Clock not running (was Re: RTEMS4.7 and its tool chain (Re: powerpc mvme5500 clock off by factor of 150))

[Peter Dufault]

On Mar 8, 2005, at 4:34 PM, Peter Dufault wrote:

> OK, I zeroed the three registers after the loop.  The front panel LED 
> is still lit at about 1/2 intensity, and the only place it is accessed 
> is when I xor it in C_dispatch_irq_handler right near the bottom when 
> it is calling rtems_hdl_tbl[irq].hdl() for the case "irq==56", which 
> is the serial port interrupt.  So I think it is always going through 
> that interrupt.
>
>

I think I'm wrong about this.  Because the last interrupt that goes out 
will be a FIFO empty interrupt when any serial I/O happens I think I'm 
seeing that and imagining things.  I think Kate might be right that the 
best way to solve this is get a 4.6 version working with the older 
tools and then move forward, which I don't have time for.

I'm not sure what's up, as I said, at least at entry to the "ticker" 
tasks I'm seeing that the processor interrupts are enabled in the MSR, 
the board TBEN is enabled via its I/O register, the processor TBEN is 
enabled in HID0, and the decrement counter is set to be loaded with 
333330, and now that I've enabled irq->on() for processor exceptions it 
is, so I don't know why I don't get the interrupts every 10ms unless a 
higher priority exception is pending.  Can any PPC experts suggest 
something else?  What's a good way to determine if this is happening?

I'll put this on hold unless I think of something.

Peter

Peter Dufault
HD Associates, Inc.