic link name to library - major version only.
- `libcstrace.so` : symbolic link name to library - no version.

C API wrapper library names:

- `libcstraced_c_api.so.M.m.p` : shared library containing the C-API wrapper library. Dependent on `libcstraced.so.M`
- `libcstraced_c_api.so.M` : symbolic link name to library - major version only.
- `libcstraced_c_api.so` : symbolic link name to library - no version.

Static versions of the libraries:

- `libcstraced.a` : static library containing the main C++ based decoder library.
- `libcstraced_c_api.a` : static library containing the C-API wrapper library.

Test programs are delivered to the `./tests/bin/<tgt_dir>` directories.

The test programs are built to used the .so versions of the libraries.

- `trc_pkt_lister` - dependent on `libcstraced.so`.
- `simple_pkt_print_c_api` - dependent on `libcstraced_c_api.so` & hence `libcstraced.so`.

The test program build for `trc_pkt_lister` also builds an auxiliary library used by this program for test purposes only. This is the `libsnapshot_parser.a` library, delivered to the `./tests/lib/<tgt_dir>` directories.

Installing on Linux

The libraries can be installed on linux using the `make install` command. This will usually require root privileges. Installation will be the version in the `./lib/<tgt_dir>` directory, according to options chosen.

e.g. `make -f makefile.dev DEBUG=1 install`

will install from `./lib/linux64/dbg`

The libraries `libopencsd` and `libopencsd_c_api` are installed to `/usr/lib`.

Sufficient header files to build using the C-API library will be installed to `/usr/include/opencsd`.

The installation can be removed using `make clean_install`. No additional options are necessary.

## Windows (x86/x64)

Use the `.\build\win\ref_trace_decode_lib\ref_trace_decode_lib.sln` file to load a solution which contains all library and test build projects.

Libraries are delivered to the `./lib/win<bitsize>/<dbg\rel>` directories. e.g. `./lib/win64/rel` will contain the windows 64 bit release libraries.

The solution contains four configurations:-

- Debug : builds debug versions of static C++ main library and C-API libraries, test programs linked to the static library.
- Debug-dll : builds debug versions of static main library and C-API DLL. C-API statically linked to the main library. C-API test built as `simple_pkt_print_c_api-dl.exe` and linked against the DLL version of the C-API library.
- Release : builds release static library versions, test programs linked to static libraries.
- Release-dll : builds release C-API DLL, static main library.

Note: Currently there is no Windows DLL version of the main C++ library. This may follow once the project is nearer completion with further decode protocols, and the classes requiring export are established..

Libraries built are:-

- `libcstraced.lib` : static main C++ decoder library.
- `cstraced_c_api.dll` : C-API DLL library. Statically linked against `libcstraced.lib` at .DLL build time.
- `libcstraced_c_api.lib` : C-API static library.

There is also a project file to build an auxiliary library used `trc_pkt_lister` for test purposes only. This is the `snapshot_parser_lib.lib` library, delivered to the `./tests/lib/win<bitsize>/<dgb\rel>` directories.

## Additional Build Options

Library Virtual Address Size

The ocsd_if_types.h file includes a #define that controls the size of the virtual addresses used within the library. By default this is a 64 bit `uint64_t` value.

When building for ARM architectures that have only a 32 bit Virtual Address, and building on 32 bit ARM architectures it may be desirable to build a library that uses a v-addr size of 32 bits. Define `USE_32BIT_V_ADDR` to enable this option

# Including the Library in an Application

The user source code includes a header according to the API to be used:-

- Main C++ decoder library - include `opencsd.h`. Link to C++ library.
- C-API library - include `opencsd_c_api.h`. Link to C-API library.

## Linux build

By default linux builds will link against the .so versions of the library. Using the C-API library will also introduce a dependency on the main C++ decoder .so. Ensure that the library paths and link commands are part of the application makefile.

To use the static versions use appropriate linker options.

## Windows build

To link against the C-API DLL, include the .DLL name as a dependency in the application project options.

To link against the C-API static library, include the library name in the dependency list, and define the macro `OCSD_USE_STATIC_C_API` in the preprocessor definitions. This ensures that the correct static bindings are declared in the header file. Also link against the main C++ library.

To link against the main C++ library include the library name in the dependency list.