MCF5485EVB Board Console problems

Joel Sherrill joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com
Tue May 1 16:03:06 UTC 2012


On 05/01/2012 10:56 AM, Chris Xenophontos wrote:
> Thomas,
> I have the sample applications, but nothing seems to run.  I can only
> get our application to run if I do not enable CONSOLE_DRIVER
> and use printk.  All startup code, etc built from RTEMS BSP, etc runs
> as expected.
OK. That means your app isn't the only thing not working. :)
> I believe we have the real mcf5484FireEngine board, according to docs
> that were delivered with the board:
> dBUG>  reset
> ColdFire MCF548X on the M5485EVB
> Firmware v4a.1a.1d (Built on Dec  6 2004 11:50:38)
> Copyright 1995-2004 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
> Enter 'help' for help.
> dBUG>
If this worked on a previous RTEMS release, is there any chance,
the method to get the clock rate for the UART changed and is broken
now.

If this BSP has polled and interrupt driven mode, does polling mode work?

--joel

> thanks
> Chris
>
> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Thomas Doerfler
> <Thomas.Doerfler at embedded-brains.de>  wrote:
>> Chris,
>>
>> can you successfully execute one of the "sample" applications built for
>> this board, like "ticker.exe" ?
>> These applications should be present in your "install" tree since you
>> haven't disabled them explicitly in your configure line.
>>
>> Are you working with a real "mcf5484FireEngine" board or is it different
>> in some areas?
>>
>> Which boot monitor do you use?
>>
>> wkr,
>> Thomas.
>>
>> Am 01.05.2012 17:19, schrieb Chris Xenophontos:
>>> The problem occurs regardless if CONFIGURE_TERMIOS_DISABLED is #defined or not.
>>> We've repeatedly tried it both ways.
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Chris Xenophontos
>>> <cxenophontos at hammers.com>  wrote:
>>>> The problem occurs regardless if CONFIGURE_TERMIOS_DISABLED is #defined or not.
>>>> We've repeatedly tried it both ways.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Joel Sherrill
>>>> <joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com>  wrote:
>>>>> You can't disable TERMIOS and have a working console driver.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 05/01/2012 09:41 AM, Chris Xenophontos wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> In continuing to port a previous application to an MCF5485EVB board
>>>>>> with RTEMS 4.10.2,
>>>>>> We're having problems initializing the console. Currently, we
>>>>>> successfully configured as follows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ./rtems-4.10.2/configure --target=m68k-rtems4.10
>>>>>> --enable-rtemsbsp=m5484FireEngine --prefix=/opt/rtems-4.10
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gmake RTEMS_BSP="m5484FireEngine" install
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The problem is that when CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CONSOLE_DRIVER is
>>>>>> #defined,
>>>>>> Either the application is not initializing, or no output is sent
>>>>>> through serial port.  Only way to get any
>>>>>> messages to console window is to use printk.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The snipped below had previously worked as shown, on MCF5235 board
>>>>>> with RTEMS 4.9 - no issues with console.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is additional configuration required for m5484FireEngine BSP?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>> Chris Xenophontos
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> include<stdio.h>
>>>>>> #include<stdlib.h>
>>>>>> #include<rtems.h>
>>>>>> #include<bsp.h>
>>>>>> #include<unistd.h>
>>>>>> #include<rtems/rtems_bsdnet.h>
>>>>>> #include "networkconfig.h"
>>>>>> #include "tids.h"
>>>>>> #include "pids.h"
>>>>>> #include "ostasks.h"
>>>>>> #include "debug.h"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rtems_task Init( rtems_task_argument ignored );
>>>>>> extern int myAppMain( void );
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rtems_task Init( rtems_task_argument ignored )
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> // !! forced to use prink - #defining
>>>>>> CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CONSOLE_DRIVER won't initialize - see
>>>>>> below
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      printk( "\n\n\nMMS Trainer Initializing...\n" );
