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psp-cmake

Nothing but a Shell Script. Passing the Toolchain file to CMake.

#!/bin/bash

## Make sure PSPDEV is set
if [ -z "${PSPDEV}" ]; then
    echo "The PSPDEV environment variable has not been set"
    exit 1
fi

cmake \
  -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="${PSPDEV}/psp/share/pspdev.cmake" \
  "$@"

Toolchain CMake file

~/pspdev/psp/share/pspdev.cmake

if(DEFINED ENV{PSPDEV})
    SET(PSPDEV $ENV{PSPDEV})
else()
    message(FATAL_ERROR "The environment variable PSPDEV needs to be defined.")
endif()

SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Generic)
SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION 1)
SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR mips)
SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER psp-gcc)
SET(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER psp-g++)
SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_INIT "-I${PSPDEV}/psp/include -I${PSPDEV}/psp/sdk/include -DPSP -G0")
SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT "-I${PSPDEV}/psp/include -I${PSPDEV}/psp/sdk/include -DPSP -G0")
SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT "-L${PSPDEV}/lib -L${PSPDEV}/psp/lib -L${PSPDEV}/psp/sdk/lib -Wl,-zmax-page-size=128")
#SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT "...")
#SET(CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_CONFIG_INIT "...")
#SET(CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT "...")
SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${PSPDEV}/psp" CACHE PATH "install path")

SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${PSPDEV} ${PSPDEV}/psp ${PSPDEV}/psp/sdk)
SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
SET(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)

SET(PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "${PSPDEV}/bin/psp-pkg-config" CACHE STRING "Path to pkg-config")

## Add Default PSPSDK Libraries according to build.mak and add stdc++ for C++ builds so this doesn't need to be done manually later
include_directories(${PSPDEV}/psp/include ${PSPDEV}/psp/sdk/include)
link_directories( ${PSPDEV}/lib ${PSPDEV}/psp/lib ${PSPDEV}/psp/sdk/lib)

add_definitions("-D__PSP__")
add_definitions("-DPSP")
SET(PLATFORM_PSP TRUE)
SET(PSP TRUE)

include("${PSPDEV}/psp/share/CreatePBP.cmake")
CreatePBP.cmake
# File defining macro outputting PSP-specific EBOOT.PBP out of passed executable target.
#
# Copyright 2020 - Daniel 'dbeef' Zalega
# Copyright 2021 - max_ishere

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)

option(BUILD_PRX "Build a PRX for use with PSPLink" OFF)
option(ENC_PRX "Encrypt the PRX to allow running on official firmware" OFF)

macro(create_pbp_file)

  set(oneValueArgs
    TARGET          # defined by an add_executable call before calling create_pbp_file
    TITLE           # optional, string, target's name in PSP menu
    ICON_PATH       # optional, absolute path to .png file, 144x82
    BACKGROUND_PATH # optional, absolute path to .png file, 480x272
    PREVIEW_PATH    # optional, absolute path to .png file, 480x272
    )
  set(options
    BUILD_PRX # optional, generates and uses PRX file instead of ELF in EBOOT.PBP
    ENC_PRX   # optional, replaces PRX file with encrypted version.
    )
  cmake_parse_arguments("ARG" "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})

  # As pack-pbp takes undefined arguments in form of "NULL" string,
  # set each undefined macro variable to such value:
  foreach(arg ${oneValueArgs})
    if (NOT DEFINED ARG_${arg})
      set(ARG_${arg} "NULL")
    endif()
  endforeach()

  # Build a PRX anyway if the -DBUILD_PRX=ON was set
  if(${BUILD_PRX})
    set(ARG_BUILD_PRX ${BUILD_PRX})
  endif()

  # Encrypt the PRX anyway if the -DENC_PRX=ON was set
  if(${ENC_PRX})
      set(ARG_ENC_PRX ${ENC_PRX})
  endif()

  if(NOT ${ARG_BUILD_PRX} AND ${ARG_ENC_PRX})
    message(WARNING "Encrypting PRX requires BUILD_PRX to be set, otherwise there is nothing to encrypt.\n"
      "ENC_PRX flag for target '${ARG_TARGET}' will be ignored.")
  endif()

