Compile blisp flasher on an M1 Mac

[kayloehmann]

Hi there,

I just tried to compile blisp flasher on an M1 Mac and got the following error. Could you please have a look? Thx.

➜  Downloads git clone --recursive https://github.com/pine64/blisp.git
Klone nach 'blisp'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 739, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (242/242), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (134/134), done.
remote: Total 739 (delta 132), reused 175 (delta 96), pack-reused 497
Empfange Objekte: 100% (739/739), 262.14 KiB | 3.12 MiB/s, fertig.
Löse Unterschiede auf: 100% (315/315), fertig.
Submodul 'vendor/argtable3' (https://github.com/argtable/argtable3) für Pfad 'vendor/argtable3' in die Konfiguration eingetragen.
Submodul 'vendor/libserialport' (https://github.com/sigrokproject/libserialport/) für Pfad 'vendor/libserialport' in die Konfiguration eingetragen.
Klone nach '/Users/d038842/Downloads/blisp/vendor/argtable3'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 759, done.        
remote: Counting objects: 100% (158/158), done.        
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (81/81), done.        
remote: Total 759 (delta 92), reused 89 (delta 75), pack-reused 601        
Empfange Objekte: 100% (759/759), 695.13 KiB | 2.49 MiB/s, fertig.
Löse Unterschiede auf: 100% (484/484), fertig.
Klone nach '/Users/d038842/Downloads/blisp/vendor/libserialport'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1449, done.        
remote: Counting objects: 100% (176/176), done.        
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (9/9), done.        
remote: Total 1449 (delta 174), reused 167 (delta 167), pack-reused 1273        
Empfange Objekte: 100% (1449/1449), 365.70 KiB | 4.57 MiB/s, fertig.
Löse Unterschiede auf: 100% (983/983), fertig.
Submodul-Pfad 'vendor/argtable3': '6f0e40bc44c99af353ced367c6fafca8705f5fca' ausgecheckt
Submodul-Pfad 'vendor/libserialport': '6f9b03e597ea7200eb616a4e410add3dd1690cb1' ausgecheckt
➜  Downloads cd blisp
➜  blisp git:(master) git submodule update --init --recursive
➜  blisp git:(master) mkdir build && cd build
➜  build git:(master) cmake -DBLISP_BUILD_CLI=ON ..
-- The C compiler identification is AppleClang 14.0.3.14030022
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /Users/d038842/Downloads/blisp/build
➜  build git:(master) cmake --build .
[  3%] Building C object CMakeFiles/libblisp_obj.dir/lib/blisp.c.o
[  6%] Building C object CMakeFiles/libblisp_obj.dir/lib/chip/blisp_chip_bl60x.c.o
[  9%] Building C object CMakeFiles/libblisp_obj.dir/lib/chip/blisp_chip_bl70x.c.o
[ 12%] Building C object CMakeFiles/libblisp_obj.dir/lib/blisp_easy.c.o
[ 16%] Building C object CMakeFiles/libblisp_obj.dir/vendor/libserialport/serialport.c.o
[ 19%] Building C object CMakeFiles/libblisp_obj.dir/vendor/libserialport/timing.c.o
[ 22%] Building C object CMakeFiles/libblisp_obj.dir/vendor/libserialport/macosx.c.o
/Users/d038842/Downloads/blisp/vendor/libserialport/macosx.c:45:35: warning: 'kIOMasterPortDefault' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS 12.0 [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
        if (IOServiceGetMatchingServices(kIOMasterPortDefault, classes,
                                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                         kIOMainPortDefault
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX13.3.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Headers/IOKitLib.h:133:19: note: 'kIOMasterPortDefault' has been explicitly marked deprecated here
const mach_port_t kIOMasterPortDefault
                  ^
/Users/d038842/Downloads/blisp/vendor/libserialport/macosx.c:213:35: warning: 'kIOMasterPortDefault' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS 12.0 [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
        if (IOServiceGetMatchingServices(kIOMasterPortDefault, classes,
                                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                         kIOMainPortDefault
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX13.3.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Headers/IOKitLib.h:133:19: note: 'kIOMasterPortDefault' has been explicitly marked deprecated here
const mach_port_t kIOMasterPortDefault
                  ^
2 warnings generated.
[ 22%] Built target libblisp_obj
[ 25%] Linking C shared library shared/libblisp.dylib
[ 25%] Built target libblisp
[ 29%] Linking C static library static/libblisp.a
[ 29%] Built target libblisp_static
[ 32%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_cmd.c.o
[ 35%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_date.c.o
[ 38%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_dbl.c.o
[ 41%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_dstr.c.o
[ 45%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_end.c.o
[ 48%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_file.c.o
[ 51%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_hashtable.c.o
[ 54%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_int.c.o
[ 58%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_lit.c.o
[ 61%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_rem.c.o
[ 64%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_rex.c.o
[ 67%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_str.c.o
[ 70%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_utils.c.o
[ 74%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/argtable3.c.o
[ 77%] Building C object tools/blisp/argtable3/src/CMakeFiles/argtable3.dir/arg_getopt_long.c.o
[ 80%] Linking C static library libargtable3_static.a
[ 80%] Built target argtable3
[ 83%] Building C object tools/blisp/CMakeFiles/blisp.dir/src/main.c.o
[ 87%] Building C object tools/blisp/CMakeFiles/blisp.dir/src/cmd/write.c.o
[ 90%] Building C object tools/blisp/CMakeFiles/blisp.dir/src/util.c.o
/Users/d038842/Downloads/blisp/tools/blisp/src/util.c:21:8: error: use of undeclared identifier '_NSGetExecutablePath'
  if (!_NSGetExecutablePath(raw_path_name, &raw_path_size)) {
       ^
1 error generated.
make[2]: *** [tools/blisp/CMakeFiles/blisp.dir/src/util.c.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [tools/blisp/CMakeFiles/blisp.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

