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From 07/27/2011 to 08/25/2011

08/22/2011

GG 03:12 PM Software Development: RE: Transfer files to card from PC via usb ? instead of ethernet ?
What modules are missing exactly? In the kernel menuconfig you can elect to "Enable loadable module support" and then include certain drivers as modules (select M instead of Y in the menuconfig). Perhaps you changed this when rebuilding ... Gregory Gluszek
TN 02:51 PM Software Development: RE: Transfer files to card from PC via usb ? instead of ethernet ?
Thank you. I downloaded Tera Term and it worked !
sorry to bother you - one last question. I noticed that after kernel installation using the uImage I built, the modules are missing. How can I make sure the drivers (.ko) files get into ...
Thomas Nagel
GG 11:42 AM Software Development: RE: Transfer files to card from PC via usb ? instead of ethernet ?
What program are you using for terminal access?
I just tested with Tera Term Professional Version 4.57, using the default Kermit settings, and the Kermit transfer seems to have worked fine:
Gregory Gluszek
TN 11:20 AM Software Development: RE: Transfer files to card from PC via usb ? instead of ethernet ?
Thank you. I built the image according to instructions (added USB storage support)
http://support.criticallink.com/redmine/projects/arm9-platforms/wiki/Linux_Kernel
On the terminal , I typed
U-Boot> loadb
## Read for binary (kermit)...
Thomas Nagel

08/19/2011

MW 01:40 PM Software Development: RE: Transfer files to card from PC via usb ? instead of ethernet ?
You will need to rebuild the kernel (and install it on your system) such that it supports USB mass storage devices and ensure that the FAT filesystem is enabled.
You can download a new kernel image (painful, I understand) to run out o...
Michael Williamson
TN 01:33 PM Software Development: RE: Transfer files to card from PC via usb ? instead of ethernet ?
Thank you very much for the information. After using USB 1.1 port as host port, connecting a USB flash drive, I have problem as described here : http://support.criticallink.com/redmine/boards/10/topics/666
lsmod shows empty list and the...
Thomas Nagel
MW 07:29 AM Software Development: RE: Transfer files to card from PC via usb ? instead of ethernet ?
USB support for the OMAP-L138 is fully described in the User Guides provided by the TI on it's "OMAP-L138 Processor":http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/omap-l138.html web page.
USB1 (pins 23,25) is a HOST only USB 1.1 complia...
Michael Williamson

08/18/2011

TN 03:33 PM Software Development: RE: Transfer files to card from PC via usb ? instead of ethernet ?
Hi,
USB stick is not connected. It is a USB cable only.
The configuration is like this :
UART to USB via FT232R : This works..able to login as root.
USB1 pins 23,25 pinhead to USB : This connection does not get recognized when c...
Thomas Nagel
MW 02:46 PM Software Development: RE: Transfer files to card from PC via usb ? instead of ethernet ?
Can you provide a reference schematic to your baseboard?
Do you have a USB memory stick connected to one of the two ports?
-Mike
Michael Williamson
TN 02:16 PM Software Development: Transfer files to card from PC via usb ? instead of ethernet ?
Hi,
I have two USB cables connected to baseboard.
Using one, I am able to connect to console and login root@mitydspl138
dmesg output is here :
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driv...
Thomas Nagel

08/17/2011

TN 06:33 PM Software Development: RE: MityDSP GUI
Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the confusion.
We have our own baseboard with mitydsp connected to it. Using UART to USB it is now detected on the PC. Thanks for the help.
Thomas Nagel
MW 12:53 PM Software Development: RE: MityDSP GUI
Hi Thomas,
I'm a little confused. The MItyDSP-L138 card is a "system on module (SOM) or computer on module (COM) ":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-on-module, not a "single board computer (SBC) ":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin...
Michael Williamson
TN 12:41 PM Software Development: RE: MityDSP GUI
Hi Mike, Thanks for the reply. We do not have the baseboard. Only the mitydsp-l138 card. Can we still communicate with it directly ? For example, USB to ethernet ? Is that possible ?
Thanks.
TN
Thomas Nagel
MW 07:33 AM Software Development: RE: MityDSP GUI
The Industrial I/O card (the MityDSP-L138 development kit baseboard) should have come with a 10 pin ribbon to DB-9 connector. That plugs into the connector next to the power input terminals. The interface requires a NULL modem serial c... Michael Williamson

