Cannot link any BLE project for nRF52840-based boards

[valeros]

Hi there,

If I try to compile any BLE-based examples, it fails on the linking stage with the following error:

Serial Log

c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_591592\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\BLESecurity.cpp.o: in function `BLESecurity::BLESecurity()':
C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:79: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC_PrivateKey::nRFCrypto_ECC_PrivateKey()'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_591592\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\BLESecurity.cpp.o: in function `BLESecurity::begin()':
C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:91: undefined reference to `Adafruit_nRFCrypto::begin()'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:94: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC_PrivateKey::begin(CRYS_ECPKI_DomainID_t)'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:97: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey::nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey()'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:98: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey::begin(CRYS_ECPKI_DomainID_t)'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:101: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC::genKeyPair(nRFCrypto_ECC_PrivateKey&, nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey&)'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:104: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey::toRaw(unsigned char*, unsigned long)'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:105: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey::end()'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:114: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_591592\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\BLESecurity.cpp.o: in function `BLESecurity::_eventHandler(ble_evt_t*)':
C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:330: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey::nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey()'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:331: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey::begin(CRYS_ECPKI_DomainID_t)'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:332: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey::fromRaw(unsigned char*, unsigned long)'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:336: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC::SVDP_DH(nRFCrypto_ECC_PrivateKey&, nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey&, unsigned char*, unsigned long)'
c:/users/test/appdata/local/arduino15/packages/adafruit/tools/arm-none-eabi-gcc/9-2019q4/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld.exe: C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\adafruit\hardware\nrf52\0.22.1\libraries\Bluefruit52Lib\src/BLESecurity.cpp:338: undefined reference to `nRFCrypto_ECC_PublicKey::end()'

collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Setup

• PC & IDE : Arduino 1.8.12 on Windows 10
• BSP : 0.22.1
• Board : Feather nRF52840 Express
• Sketch: Bluefruit52Lib/examples/Peripheral/bleuart.

Am I missing something?

[hathach]

you miss the part to also clone the submodules of the repos

[valeros]

Could you please elaborate on what submodules should I clone? I installed the platform using the Arduino IDE so I guess all submodules should be installed by default? You probably meant the Adafruit_nRFCrypto library, but I can see the files:

[hathach]

sorry, I thought you get it via git clone. which is easy to miss. Please update arduino IDE to at least 1.8.13, they change how the IDE link with libraries that come with pre-compiled lib file

[hathach]

@valeros let me know if updating IDE works for you. Else I will take more closer look at the issue

[valeros]

@hathach Thanks, updating to the latest IDE resolved the issue.

[hathach]

I am glad that works out for you