Overview

Legato AF contains tools to build components, drivers, executables, apps and app systems.

Tool	Description
mkapp	Generate an app bundle to install and run on a target.
mksys	Generate a system bundle to install and run on a target.
mkexe	Create an executable program.
mkcomp	Pre-build a component library ( .so) file.

Build tools are used to:

generate boiler-plate code
simplify component-based software development
package and build drivers from kernel objects or source code
package apps and config settings to deploy to targets.

mksys and mkapp build apps and systems for deployment on Target Devices. mksys is a powerful tool that checks all app bindings before deployment to prevent build bugs in your app and prevent the app from hanging.

mkexe is used to build an executable for a target without packaging it as an app. This can be useful to build command-line tools to copy to a target or bundle in a root file system image.

mkcomp can be used to build libraries from component sources, if a separate step is needed as a part of a complex, custom, staged build system (instead of letting mksys, mkapp, or mkexe handle it).

Interface Generation Tool

The ifgen tool is used to parse interface def .api files and generate include files and IPC code. The ifgen tool is usually run automatically by mktools.