TCP/IP crash at init dma for init Ip

Kernel
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Hello, everybody,

I have successfully integrated the FreeRTOS kernel and a Hello World program is also running successfully. After that I have integrated the FreeRTOS-Plus-TCP into my project.

Now to my problem:
When I run the IPInit() function and it tries to set up the DMA for Ethernet communication and initialize the uncached memory, I end up in the FreeRTOS_abort and the program gets stuck.

I am using a Zynq UltraScale+ with the cortexR5 processor

Does anyone have any idea what this could be due to?

Thanks in advance
Philipp

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Hi Philipp, I have only seen FreeRTOS+TCP running on MicroZed and on a Zybo board. Both had a cortex A9. I’m not sure what the differences will be with your cortex R5.

Did you use the existing driver, found here ?

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Hello Hein,

thank you for your quick response.

Yes I use the drivers

void Xil_DataAbortHandler(void *CallBackRef){
(void) CallBackRef;

while(1) {
	; ---- at this point my code stuck. 
}

}

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Any idea at which point in the this exception occurs?
And why? Invalid memory? Memory not suitable for DMA? Bad alignment?

Are you also using the source file uncached_memory.c? Doesn’t that module need some adaption for you CPU? Is it returning valid, uncached memory?

In the past there were some FreeRTOS posts about Xil_DataAbortHandler(): here and here.

Not sure if that is of any use.

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Any idea at which point in the this exception occurs?

in x_emacpsif_dma.c the function init_dma() calls:

  • xemacpsif->rxSegments = ( struct xBD_TYPE * )( pucGetUncachedMemory ( xRxSize ) );

  • in uncached_memory.c the function *pucGetUncachedMemory( ulSize ) calls:
    vInitialiseUncachedMemory();

  • and there he jump into the memset( pucStartofMemory, ‘\0’, uncMEMOORY_SIZE);

and there it happend

i changed in the C-file uncached_memory.c

  • #define DDR_MEMORY_END (XPAR_PS7_DDR_0_S_AXI_HIGHADDR+1)

to

  • #define DDR_MEMORY_END (XPAR_PSU_R5_DDR_0_S_AXI_HIGHADDR+1)
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So I guess that you can solve it now? Later we can make some #ifdef to set the correct memory addresses.

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Unfortunately, no.

I don’t know what it could be.

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and there he jump into the memset( pucStartofMemory, ‘\0’, uncMEMOORY_SIZE);

Could you look up the value of the pointer pucStartofMemory ?
Check if that memory location indeed exists and if there are at least uncMEMOORY_SIZE bytes?

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Could you look up the value of the pointer pucStartofMemory ?

  • The value of pucStartofMemory is Hex: 00200000, Dec: 2097152

Check if that memory location indeed exists and if there are at least uncMEMOORY_SIZE bytes?

  • When I look at the memory range from 0x00200000 to 0x00300000, there are now ‘?’
    with #define uncMEMORY_SIZE 0x100000uL
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Can you check the memory map of your CPU? Does it have DRAM installed had mentioned addresses?

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Can you check the memory map of your CPU? Does it have DRAM installed had mentioned addresses?

  • I am not sure, where i can find that, i’m sorry.

I use a module from trenz electronics te0820 + carrier board te0701 REV06

maybe this is helpful.

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Hi, I was just reading your post, until it got withdrawn “by the author”. Next time please just write a new post, saying that the problem is solved.
Also I’m curious how you solved it. Thanks!

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Hi Hein,

Sorry for that, but it’s not solved at this time.

I still have the same problem.

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The programmers reference for the SOC used on that board is located here:
https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/user_guides/ug1085-zynq-ultrascale-trm.pdf

Also, Xilinx SDK can create a FreeRTOS enabled project for that part. You might want to try generating a shell FreeRTOS system using SDK to see what it sets all of the memory defines to.

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I have successfully solved the problem.

the following change must be made to uncached_memory.c:

the defined size of

“UNCACHED_MEMORY_SIZE”

must be changed from 1MB to 2MB, because the minimum block size in MMU is 2MB.

from: #define UNCACHED_MEMORY_SIZE 0x100000ul
on: #define UNCACHED_MEMORY_SIZE 0x200000ul

and as a further point the attribute must be changed.

from: Xil_SetTlbAttributes( ( uint32_t )pucStartOfMemory, 0x1c02);
to: Xil_SetTlbAttributes( ( uint32_t )pucStartOfMemory, 0x409UL );

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But now I have another problem.
He won’t boot up the network.