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0 pointsbsder3y ago0 comments

> Wait you ssh into a BeagleBoneBlack and compile C on the device?

Exactly how am I supposed to access the hardware that only exists on the Beaglebone Black itself, otherwise?

You can cross-compile all day, but, in the end, I need to code to be running over there to toggle those GPIOs. I need the debugging to be over there. I need VSCode to be running over there.

Not all programming is web programming.

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cozzyd3y ago

I mean, theoretically it's possible to set up a cross-compilation environment (which would require mirroring basically the entire /usr of the BBB) and copy over compiled files for running / debugging. But it's only worth it if compiling takes a long time (or I suppose if you were to use templaty C++ or rust or something, you may not have enough memory on the BBB to actually compile things... but maybe don't do that?).

bsderOP3y ago

rust actually does okay on the BBB unless you activate heavy macros at which point the memory blows up, and it grinds to a halt.

rust-analyzer, for example, could be built (slowly) on the BBB until recently. The last refactoring of it ... ooof ... did something to macros and now the memory footprint is gargantuan.