  if(${ARG_BUILD_PRX})
    target_link_options(${ARG_TARGET}
      PUBLIC -specs=${PSPDEV}/psp/sdk/lib/prxspecs
      PUBLIC -Wl,-q,-T${PSPDEV}/psp/sdk/lib/linkfile.prx
      PUBLIC ${PSPDEV}/psp/sdk/lib/prxexports.o)
  endif()

  if("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Release" AND NOT ${ARG_BUILD_PRX})
    add_custom_command(
      TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
      POST_BUILD COMMAND
      "${PSPDEV}/bin/psp-strip" "$<TARGET_FILE:${ARG_TARGET}>"
      COMMENT "Stripping binary"
      )
  elseif(${ARG_BUILD_PRX})
    add_custom_command(
      TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
      POST_BUILD COMMAND
      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E cmake_echo_color --cyan "Not stripping binary because building PRX."
      )
  else()
    add_custom_command(
      TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
      POST_BUILD COMMAND
      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E cmake_echo_color --cyan "Not stripping binary, build type is ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}."
      )
  endif()

  add_custom_command(
    TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
    POST_BUILD COMMAND
    "$ENV{PSPDEV}/bin/psp-fixup-imports" "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${ARG_TARGET}>/${ARG_TARGET}"
    COMMENT "Calling psp-fixup-imports"
    )

  if (${ARG_BUILD_PRX})
    add_custom_command(
      TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
      POST_BUILD COMMAND
      "${PSPDEV}/bin/psp-prxgen" "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${ARG_TARGET}>/${ARG_TARGET}"
      "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${ARG_TARGET}>/${ARG_TARGET}.prx"
      COMMENT "Calling prxgen"
      )

    if(${ARG_ENC_PRX})
      add_custom_command(
    TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
    POST_BUILD COMMAND
    "${PSPDEV}/bin/PrxEncrypter" "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${ARG_TARGET}>/${ARG_TARGET}.prx"
    "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${ARG_TARGET}>/${ARG_TARGET}.prx"
    COMMENT "Calling PrxEncrypter"
    )
    else()
      add_custom_command(
    TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
    POST_BUILD COMMAND
    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E cmake_echo_color --cyan "Not encrypting PRX, use ENC_PRX flag if you need to."
    )
    endif()

  else()
    add_custom_command(
      TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
      POST_BUILD COMMAND
      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E cmake_echo_color --cyan "Not building PRX"
      )
  endif()

  add_custom_command(
    TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
    POST_BUILD COMMAND
    "${PSPDEV}/bin/mksfoex" "-d" "MEMSIZE=1" "${ARG_TITLE}" "PARAM.SFO"
    COMMENT "Calling mksfoex"
    )

  if(${ARG_BUILD_PRX})
    add_custom_command(
      TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
      POST_BUILD COMMAND
      "${PSPDEV}/bin/pack-pbp" "EBOOT.PBP" "PARAM.SFO" "${ARG_ICON_PATH}" "NULL" "${ARG_PREVIEW_PATH}"
      "${ARG_BACKGROUND_PATH}" "NULL" "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${ARG_TARGET}>/${ARG_TARGET}.prx" "NULL"
      COMMENT "Calling pack-pbp with PRX file"
      )
  else()
    add_custom_command(
      TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
      POST_BUILD COMMAND
      "${PSPDEV}/bin/pack-pbp" "EBOOT.PBP" "PARAM.SFO" "${ARG_ICON_PATH}" "NULL" "${ARG_PREVIEW_PATH}"
      "${ARG_BACKGROUND_PATH}" "NULL" "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${ARG_TARGET}>/${ARG_TARGET}" "NULL"
      COMMENT "Calling pack-pbp with ELF file"
      )
  endif()

  add_custom_command(
    TARGET ${ARG_TARGET}
    POST_BUILD COMMAND
    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E cmake_echo_color --cyan "EBOOT.PBP file created."
    )

endmacro()

Compile your own bins

PSP Specific Code

Porting 3rd party libs to PSP

Using ./configure

View pspdev/psp-packages for more info + patch file + BUILD file