rtl8710-sdk

Work-in-progress Rust wrapper for the RTL8710 single-chip wifi module standard SDK.

The SDK is v4.0b, slimmed down to only the parts required to compile. The build is, for now, based on project/realtek_ameba1_va0_example/GCC-RELEASE/application.mk from the SDK, implemented as a call out to the cc crate in build.rs.

Prerequisites

Requires rust nightly and a couple of rustup components:

# Install the nightly toolchain, required for some experimental features
rustup override set nightly

# Install the rust target for the ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller
rustup target add thumbv7m-none-eabi

# Install some required components for the build
rustup component add llvm-tools-preview
rustup component add rust-src
rustup component add rustfmt

Usage

This is very much WIP, so not easy to describe. The gist looks like this:

1. Make a new binary crate for your project

2. Add rtl8710-sdk as a dependency

3. Configure cargo to link properly in .cargo/config:

   [target.thumbv7m-none-eabi]
   runner = 'gdb-multiarch'
   rustflags = [
     "-C", "linker=arm-none-eabi-ld",
     "-C", "link-arg=-Tlink.x",
     "-C", "link-arg=-nostartfiles",
   ]
   
   [build]
   target = "thumbv7m-none-eabi"
   

You'll need a linker script (link.x) derived from the rlx8195A-symbol-v02-img2.ld script in the SDK. That's up to you for now.

The resulting binary should be set to load via a debugger (e.g. gdb with openocd). Nothing here prepares it to flash to the device, though!

License

This work is license under the MIT license. The original SDK software included in the vendor directory is provided under its respective license(s).