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QNX® Software Development Platform 6.5 SP1 Kernel and Libc Patch (Patch ID 4668): Installation Note

Date of this edition: October 17, 2017

Target OS: This patch is compatible with targets that are running the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS 6.5 SP1.

Host OS: In order to apply this patch, you must have installed the QNX Software Development Platform 6.5 SP1 on one of the following development hosts:

  • as a self-hosted QNX Neutrino development system
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32- and 64-bit, Vista Business 32- and 64-bit, XP Professional SP3, or 2000 SP4
  • Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Desktop 32- and 64-bit, Red Hat Fedora 12, Ubuntu Workstation 9.10, 11.04, and 12.04 32- and 64-bit, or openSUSE 11.2
Note:
  • Install the Applypatch Patch (Patch ID 3792) before you install this patch.
  • For information about the issues that this patch addresses, see the release notes.

This note includes:

Installing this patch

  1. On Windows hosts, boot into Windows and log in as the system administrator who installed QNX SDP 6.5 SP1. On Linux hosts, boot into Linux and log in as root, or as a user with administrative privileges on Ubuntu.
  2. If you're using Windows Vista or Windows 7, disable User Account Control (UAC). (Ref# 77791).
  3. On Windows hosts, run cmd.exe; on Linux hosts, start a command shell.
  4. Download the patch-650SP1-4668-kernellibc.tar archive to your host environment from Developers > QNX Download Center > QNX Software Development Platform 6.5.x > QNX Software Development Platform 6.5 SP1 Kernel & Libc Patch [Patch ID 4668].
  5. Verify that the patch's checksum matches the one given on our website.
  6. Use the applypatch utility to install the patch: 
    applypatch download_path/patch-650SP1-4668-kernellibc.tar

    where download_path is the location of the patch file. For more information about applypatch, see its entry in the Utilities Reference.

Installing the updated symbol files (optional)

If you've installed the symbol files for QNX SDP 6.5 SP1, you should update them from the accompanying patch-650SP1-4668-kernellibc_debug.tar file that's in the Download area of our website. To install these files, continue from the steps above and do the following:

  1. Download patch-650SP1-4668-kernellibc_debug.tar from the Download area of our website into the working directory of your choice.
  2. Determine the base directory of your QNX SDP installation by using the qconfig command.
  3. cd base_directory/install
  4. tar -xvf path_to_working_dir/patch-650SP1-4668-kernellibc_debug.tar

    The symbol files are installed in patches/650SP1-4668/debug. You can either replace the existing symbol files or direct the debugger to use the files in this directory.

  5. If you want to replace the existing symbol files, back up the following files, which are installed under $QNX_TARGET:
    • armle/boot/sys/procnto-v6-smp.sym
    • armle/boot/sys/procnto-instr.sym
    • armle/boot/sys/procnto-v6-instr.sym
    • armle/boot/sys/libmod_aps.a.sym
    • armle/boot/sys/procnto.sym
    • armle/boot/sys/procnto-v6.sym
    • armle/boot/sys/procnto-v6-smp-instr.sym
    • armle/lib/libcS.a.sym
    • armle/lib/libc.a.sym
    • armle/lib/libc.so.3.sym
    • armle-v7/boot/sys/procnto-smp.sym
    • armle-v7/boot/sys/procnto-instr.sym
    • armle-v7/boot/sys/libmod_aps.a.sym
    • armle-v7/boot/sys/procnto.sym
    • armle-v7/boot/sys/procnto-smp-instr.sym
    • armle-v7/lib/libcS.a.sym
    • armle-v7/lib/libc.a.sym
    • armle-v7/lib/libc.so.3.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-400.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-600-instr.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-600-smp-instr.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-booke-instr.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-400-instr.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-800.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-booke-smp.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/libmod_aps.a.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-800-instr.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-600-smp.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-booke.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-600.sym
    • ppcbe/boot/sys/procnto-booke-smp-instr.sym
    • ppcbe/lib/libcS.a.sym
    • ppcbe/lib/libc.a.sym
    • ppcbe/lib/libc.so.3.sym
    • x86/boot/sys/procnto-smp.sym
    • x86/boot/sys/procnto-instr.sym
    • x86/boot/sys/libmod_aps.a.sym
    • x86/boot/sys/procnto.sym
    • x86/boot/sys/procnto-smp-instr.sym
    • x86/lib/libcS.a.sym
    • x86/lib/libc.a.sym
    • x86/lib/libc.so.3.sym

    and then copy the new symbol files to replace them.

  6. In order to use the new symbol files in place, you can either:
    • start gdb with the --with-separate-debug-dir=base_directory/install/patches/650SP1-4668/debug option

    or:

    • use the set debug-file-directory base_directory/install/patches/650SP1-4668/debug command in gdb

    For more information, see https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Separate-Debug-Files.html#Separate-Debug-Files.

Uninstalling this patch

  1. Log in as the user who installed QNX SDP 6.5 SP1.
  2. On Windows hosts, run cmd.exe; on Linux hosts, start a command shell.
  3. Use the applypatch utility to uninstall the patch: 
    applypatch -U 4668
Note: If you installed the updated symbol files, restore the previous versions from the backups you made, and then delete the base_directory/install/patches/650SP1-4668/debug directory and its contents.

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