About cache enabling in LWIP port of BBB in RTEMS

Marcos Díaz marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com
Fri Sep 18 15:46:15 UTC 2015


By the way we flashed the eMMC with the u-boot image. Follow the guide to
know how to do so.

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Marcos Díaz <
marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com> wrote:

> Well, after talking with the guys of beagleboard, they made me update the
> u-boot version.
>
> With that I could make the cache and ethernet work Ok in Rev A5C !!!.
>
> So, Ragu, if you can update your BBB's u-boot, try again using RTEMS with
> LWIP and cache enabled, and test it.
>
> Download it from here:
>
> https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-09-13/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2015-09-13-2gb.img.xz
>
> md5sum: 64de53c03df006f2cb6f95244871313e
>
> decompress the image and save it in the sd card using dd.
>
> And this guide helped me:
>
> http://derekmolloy.ie/write-a-new-image-to-the-beaglebone-black/#Flashing_the_BBB_with_the_SD_Card_Image
>
> Hope it helps! Let me know how the tests go.
>
> Greetings!
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Marcos Díaz <
> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com> wrote:
>
>> I can only tell you about the boards i tested:
>>
>> I have a revision A5C board with an XAM3359AZCZ100 microcontroller. The
>> use of cache together with ethernet makes this break.
>>
>> I have a revision C board with an AM3358BZCZ100. This does work with
>> cache and ethernet.
>>
>> Apparently Ragu has a rev A5 with an AM3358BZCZ100. Cache doesn't work
>> for him.
>>
>> After reading this document:
>>
>> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Board_Revisions_and_Changes
>>
>> I can say that the boards I have match with that descripcion. Revisions
>> A4, A4A, A4B have an AM3352 processor,
>> rev A5A A5B A5C A6 A6A have an XAM3359, and revisions B and C have an
>> AM3358 processor.
>>
>> I'm not very sure about what Ragu has, since there it says he has a rev
>> A5 (not mentioned in the document) but with the processor of the newer
>> revisions (AM3358).
>>
>> In Ragu's case the checking of the registers for the processor revision
>> wont do any help, since he has the same processor that in my case works Ok,
>> but his doesn't.
>>
>> Hope this clarifies.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Can of of you guys start a table/spreadsheet about board
>>> and SoC revisions and when we think it is broken and when
>>> it works?
>>>
>>> I emailed the BB project lead and he didn't know anything
>>> off hand but suggested subscribing to beagleboard at googlegroups.com
>>> and asking there. Someone there may actually have an answer.
>>>
>>> --joel
>>>
>>> On 9/17/2015 2:05 PM, Marcos Díaz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ragu,
>>>> I would like you to confirm which revision you have, for this I printed
>>>> the following registers in the BBB:
>>>>
>>>> 0x44E10600 and 0x44E10604
>>>>
>>>> The first will print something like:
>>>> 1b94402e for BBB rev A5C (XAM3359AZCZ100) ( 1b means rev.A of the
>>>> microcontroller)
>>>> 2b94402e for BBB rev C  (AM3358BZCZ100) (2b means rev B of the
>>>> microcontroller)
>>>>
>>>> The second register will print something like:
>>>>
>>>> 20ff0383 for A5c (this means that this is AM3359)
>>>> 20fd0383 for C (this means it is an AM3358).
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know which are this values in your Board.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Marcos Díaz <
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com <mailto:
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Yes, sorry about that, There are two registers we can check to see
>>>> the different revision numbers. I will check it myself once i confirm that
>>>> the different revisions are the problem (i'm not sure because of what Ragu
>>>> said). Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>     On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Joel Sherrill <
>>>> joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com <mailto:joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         On 9/17/2015 8:43 AM, Marcos Díaz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Yes, in my case the older (that doesn't work) revision is a
>>>>             XAM3359AZCZ100
>>>>
>>>>             And the rev C (that works well with cache) is
>>>>             AM3358BZCZ100
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         Can we determine that in software?
>>>>
>>>>             On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Joel Sherrill <
>>>> joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com <mailto:joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com> <mailto:
>>>> joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com <mailto:joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                  On September 17, 2015 8:26:41 AM CDT, "Marcos Díaz" <
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com <mailto:
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com> <mailto:
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com <mailto:
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com>>> wrote:
>>>>                  >Hi,
>>>>                  >
>>>>                  >How did you see the revision number? if you are using
>>>> u-boot you can
>>>>                  >pause the start and write printenv and enter to see
>>>> that:
>>>>                  >
>>>>                  >
>>>>                  >board=am335x
>>>>                  >board_name=A335BNLT
>>>>                  >board_rev=00C0
>>>>                  >
>>>>                  >
>>>>                  >This is in my version.
>>>>                  >
>>>>                  >Please tell me so I can check if is the revision, or
>>>> perhaps is
>>>>                  >something else in u-boot initialization.
>>>>                  >
>>>>                  >
>>>>                  >For the question Joel asked there is a way:
>>>>                  >
>>>>                  >
>>>> http://dumb-looks-free.blogspot.com.ar/2014/05/beaglebone-black-bbb-revision-serial.html
>>>>                  >
>>>>                  >apparently, in the eeprom thorugh i2c it is recorded.
>>>> But first we must
>>>>                  >confirm that is a problem from the revisions, since
>>>> Ragu has the
>>>>                  >problem in a rev C.
>>>>
>>>>                  Does the SoC itself have a revision number we can
>>>> read? It may be that newer boards have a newer CPU.
>>>>
>>>>                   >Greetings
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Joel Sherrill
>>>>                   ><joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com <mailto:
>>>> joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com> <mailto:joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com <mailto:
>>>> joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com>>> wrote:
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >On 9/16/2015 2:41 PM, ragu nath wrote:
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >Hi Marcos,
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >Great news! I did not  find any solution to the
>>>> issue. I have a REV C
>>>>                   >board from element14. Is this the same board you are
