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ARMmbed / mbed-cli

Arm Mbed Command Line Interface
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Docker image for development #599

Closed davidhyman closed 4 years ago

davidhyman commented 6 years ago

Development on such a project without a Docker image will be pot luck.

screamerbg commented 6 years ago

Where this requirement is coming from? Do you know how many embedded engineers use Docker? :)

davidhyman commented 6 years ago

Maybe embedded engineers don't, and we're not about to change that by adding one to mbed-cli (although its certainly possible to make serial connections to connected boards from inside a container).

My primary motivation for this would be to have a reproducible build / test environment. Specifically, there are currently ~70 lines of tests run on CircleCI that aren't reproducible in a stable environment locally.

davidhyman commented 6 years ago

For reference: https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-tools-docker/blob/master/Dockerfile

0Grit commented 6 years ago

@screamerbg Maybe more embedded engineers than you'd think... Modernization of the embedded development process is a top 2 reason I'm pushing my peers to look into mbed.

Interesting series of relevant articles: https://blog.feabhas.com/2017/09/introduction-docker-embedded-developers-part-1-getting-started/

screamerbg commented 6 years ago

@loverdeg-ep @davidhyman Fair enough. In the same time let's make sure that Docker isn't required to develop mbed OS, nor mbed OS tools (including mbed CLI)

aschmidt75 commented 6 years ago

I'd love to see standard build envs for mbed project, and docker would ease the cross-platform hassle.

I'm using https://github.com/aschmidt75/docker-mbed-cli-gcc-arm but would appreciate a way supported by ARM.

0Grit commented 6 years ago

@aschmidt75 are you attempting to take the Eclipse Che path?

aschmidt75 commented 6 years ago

I don't know about Eclipse's Che path, i'm just using containers for years now for this kind of build system helpers - works quite well.

jaimejim commented 6 years ago

adding to @loverdeg-ep and @davidhyman , on the IETF we are using the mbed cli to test what we call a suit manifest file. There are detailed notes about a couple of hackathons we have had and a common problem we identified is that newcomers need a lot of time to get started with their environment. We found it could be very useful to have an isolated environment using docker or nix.

theotherjimmy commented 6 years ago

Thanks for the link @jaimejim

@screamerbg Requirement or not, we certainly have proof that it would be used.

0Grit commented 6 years ago

Heads up on this.

If the toolchain exists within the docker image, getting an IDE (Such as Eclipse) )running on the host to communicate with the toolchain's GDB is still a blocking issue for us.

The GDB server could exist on the host, or a remote debug server, but the GDB client's machine interface (MI) would need to somehow be piped out of the container into eclipse running on the host.

I've been blocking on this, hoping eclipse che, or an update to the eclipse docker tooling would eventually resolve it.

ciarmcom commented 6 years ago

Internal Jira reference: https://jira.arm.com/browse/MBOCUSTRIA-65

0Grit commented 5 years ago

@BlackstoneEngineering please review my comments regarding Eclipse Che as well.

Our path internally is chasing Eclipse Che. It would provide a similar, even better solution than the Cloud 9 path that was taken in the past.

I want devs to be able to go as far as remote step debugging without installing a single tool on their computer.

Also seems like a natural progression for the work @thegecko is doing with Theia.

BlackstoneEngineering commented 5 years ago

@SenRamakri / @theotherjimmy , i'm seeing a demand for a docker container from customers and developers in the wild. As we are about to engage in general installer updates / rework I would like to add getting an official mbed docker container with all the tools and compiler in it added to the list.

markus-becker-tridonic-com commented 5 years ago

An official Docker image would also help with running a CI for mbed based products.

trowbridgec commented 5 years ago

I agree with @loverdeg-ep and company that this would be an awesome tool to have!

0Grit commented 5 years ago

help with running a CI for mbed based products.

My thoughts exactly.

jaimejim commented 5 years ago 
docker pull jaim/mbed-cli

Could be useful for those who want to give it a try. The Dockerfile is on the repo.

40Grit commented 5 years ago

@jaimejim you find a way to use the gdb client in the container for debug with an IDE running on the host machine?

0Grit commented 5 years ago

https://www.arm.com/company/news/2019/04/docker-and-arm-partnership

We have our own but still waiting for something official...

ciarmcom commented 4 years ago

Thank you for raising this issue. Please note we have updated our policies and now only defects should be raised directly in GitHub. Going forward questions and enhancements will be considered in our forums, https://forums.mbed.com/ . If this issue is still relevant please re-raise it there. This GitHub issue will now be closed.