[CMake] Platform dSPACE

[Michael Ellery]

> On Jun 23, 2017, at 1:01 PM, Michael Ellery <mellery451 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Jun 23, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Robin Verschueren <robin.verschueren at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear CMake,
>> 
>> We are trying to build our application for the dSPACE embedded system
>> (www.dspace.com), more specifically their MicroAutobox-II. This makes
>> use of a specific compiler called mccppc (Microtec C/C++ PowerPC compiler).
>> 
>> I was following the instructions on this wiki page, when I got the following warning, 
>> when trying to use a custom 'Toolchain' file:
>> 
>> System is unknown to cmake, create:
>> Platform/dSPACE to use this system, please send your config file to 
>> cmake at www.cmake.org so it can be added to cmake
>> 
>> We would be glad to send it to you when it is finished, but in the meantime,
>> we cannot debug our toolchain file because of above warning.
>> 
>> Is there a way of including it without having to include it in the official CMake
>> distribution? I tried setting CMAKE_MODULE_PATH but that did not help..
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Robin
>> -- 
> 
> what happens if you set    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=path/to/your/toolchain.cmake  when running cmake…does that give any different result? 
> 

sorry - I misunderstood the nature of your error. I think this might be relevant:

    "If your target is an embedded system without OS set CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME to "Generic”.   “