POCO C++ Libraries VxWorks Platform Notes
Author: Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH and Contributors

# Introduction

# POCO C++ Libraries VxWorks Platform Notes

## Contents

## Introduction

Starting with release 1.4.1 the POCO C++ Libraries can be used on VxWorks 5.5.1 and newer. Project files for Tornado are provided that support debug and release builds using the Diab C++ compiler.

## Requirements

### Compiling the POCO C++ Libraries

When compiling the POCO C++ Libraries for a VxWorks target, as well as when including POCO C++ Libraries headers in a project for a VxWorks target, the preprocessor macro `POCO_VXWORKS` must be defined. This is because the Diab C++ compiler does not provide a predefined macro that allows for reliable detection of a VxWorks target.

### VxWorks OS Libraries

The following VxWorks OS libraries are required and must be available on the target:

- ansiTime
- clockLib
- cplusLib
- dirLib (for Poco::File and Poco::Environment)
- envLib (for Poco::Environment)
- ftruncate (for Poco::File)
- hostLib (for Poco::Environment)
- ifLib
- inetLib
- ioLib
- loadLib (for Poco::SharedLibrary)
- moduleLib (for Poco::SharedLibrary)
- netLib
- pthreadLib
- resolvLib
- sockLib
- symLib (for Poco::SharedLibrary)
- timerLib
- unldLib (for Poco::SharedLibrary)

Some OS libraries can be omitted if the POCO class requiring it (given in parenthesis) is not used.

## Restrictions

### Poco::Environment

- Poco::Environment::nodeName() returns the result of gethostname(); the host name can be set with sethostname().
- Poco::Environment::processorCount() always returns 1.

### Date/Time Support

- Timezone support requires that the `TIMEZONE` environment variable is set accordingly on the target.
- Poco::Timezone::name(), Poco::Timezone::standardName() and Poco::Timezone::dstName() all return the same value — the timezone name specified in the `TIMEZONE` environment variable.

### Poco::File

- Poco::File::canRead() and Poco::File::canWrite() always return true. Poco::File::canExecute() always returns false, as does Poco::File::isLink().
- Poco::File::isHidden() works the same as on Unix platforms (files with names starting with a period are considered hidden).
- Poco::File::setWriteable() and Poco::File::setExecutable() are no-ops.

### Poco::Path

Poco::Path::home() returns the value of environment variable `HOME`, if defined, or else the root directory path ("/").

### Poco::FPEnvironment

The Poco::FPEnvironment class is not available on VxWorks and cannot be used.

### Poco::Process, Poco::Pipe, Poco::SharedMemory, Poco::NamedEvent, Poco::NamedMutex

VxWorks does not support processes and POCO makes no attempt to hide this fact. Poco::Process, Poco::Pipe (and related stream classes), Poco::SharedMemory, Poco::NamedEvent and Poco::NamedMutex are not available on VxWorks.

### Poco::RWLock

On VxWorks, Poco::RWLock is an ordinary mutex.

### Poco::SharedLibrary

Symbol lookup (Poco::SharedLibrary::hasSymbol() and Poco::SharedLibrary::getSymbol()) is slow, as the entire symbol table has to be searched sequentially (using symEach()) to find a symbol defined in a specific module.

### Poco::UnicodeConverter

Poco::UnicodeConverter is not available on VxWorks because VxWorks does not support std::wstring.

### Poco::Util::Application

The macro `POCO_APP_MAIN` defines a function

    int pocoAppMain(const char* appName, ...);

with a variable number of arguments. The first argument specifies the name of the application and is equivalent to argv[0]. The remaining arguments of type `const char*` specify command-line arguments. The list of command-line arguments must be terminated by a NULL argument.

### Poco::Util::ServerApplication

An application waiting in Poco::Util::ServerApplication::waitForTerminationRequest() can be shut down by calling Poco::Util::ServerApplication::terminate().

The macro `POCO_SERVER_MAIN` defines a function

    int pocoSrvMain(const char* appName, ...);

which works in the same way as `pocoAppMain()`, defined by `POCO_APP_MAIN`.

### Crypto and NetSSL

Crypto and NetSSL_OpenSSL are currently not supported.

### Data

Only the SQLite backend is currently supported. Before building Data/SQLite for a VxWorks 5.5.1 target, the patch in $POCO_BASE/patches/VxWorks/sqlite3.c.patch must be applied by executing

    $ patch -p0 <patches/VxWorks/sqlite3.c.patch

in a Unix/Linux or Cygwin shell (from the $POCO_BASE directory). The patch is for SQLite 3.7.4 and may not work with other releases.

## Build Notes

### Generating Tornado 2.2 Project Files

The POCO C++ Libraries source code package does not contain project files for Tornado. However, a Bash shell script is provided that will generate the project files (.wpj). On Windows, a Cygwin installation is required to run this script. Project files are generated from VxWorks build description files (*.vxbuild), which are present in all library directories ($POCO_BASE/Foundation, $POCO_BASE/XML, etc.) of libraries that are available on VxWorks. Also required are build configuration files that specify the build settings for a specific target architecture. These are located in $POCO_BASE/build/vxconfig. To generate a Tornado project file, run the `vxprogen` script from the respective directory and pass the name(s) of the desired build configuration as argument(s), e.g.:

    $ cd Foundation
    $ ../build/script/vxprogen PPC440diab_release

A new directory named vx will be created, containing the generated Tornado project file. The project file can be opened in Tornado, and a build can be started.

### Testing

Every testsuite exports a global function that runs the tests, similar to what the testrunner command does on Unix/Linux systems. For example, to invoke the Foundation testsuite on the target (using the host-based shell), first load the necessary modules:

    => ld <p:/poco-1.4/CppUnit/vx/PPC440diab_debug/cppUnit.out
    Loading p:/poco-1.4/CppUnit/vx/PPC440diab_debug/cppUnit.out \
    value = 13481712 = 0xcdb6f0
    => ld <p:/poco-1.4/Foundation/vx/PPC440diab_debug/pocoFoundation.out
    Loading p:/poco-1.4/Foundation/vx/PPC440diab_debug/pocoFoundation.out -
    value = 13294784 = 0xcadcc0
    => ld <p:/poco-1.4/Foundation/testsuite/vx/PPC440diab_debug/FoundationTestSuite.out
    Loading p:/poco-1.4/Foundation/testsuite/vx/PPC440diab_debug/FoundationTestSuite.out -
    value = 51068280 = 0x30b3d78

Then, if the testsuite does file I/O, set the target's current directory to the testsuite directory:

    => @cd "/tgtsvr/poco-1.4/Foundation/testsuite"

It's also a good ideal to redirect the standard output to the system console (serial port) with:

    => ?shConfig SH_GET_TASK_IO off

Then, the testsuite can be started:

    => FoundationTestSuiteRunner "-all"

The arguments passed to the FoundationTestSuiteRunner (or any other testsuite runner) function are the same as the ones passed to the testrunner command: one or more test/testsuite names, "-all" to run all tests, or "-print" to print all test/testsuite names.

### Reference System

The reference system used for testing is an AMCC Canyonlands evaluation board (EV-460EX-KIT-05) running VxWorks 5.5.1.