[River-Mochi]

Hello, not a mac person but someone else can help you on build from code questions.

• Just wanted to make sure you know there is a premade easy to use Binary already. you can download and don't need to build it from code.

• Get it here https://github.com/pine64/blisp/releases

• Install on Pinecil V2 instructions here for using this "premade binary": https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil_Firmware#Update_V2:_Linux_and_Mac

[kayloehmann]

Thanks for pointing this out, I tried it before and got this result:

➜  firmware sudo ./blisp write -c bl70x --reset Pinecilv2_DE.bin
sudo: ./blisp: command not found

The blisp file is in the same folder as Pinecilv2_DE.bin

[River-Mochi]

Thanks for pointing this out, I tried it before and got this result:

➜  firmware sudo ./blisp write -c bl70x --reset Pinecilv2_DE.bin
sudo: ./blisp: command not found

The blisp file is in the same folder as Pinecilv2_DE.bin

I will try to take a guess based on my knowledge since Mac people are not around yet.

1. Are you are inside the blisp folder before you do the sudo command?
2. change folders in your Terminal so you are inside folder with both blisp and Pinecilve_DE.bin
   and then do the command again
   don't type the word "firmware" before the word sudo.
   sudo ./blisp write -c bl70x --reset Pinecilv2_EN.bin

[kayloehmann]

Yes, that is exactly what I did. firmware is just the folder that contains the blisp file and the bin. Still:
sudo: ./blisp: command not found
Maybe it is an issue with the fact that blisp has not be compiled for arm architecture (M1).

Oic in that case. we need to wait for @gamelaster

It's not clear which exact architectures the macOS binary covers.

[kayloehmann]

I just got it working by setting permissions like this: chmod +x ./blisp
Thanks guys for helping out!

[River-Mochi]

@kayloehmann also if you feel like it you could join Pinecil live chat channel. see what people think. it can be joined from either Discord or telegram or matrix.
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil#Live_Community_Chat

someone else was saying in live Chat just now that there is an issue with Build from Code for MacOS users that has not been fixed yet.

[River-Mochi]

@kayloehmann someone else also in live chat says they got blisp to work with M1 . you probably saw chat before I could post this image.

have to set permissions . I'm not Mac person and I had to ask around that is often why getting in the live chat is good. lots of people there with different experience.

cd blispFolder # move into the folder with blisp and BIN file.
ls -l # to see permissions
chmod +x ./blisp # make blisp executable
sudo ./blisp write -c bl70x --reset Pinecilv2_EN.bin run the command inside the Blisp folder.

[kayloehmann]

Yes! It solved it. Thx.

[dotsam]

While the x86_64 release of blisp will work on an Apple Silicon Mac, I still wanted a native arm64 version. The fix for compiling from source for me was to add the header #include <mach-o/dyld.h> inside the __APPLE__ ifdef at

blisp/tools/blisp/src/util.c

Lines 7 to 13 in de4a9cd

	#ifdef __APPLE__
	// Ugh. This stuff is just so messy without C++17 or Qt...
	// These are not thread safe, but it doesn't place the responsibility
	// to free an allocated buffer on the caller.nn
	#include <stdlib.h>

[River-Mochi]

The fix for compiling from source for me

@dotsam
is this something that could be submitted as a Pull Request to the blisp repo so that it will automatically work for other ARM64 Mac people?

is the new Mac binary made from arm64 able to be zipped and shared with people in this repo?