>>>>>>      printk( "\n*** RTEMS Info ***" );
>>>>>>      printk( "\n" );
>>>>>>      printk( "\nsizeof( Objects_Control *):               0x%08X", (
>>>>>> unsigned int )sizeof( Objects_Control *));
>>>>>>      printk( "\nsizeof( rtems_name *):                    0x%08X", (
>>>>>> unsigned int )sizeof( rtems_name *));
>>>>>>      printk( "\nsizeof( rtems_name ):                     0x%08X", (
>>>>>> unsigned int )sizeof( rtems_name  ));
>>>>>>      printk( "\n" );
>>>>>>      printk( "\nsizeof(Thread_Control):                   0x%08X", (
>>>>>> unsigned int )sizeof(Thread_Control ));
>>>>>>      printk( "\nCONTEXT_FP_SIZE:                          0x%08X", (
>>>>>> unsigned int )CONTEXT_FP_SIZE );
>>>>>>      printk( "\nSTACK_MINIMUM_SIZE:                       0x%08X",
>>>>>> STACK_MINIMUM_SIZE );
>>>>>>      printk( "\nsizeof( RTEMS_API_Control ):              0x%08X", (
>>>>>> unsigned int )sizeof( RTEMS_API_Control ));
>>>>>>      printk( "\n" );
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      rtems_bsdnet_initialize_network();
>>>>>>      rtems_bsdnet_show_inet_routes ();
>>>>>> rtems_bsdnet_show_mbuf_stats ();
>>>>>> rtems_bsdnet_show_if_stats ();
>>>>>> rtems_bsdnet_show_ip_stats ();
>>>>>> rtems_bsdnet_show_icmp_stats ();
>>>>>> rtems_bsdnet_show_udp_stats ();
>>>>>> rtems_bsdnet_show_tcp_stats ();
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      #ifdef STACK_DEBUG
>>>>>>      Stack_check_Initialize();
>>>>>>      #endif
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      printk( "\nEntering xmain....\n" );
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      myAppMain();  /* application, startup, etc */
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      exit ( 0 );
>>>>>> };
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /////////////////////
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #define TASK_INTLEVEL 0
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_INIT
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_INIT_TASK_ATTRIBUTES ( RTEMS_FLOATING_POINT |
>>>>>> RTEMS_PREEMPT | RTEMS_NO_TIMESLICE | RTEMS_ASR |
>>>>>> RTEMS_INTERRUPT_LEVEL(TASK_INTLEVEL))
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_TASKS               20
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_TIMERS               3
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_SEMAPHORES          20
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_QUEUES      24
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_INIT_TASK_STACK_SIZE (10*1024)
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_INIT_TASK_PRIORITY   120
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_INIT_TASK_INITIAL_MODES (RTEMS_PREEMPT | \
>>>>>>                                             RTEMS_NO_TIMESLICE | \
>>>>>>                                             RTEMS_NO_ASR | \
>>>>>>                                             RTEMS_INTERRUPT_LEVEL(0))
>>>>>>
>>>>>> //#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_DEVICES       4
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_DRIVERS              3
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #define ADA_TASKS  0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_RTEMS_INIT_TASKS_TABLE
>>>>>> //#define CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CONSOLE_DRIVER    !!!! no
>>>>>> initialization/console output when defined !!!
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CLOCK_DRIVER
>>>>>>
>>>>>> // #define CONFIGURE_USE_IMFS_AS_BASE_FILESYSTEM
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_LIBIO_MAXIMUM_FILE_DESCRIPTORS    4   /* 30 */
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_MICROSECONDS_PER_TICK        10000
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #define CONFIGURE_TERMIOS_DISABLED
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #ifdef STACK_DEBUG
>>>>>> #define STACK_CHECKER_ON
>>>>>> #endif
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #include<rtems/confdefs.h>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #define NETWORK_TASK_PRIORITY 80
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>> joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com        On-Line Applications Research
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