[Qt-creator] Fwd: Custom plugin for drivers building. Unnecessary custom Tool Chains showing.

[Denis Shienkov]

Especially, the environment, to build the driver Windowd have another type of hierarchy:

Windows7:
- ia64 checked
- ia64 free
- x64 checked
- x64 free
- x86 checked
- x86 free

Windows Server 2003:
- ia64 checked
- ia64 free
- x64 checked
- x64 free
- x86 checked
- x86 free

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008:
- ia64 checked
- ia64 free
- x64 checked
- x64 free
- x86 checked
- x86 free

Windows Server 2003:
- ia64 checked
- ia64 free
- x64 checked
- x64 free
- x86 checked
- x86 free

Windows XP:
- x86 checked
- x86 free

Where checked - is equal debug, free - is equal release.

In addition, the batch file environment has additional arguments both platform and operating system (example "chk" "x64" "WIN7"):

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k C:\WinDDK\7600.16385.1\bin\setenv.bat C:\WinDDK\7600.16385.1\ chk x64 WIN7

Best regards,
Denis



27.01.2012, 18:23, "Denis Shienkov" <scapig2 at yandex.ru>:

Yes, to build the Windows driver uses a different compiler (from WDK distributiv), and other build system.

In general, i want to implement a plug-in as best as correct. Do you have any other ideas?

Best regards,
Denis

27.01.2012, 18:09, "Konstantin Tokarev" <annulen at yandex.ru>:

>  27.01.2012, 18:00, "Denis Shienkov" <scapig2 at yandex.ru>:
>>   Hi.
>>
>>   I decided to create a plugin for the assembly of the drivers in Qt Creator.
>>   The project has only just begun: https://gitorious.org/qt-creator-drivers-builder-project-manager-plugin
>>
>>   Are currently stored in the repository plug-in two parts: to build Linux and Windows drivers separately.
>>   At the moment I'm more interested in the plug-in for Windows.
>>
>>   At the moment I have a problem with displaying the list of available ToolChains (WDK).
>>
>>   The problem is that in the source QtCreator (2.4) in the file \plugins\projectexplorer\toolchainoptionspage.cpp
>>
>>   ToolChainModel::ToolChainModel(QWidget *configWidgetParent, QObject *parent)
>>   {
>>       ...
>>       ...
>>       foreach (ToolChain *tc, ToolChainManager::instance()->toolChains()) {
>>           addToolChain(tc);
>>       }
>>   }
>>
>>   ie This model shows all the registered QtCreator tool chains, including custom (that derived from base class ToolChain).
>>
>>   And he showed it all on one page: Tools->Options->Build&Run->ToolChains tab.
>>
>>   But I do not need. I created a custom OptionsPage, which appears as an additional tab "WinDrv Toolchains" (for example, by analogy with the General, Qt Versions, CMake tabs).
>  Why do you want to separate your toolchains from all other?
>
>  Given description of your project, I even don't understand why you do need custom toolchains. Does building of Windows driver need specific compiler?
>
>  --
>  Regards,
>  Konstantin