Siemens ELF's SDK

This SDK is an attempt to unify tools and the environment for creating ELF's for Siemens mobile phones.

SDK mainly focused on ELFLoader 3.0+, shared libs and ARM GCC as the compiler.

Main features:

• We use modern and open-source tools for building.
• A lot of shared libs are available by default.
• Two build systems: cmake and Makefile.
• Easy to use.
• Compiler-neutral swilib. You can still use some parts of this SDK with IAR (coming soon).

Docs

• SDK:

  • How to use SDK - for beginners
  • SWILIB - functions from the firmware
  • Available shared libs

• Building

  • Advanced options for Makefile
  • Tips and Tricks for Makefile
  • Advanced options for CMake

• General examples

  • Hello World in C, without ANY shared libs
  • Hello World in C, without libc, with libcrt_helper.so
  • Hello World in C++, without libc, with libcrt_helper.so
  • Example with libc + libm
  • Canvas

SDK structure

sdk/
├── lib/         <-- compilled shared libs
│   ├── legacy/      <-- dir with legacy libs for some old ELF's
│   ├── ELKA/        <-- dir with libs for NewSGOLD phones: E71, EL71
│   ├── NSG/         <-- dir with libs for NewSGOLD phones: C81, S75, SL75, S68
│   ├── SG/          <-- dir with libs for SGOLD phones: CX75 and other old SIEMENS
│   ├── libXXX.so    <-- Platform-neutral libs for any phone
│   ├── libYYY.so
│   └── ...
├── swilib/      <-- functions library for IAR and GCC
│   ├── include/     <-- swilib headers
│   └── patterns/    <-- swilib patterns
├── include/     <-- common headers
├── libXXX/      <-- static or shared library
│   ├── src/         <-- library source
│   └── include/     <-- library headers
└── tools/       <-- tools and utils for the maintenance

Available shared libs

C core libs

Name	Required	Description
-lcrt	Yes	C runtime. This lib is required for all executables (.elf).
-lcrt_helper	Yes	Helper for C runtime. This lib required for both .elf and .so
-lgcc	Yes	GCC helper library which is required for any code compiled by GCC.
-lc	No	Lightweight libc (dietlibc) ported for Siemens.
-lm	No	Lightweight libm (openlibm). Required when you use <math.h> functions.

C++11 core libs

Name	Required	Description
-lc++	Yes	LLVM libcxxx library for C++11 support.
-lsupc++	Yes	C++ ABI for gcc.

C++98 core libs (legacy)

Name	Required	Description
-luc++	Yes	uClibc++ library for C++98 support.
-lsupc++	Yes	ABI for gcc.

Data processing libs

Name	Required	Description
-ljpeg	No	Library for encoding and decoding JPEG.
-lpng	No	Library for encoding and decoding PNG.
-lz	No	Library for gzip/inflate/deflate compression (zlib).

Advanced options for Makefile

We have two variants of the Makefile buildsystem:

1. multi-target.mk - Build ELF for multiple platforms simultaneously.

   How to use:

   TARGETS := NSG SG ELKA
   # ... other options ...
   SDK_PATH ?= ../sdk
   include $(SDK_PATH)/multi-target.mk

   This work using recalling a Makefile by itself with different parameters.

2. rules.mk - Build ELF for a single platform.

   How to use:

   TARGET := NSG
   # ... other options ...
   SDK_PATH ?= ../sdk
   include $(SDK_PATH)/rules.mk

Required options:

Option	Description	Example
PROJECT	Name of the ELF or LIB	PROJECT := crack-for-jww87
SDK_PATH	Path to this sdk	SDK_PATH := ../sdk
SOURCES	List of *.c, *.cpp, *.cc, *.s, *.S files.	SOURCES := main.c test.S
LDLIBS	Required libs	LDLIBS := -lcrt -lcrt-helper -lgcc
Only for multi-target.mk
TARGETS	List of the Siemens targets	TARGETS := NSG SG ELKA
Only for rules.mk
TARGET	Build target	TARGET := NSG