>>>> using?  In my
>>>>                   >board I saw the issue.
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >Does this have anything to do with the patch you
>>>> submitted [PATCH]
>>>>                   >Beaglebone: fix missing clobber in inline assembly.
>>>>                   >
>>>> https://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/devel/2015-September/012531.html
>>>>                   >I have not yet tested with this patch.
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >The freebsd driver is working with cache disabled.
>>>> If possible pls
>>>>                   >check if it is working with cache enabled in your
>>>> board.
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >If this is a board revision related issue, is there
>>>> a way
>>>>                   >programmatically to
>>>>                   >know which revision the board is? That way the BSP
>>>> could auto-detect
>>>>                   >the right
>>>>                   >thing to do. Otherwise, we may be looking at a BSP
>>>> variant or a build
>>>>                   >option.
>>>>                   >I would rather avoid those if we can auto-detect.
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >--joel
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >Thanks,
>>>>                   >Ragunath
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Marcos Díaz
>>>>                   ><marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com <mailto:
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com> <mailto:
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com <mailto:
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com>>
>>>>                   ><mailto:marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com <mailto:
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com> <mailto:
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com <mailto:
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com>>>> wrote:
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >    Hi Ragu,
>>>>                   >I wanted to know if you were able to see something
>>>> else about the
>>>>                   >problem we had in the BBB when using LWIP and
>>>> enabling cache ( the
>>>>                   >program freezes).
>>>>                   >I can tell you that here we were using BBB rev. A5C
>>>> and had this
>>>>                   >problem, but now we could test this with a BBB Rev
>>>> C, and it
>>>>                   >successfully works with cache enabled (using the
>>>> same sdcard in both
>>>>                   >boards, one works and the other doesn't).
>>>>                   >    Greetings
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >    --
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>>>>                   >    Marcos Díaz
>>>>                   >
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>>>>                   >
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>>>>                   >
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>>>>                   >
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>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >--
>>>>                   >ragu
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >--
>>>>                   >Joel Sherrill, Ph.D.             Director of
>>>> Research & Development
>>>>                   >joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com        On-Line
>>>> Applications Research
>>>>                   >Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS  Huntsville AL 35805
>>>>                   >Support Available                (256) 722-9985
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >--
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >______________________________
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >Marcos Díaz
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >Software Engineer
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >San Lorenzo 47, 3rd Floor, Office 5
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >Córdoba, Argentina
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >Phone: +54 351 4217888 / +54 351 4218211/ +54 351
>>>> 7617452
>>>>                   >
>>>>                   >Skype: markdiaz22
>>>>
>>>>                  --joel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             --
>>>>
>>>>             ______________________________
>>>>
>>>>             <http://www.tallertechnologies.com>
>>>>
>>>>             *
>>>>             *
>>>>
>>>>             Marcos Díaz
>>>>
>>>>             Software Engineer
>>>>
>>>>             *
>>>>             *
>>>>
>>>>             San Lorenzo 47, 3rd Floor, Office 5
>>>>
>>>>             Córdoba, Argentina
>>>>
>>>>             *
>>>>             *
>>>>
>>>>             Phone:+54 351 4217888 / +54 351 4218211/ +54 351 7617452
>>>>
>>>>             Skype:markdiaz22
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         --
>>>>         Joel Sherrill, Ph.D.             Director of Research &
>>>> Development
>>>>         joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com        On-Line Applications Research
>>>>         Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS  Huntsville AL 35805
>>>>         Support Available                (256) 722-9985
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     --
>>>>
>>>>     ______________________________
>>>>
>>>>     <http://www.tallertechnologies.com>
>>>>
>>>>     *
>>>>     *
>>>>
>>>>     Marcos Díaz
>>>>
>>>>     Software Engineer
>>>>
>>>>     *
>>>>     *
>>>>
>>>>     San Lorenzo 47, 3rd Floor, Office 5
>>>>
>>>>     Córdoba, Argentina
>>>>
>>>>     *
>>>>     *
>>>>
>>>>     Phone:+54 351 4217888 / +54 351 4218211/ +54 351 7617452
>>>>
>>>>     Skype:markdiaz22
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> ______________________________
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.tallertechnologies.com>
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>> Marcos Díaz
>>>>
>>>> Software Engineer
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>> San Lorenzo 47, 3rd Floor, Office 5
>>>>
>>>> Córdoba, Argentina
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>> Phone:+54 351 4217888 / +54 351 4218211/ +54 351 7617452
>>>>
>>>> Skype:markdiaz22
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Joel Sherrill, Ph.D.             Director of Research & Development
>>> joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com        On-Line Applications Research
>>> Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS  Huntsville AL 35805
>>> Support Available                (256) 722-9985
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> ______________________________
>>
>> <http://www.tallertechnologies.com>
>>
>>
>> Marcos Díaz
>>
>> Software Engineer
>>
>>
>> San Lorenzo 47, 3rd Floor, Office 5
>>
>> Córdoba, Argentina
>>
>>
>> Phone: +54 351 4217888 / +54 351 4218211/ +54 351 7617452
>>
>> Skype: markdiaz22
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> ______________________________
>
> <http://www.tallertechnologies.com>
>
>
> Marcos Díaz
>
> Software Engineer
>
>
> San Lorenzo 47, 3rd Floor, Office 5
>
> Córdoba, Argentina
>
>
> Phone: +54 351 4217888 / +54 351 4218211/ +54 351 7617452
>
> Skype: markdiaz22
>
>


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