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diff --git a/nuttx/README.txt b/nuttx/README.txt index 7b149a06f..41d18f5de 100755 --- a/nuttx/README.txt +++ b/nuttx/README.txt @@ -51,6 +51,39 @@ Download and Unpack: match the various instructions in the documentation and some scripts in the source tree. +Semi-Optional apps/ package. + + All NuttX libraries and example code used to be in included within + the NuttX source tree. As of NuttX-6.0, this application code was + moved into a separate tarball, the apps tarball. If you are just + beginning with NuttX, then you will want to download the versioned + apps tarball along with the NuttX tarball. If you already have your + own product application directory, then you may not need the apps + tarball. + + It is call "Semi-optional" because if you don't have some apps/ + directory, NuttX will *fail* to build! + + Download the unpack the apps tarball in the same directly where you + unpacked the NuttX tarball. After you unpack the apps tarball, you + will have a new directory called apps-versioin (where the version + should exactly match the version of the NuttX tarball). Again, you + might want to rename the directory to simply apps/ to match what + you read in the documentation + + After unpacking the apps tarball, you will have two directories side + by side like this: + + | + +----+----+ + | | + nuttx/ apps/ + + This is important because the NuttX build will expect to find the + apps directory in that (default) location. )That default location + can be changed by editting your NuttX configuration file, but that + is another story). + Installation Directories with Spaces in the Path The nuttx build directory should reside in a path that contains no |