08/15/2011

TN 05:08 PM Software Development: RE: MityDSP GUI
Yes, we have OMAPL138 product. Is there a user interface that works with this card ?
We are trying to use UART interface to communicate.
Thomas Nagel
TC 05:02 PM Software Development: RE: MityDSP GUI
Hi Thomas -
The MityDSP GUI is used only with our 6711 and 6455 based product. I believe you have an OMAPL138 or AM1808 based product, is this correct?
Thank you -
Tom
Thomas Catalino
TN 04:58 PM Software Development: MityDSP GUI
Hi,
Is the MityDSP GUI , part of hardware shipment ? or do we have to buy it separately ? Can I download it from criticallink ?
Thanks
TN.
Thomas Nagel
TI 02:43 PM Software Development: RE: Eclipse CDT Builder problem when set up for cross compile
Fred,
There's a good chance that your bashrc file is no being read when you start it from the launcher. I don't remember the exact rules, but you may need to put the setup in your .bash_profile instead.
Tim Iskander
FW 02:35 PM Software Development: RE: Eclipse CDT Builder problem when set up for cross compile
The angstrom environment-setup script is run at the end of my .bashrc file.
Running Eclipse from a shell known to "work" does indeed allow the cross compiler to run. When Eclipse is started using the Gnome launcher, it does not work.....
Fred Weiser
GG 01:50 PM Software Development: RE: Eclipse CDT Builder problem when set up for cross compile
Hi Fred,
Where are you running the angstrom environment-setup script? We typically add this to the end of our bashrc and things work fine.
Also, how are you starting up Eclipse? Have you tried launching it from a terminal (where y...
Gregory Gluszek
FW 01:36 PM Software Development: Eclipse CDT Builder problem when set up for cross compile
Hi.
I am getting the following error when attempting to build a project in Eclipse. I am not using CL's VM - my Eclipse version is 3.5.2 running on Ubuntu, and the cross compiler tool chain was installed per the CL wiki:
**** Inter...
Fred Weiser

08/12/2011

MW 07:07 AM FPGA Development: RE: 372 MHz
Hi Rob,
In general, running at different EMIFA bus rates should be OK as long as you keep in mind the following points:
1) In general, it is best to configure your new frequency before loading your FPGA. If the FPGA is using a DCM...
Michael Williamson

08/11/2011

TI 06:23 PM Software Development: RE: git connection
Thomas
We were having some issues with our server earlier today. It should be all better now.
cheers
/Tim
Tim Iskander
TN 05:23 PM Software Development: git connection
Hi,
How are you doing ?
I was following the steps listed here:
http://support.criticallink.com/redmine/projects/arm9-platforms/wiki/Linux_Build_VM
but had problems with step 7. The git connection gets refused. The port 9418 is open....
Thomas Nagel
RG 04:51 PM FPGA Development: 372 MHz
Hello,
I am running my L138 CPU at 372 MHz, which results in the EMIFA bus running at 93MHz instead of 100 MHZ.
I reused Critical Link supplied VHDL code for the EMIFA bus core. Are there any changes needed in this core to accommo...
Rob Gillis

08/09/2011

ML 03:38 PM Software Development: RE: Using the EMIFA to read/write FPGA registers
It worked! I changed to 0x40 and used 16 bit numbers. Here's the new code that worked-
UInt32 *Fpga_mem_ptr = (unsigned int *)0x66000040; //use CS5
UInt16 Fpga_mem_write = 0x45678932;
UInt16 Fpga_mem_read;
*Fpga_mem_ptr = Fpga_...
Marc Lichtman
MW 02:30 PM Software Development: RE: Using the EMIFA to read/write FPGA registers
Well, OK.
If you are using our framework with the base module, the address at offset zero corresponds to a read only register.
Try offset 0x40, which corresponds to a scratch RAM we implemented in the FPGA. You should also (though...
Michael Williamson
ML 02:09 PM Software Development: RE: Using the EMIFA to read/write FPGA registers
I tried to use the following code to write and read from a register. I used both CS4 and CS5 (0x64000000 and 0x66000000 respectively)
UInt32 *Fpga_mem_ptr = (unsigned int *)0x64000000;
UInt32 Fpga_mem_write = 0x45678932; ...
Marc Lichtman
ML 12:19 PM Software Development: RE: Using the EMIFA to read/write FPGA registers
Well the wiki says CS5 is used for the DSP, but when I look at the VHDL it says CS4. Marc Lichtman
MW 12:15 PM Software Development: RE: Using the EMIFA to read/write FPGA registers
Marc,
Are you using CS4 or CS5?
0x66000000 corresponds to CS5.
-Mike
Michael Williamson
ML 12:04 PM Software Development: RE: Using the EMIFA to read/write FPGA registers
So does the EMIFA just run in the background and constantly refresh the values? Or does it perform an action when you go to read a value from DSP memory? Marc Lichtman
GG 11:55 AM Software Development: RE: Using the EMIFA to read/write FPGA registers
Hi Marc,
The FPGA registers are memory mapped starting at DSP address 0x66000000. The registers for each additional core start at subsequent offsets of 0x80.
\Greg
Gregory Gluszek
ML 11:39 AM Software Development: Using the EMIFA to read/write FPGA registers
Hey All,
I am trying to access the FPGA registers using the EMIFA, but I am having trouble finding documentation explaining the basics of how to tell the EMIFA to read a register in the FPGA. I'm using the DSP core of the OMAPL138, w...
Marc Lichtman
CM 03:36 PM Software Development: RE: continual reboot
@sfh_OMAP-L138 -erase -p COM7@ worked!! Craig Meyers
MW 03:00 PM Software Development: RE: continual reboot
Should. You'll need to reflash again the u-Boot and UBL. Give it a try. (good catch, BTW).
-Mike
Michael Williamson
CM 02:49 PM Software Development: RE: continual reboot
Would this work?
sfh_OMAP-L138 -erase
help sez:
Global erase of the flash memory device (no input files)
Craig Meyers
MW 02:46 PM Software Development: RE: continual reboot
Argh. The SPI reprogramming doesn't wipe the u-Boot environment or the FPGA environment, so it just picks back up where it left off. I think we need to update the flashing utility to wipe the u-Boot environment and/or the FLASH environ... Michael Williamson
CM 02:41 PM Software Development: RE: continual reboot
Control-C does not work. Tried in both HyperTerminal and Putty.
Also tried dead board instructions with seemingly successful results but still got the autoboot loop:
(AIS Parse): BOOTME received!
(AIS Parse): Performing Start-Word...
Craig Meyers
MW 02:33 PM Software Development: RE: continual reboot
Try hitting control-C continuously while booting. If that does not work, you can use the "programming a dead board" technique using the UART loader to reflash the SPI from the ground up. I think that control-C should work for you, thou... Michael Williamson
CM 02:17 PM Software Development: continual reboot
Hi,
I modified the FPGA code and during the write the board rebooted.
I had bootfpga set to load the fpga automatically on boot so now I'm stuck.
How do I break this infinite reboot loop?
HyperTerminal session looks like this:
...
Craig Meyers