Advanced options:

Option	Description	Default
BUILD_TYPE	Type of project: exe (.elf), lib (.so), archive (.a)	exe
LIB_VERSION	Version of shared lib (only for BUILD_TYPE=lib)
LIB_SYMLINK_NAME	Custom name of the library symlink (only if LIB_VERSION was set)	$(PROJECT).so
OPT	Optimization level	-Os
CSTD	C language standart	-std=c11
CXXSTD	C++ language standart	-std=c++11
CXX_TYPE	Type of C++ library: uclibc++ or libcxx	libcxx
INCLUDES	Additional preprocessor includes, example: -Isome_lib
DEFINES	Additional preprocessor defines, example: -DDEBUG
CPPFLAGS	Additional compiler flags for C/C+/ASM
CFLAGS	Additional compiler flags for C
AFLAGS	Additional compiler flags for ASM
CXXFLAGS	Additional compiler flags for C++
LDFLAGS	Additional linker flags

Customization:

Option	Description	Default
PREFIX	Prefix of the compiler	arm-none-eabi-
CC	Name of the C compiler executable	$(PREFIX)gcc
CXX	Name of the C++ compiler executable	$(PREFIX)g++
LD	Name of the linker executable	$(PREFIX)ld
AR	Name of the archive tool executable	$(PREFIX)ar
LIB_OUT_DIR	Output dir for libs	lib
BUILD_DIR	Output dir for temporary files	bin
SOURCE_ENCODING	Encoding of your sources. Used as argument for -finput-charset.	utf-8
OUTPUT_ENCODING	Target encoding of your sources. Used as argument for -fexec-charset.	cp1251
NO_DEFAULT_RULES	Don't define all and clean recipes. Useful when you want to define your own all and clean recipes in the Makefile. You can use target_clean / target_compile instead.	0
V	Makefile debug level, 0-99	0

Output variables:

Variable	Description	Example
OUTPUT_FILENAME	Path to the output file	hello-world_ELKA.elf
OUTPUT_SYMLINK	Path to the lib symlink, if LIB_VERSION was set	libpng.so

Tips and Tricks for Makefile

1. Custom recipes.

   # .... other makefile contents ....
   include $(SDK_PATH)/multi-target.mk # Add any custom recipes strongly AFTER this line!
   
   ifdef TARGET # <-- Required for multi-target.mk
   
   # Install ELF to the phone
   install: all
       obexftp -b 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX -c Data\\Misc --put $(OUTPUT_FILENAME)
   
   endif

2. Customize options by target.

   # .... other makefile contents ....
   
   ifdef TARGET # <-- Required for multi-target.mk
       ifeq ($(TARGET),ELKA)
           DEFINES += -DSOME_DEFINE_ONLY_FOR_ELKA
       endif
   endif
   
   include $(SDK_PATH)/multi-target.mk # Add any options strongly BEFORE this line!

3. Own all and clean recipes.

   NO_DEFAULT_RULES := 1
   
   # .... other makefile contents ....
   include $(SDK_PATH)/multi-target.mk # Add any custom recipes strongly AFTER this line!
   
   ifdef TARGET # <-- Required for multi-target.mk
   
   all: target_compile
       echo "Compile!"
   clean: target_clean
       echo "Clean!"
   
   .PHONY: all clean
   
   endif

Advanced options for CMake

Properties:

Option	Description	Default
TOOLCHAIN	Toolchain prefix	arm-none-eabi
SOURCE_ENCODING	Encoding of your sources. Used as argument for -finput-charset.	utf-8
OUTPUT_ENCODING	Target encoding of your sources. Used as argument for -fexec-charset.	cp1251
CXX_TYPE	Type of C++ library: uclibc++ or libcxx	libcxx

Important: set these properties before config.cmake inclusion.

Functions:

Function	Description
target_sdk_setup(target, platform)	Set platform type (SG, NSG, ELKA) for the target executable or library. Example: target_sdk_setup(hello_world, NSG)