08/08/2011

GG 10:59 AM Software Development: RE: Mounting USB Flash Memory (mitydspl138)
Hi Fred,
Most likely the *USB Mass Storage support* option is not selected in the config for the kernel you're using.
Once this is enabled the USB flash drive should be automatically mounted to a directory in /media/ when it's plug...
Gregory Gluszek

08/05/2011

FW 05:26 PM Software Development: Mounting USB Flash Memory (mitydspl138)
I have the mitydspl138, baseboard, and the standard Critical Link Linux kernel. When I plug a usb flash drive into the type A slot, I get a log message:
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci and address 18
However, it does ...
Fred Weiser

08/03/2011

MW 10:17 AM FPGA Development: RE: Programming the FPGA
The pwm.ngc should be included in the 2011-08-01 MDK release (just published).
-Mike
Michael Williamson
CM 09:41 AM FPGA Development: RE: Programming the FPGA
I successfully built this project but I had to comment out anything related to pwm. Seems I do not have the pwm.ngc netlist file. Also generated the correct .bin file same as what you guys provided. Craig Meyers

07/29/2011

CM 11:37 AM FPGA Development: RE: Programming the FPGA
Thanks Mike. I picked up the common VHDL files with no trouble.
However, when I tried to add a netlist file (.ngc?), I got an error that indicates a different FPGA than I have (for which the project was built).
How can I get the co...
Craig Meyers
MW 07:30 AM FPGA Development: RE: Programming the FPGA
Hi Craig,
Yeah, the Xilinx ISE file format really doesn't use relative path names very well.
As far as the VHDL, all of the common/base VHDL needed to build the top level (EMIF interface, the base module, the core_version module, e...
Michael Williamson

07/27/2011

MW 05:28 PM Software Development: RE: NAND controller, EDMA3 and EMIFA priorities
Hi Mads,
I'm not sure there is much more you can do than what is already configured.
You might consider cross posting this over on "TI's E2E site":http://e2e.ti.com/?DCMP=E2E_E2E_E2E&CMP=KNC-GoogleTI&247SEM, as this is sort of a ge...
Michael Williamson
MC 05:15 PM Software Development: NAND controller, EDMA3 and EMIFA priorities
Hi
I have a few questions regarding the NAND flash and EMIFA.
From the EDMA priority settings below (which I just dumped directly from the registers)
MSTPRI0 = 0x44442222
MSTPRI1 = 0x44440000
MSTPRI2 = 0x54604404
It seems EDM...
Mads Lind Christiansen
MC 05:05 PM Software Development: RE: Mapping code to IRAM
Hi Mark
You could try the #pragma CODE_SECTION(<function name>, "mysect") (In C++ you omit the function name and places the pragma before the declaration). You will probably have to define your own section in the CMD file.
Look at ...
Mads Lind Christiansen
 

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