Portenta: split flash via menus

* Relocate SDRAM at 0x60000000 to make it executable without touching the MPU * Patch mbed-os-to-arduino to automatically patch the linker scripts

boards.txt

@@ -43,16 +43,25 @@ edge_control.bootloader.file=EDGE_CONTROL/bootloader.hex
 
 ##############################################################
 
+menu.split=Flash split
+
 envie_m7.name=Arduino Portenta H7 (M7 core)
 envie_m7.build.core=arduino
 envie_m7.build.crossprefix=arm-none-eabi-
 envie_m7.build.compiler_path={runtime.tools.arm-none-eabi-gcc-7-2017q4.path}/bin/
 
+envie_m7.menu.split.50_50=1MB M7 + 1MB M4
+envie_m7.menu.split.75_25=1.5MB M7 + 0.5MB M4
+envie_m7.menu.split.100_0=2MB M7 + M4 in SDRAM
+
 envie_m7.build.variant=PORTENTA_H7_M7
 envie_m7.build.mcu=cortex-m7
 envie_m7.build.fpu=-mfpu=fpv5-d16
 envie_m7.build.float-abi=-mfloat-abi=softfp
 envie_m7.build.extra_flags=
+envie_m7.menu.split.50_50.build.extra_ldflags=-DCM4_BINARY_START=0x08100000
+envie_m7.menu.split.75_25.build.extra_ldflags=-DCM4_BINARY_START=0x08180000
+envie_m7.menu.split.100_0.build.extra_ldflags=-DCM4_BINARY_START=0x60000000
 envie_m7.build.architecture=cortex-m7
 envie_m7.build.board=PORTENTA_H7_M7
 envie_m7.build.ldscript=linker_script.ld
@@ -81,7 +90,9 @@ envie_m7.upload.interface=0
 envie_m7.upload.use_1200bps_touch=true
 envie_m7.upload.wait_for_upload_port=true
 envie_m7.upload.native_usb=true
-envie_m7.upload.maximum_size=786432
+envie_m7.menu.split.50_50.upload.maximum_size=786432
+envie_m7.menu.split.75_25.upload.maximum_size=1441792
+envie_m7.menu.split.100_0.upload.maximum_size=1966080
 envie_m7.upload.maximum_data_size=523624
 
 envie_m7.debug.tool=gdb
@@ -105,11 +116,18 @@ envie_m4.build.core=arduino
 envie_m4.build.crossprefix=arm-none-eabi-
 envie_m4.build.compiler_path={runtime.tools.arm-none-eabi-gcc-7-2017q4.path}/bin/
 
+envie_m4.menu.split.50_50=1MB M7 + 1MB M4
+envie_m4.menu.split.75_25=1.5MB M7 + 0.5MB M4
+envie_m4.menu.split.100_0=2MB M7 + M4 in SDRAM
+
 envie_m4.build.variant=PORTENTA_H7_M4
 envie_m4.build.mcu=cortex-m4
 envie_m4.build.fpu=-mfpu=fpv4-sp-d16
 envie_m4.build.float-abi=-mfloat-abi=softfp
 envie_m4.build.extra_flags=
+envie_m4.menu.split.50_50.build.extra_ldflags=-DCM4_BINARY_START=0x08100000 -DCM4_BINARY_END=0x08200000
+envie_m4.menu.split.75_25.build.extra_ldflags=-DCM4_BINARY_START=0x08180000 -DCM4_BINARY_END=0x08200000
+envie_m4.menu.split.100_0.build.extra_ldflags=-DCM4_BINARY_START=0x60000000 -DCM4_BINARY_END=0x60040000 -DCM4_RAM_END=0x60080000
 envie_m4.build.architecture=cortex-m4
 envie_m4.build.board=PORTENTA_H7_M4
 envie_m4.build.ldscript=linker_script.ld
@@ -132,12 +150,17 @@ envie_m4.upload.vid=0x2341
 envie_m4.upload.pid=0x035b
 envie_m4.upload.protocol=
 envie_m4.upload.transport=
-envie_m4.upload.address=0x08100000
 envie_m4.upload.interface=0
 envie_m4.upload.use_1200bps_touch=true
 envie_m4.upload.wait_for_upload_port=true
 envie_m4.upload.native_usb=true
-envie_m4.upload.maximum_size=1048576
+envie_m4.menu.split.50_50.upload.address=0x08100000
+envie_m4.menu.split.75_25.upload.address=0x08180000
+#make loading the M4 in this way fail - the user needs to provide a file via mass storage or similar interfaces
+envie_m4.menu.split.100_0.upload.address=
+envie_m4.menu.split.50_50.upload.maximum_size=1048576
+envie_m4.menu.split.75_25.upload.maximum_size=524288
+envie_m4.menu.split.100_0.upload.maximum_size=524288
 envie_m4.upload.maximum_data_size=294248
 
 envie_m4.debug.tool=gdb

libraries/KernelDebug/src/KernelDebug.cpp

@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static const char g_memoryMapXml[] = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>"
  "<memory type=\"ram\" start=\"0x58026000\" length=\"0x800\"> </memory>"
  "<memory type=\"ram\" start=\"0x58027000\" length=\"0x400\"> </memory>"
  "<memory type=\"flash\" start=\"0x90000000\" length=\"0x10000000\"> <property name=\"blocksize\">0x200</property></memory>"
- "<memory type=\"ram\" start=\"0xc0000000\" length=\"0x800000\"> </memory>"
+ "<memory type=\"ram\" start=\"0x60000000\" length=\"0x800000\"> </memory>"
  "</memory-map>";
 
 extern "C" uint32_t Platform_GetDeviceMemoryMapXmlSize(void)

libraries/Portenta_Camera/camera.cpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "camera.h"
 #include "stm32h7xx_hal_dcmi.h"
 
-#define CAMERA_FRAME_BUFFER 0xC0200000
+#define CAMERA_FRAME_BUFFER SDRAM_START_ADDRESS + 0x200000
 
 #define ARGB8888_BYTE_PER_PIXEL 4
 

libraries/Portenta_SDRAM/SDRAM.cpp

@@ -18,10 +18,47 @@ int SDRAMClass::begin(uint32_t start_address) {
 then enable access/caching for the size used
 */
 
+ if (SDRAM_START_ADDRESS != 0xC0000000) {
+ printf("remap ram to 0x60000000\n");
+ HAL_SetFMCMemorySwappingConfig(FMC_SWAPBMAP_SDRAM_SRAM);
+ }
+
+#if 0
+
+printf("setup mpu\n");
+ #define MPU_SDRAM_EXEC_REGION_NUMBER MPU_REGION_SDRAM1
+ #define MPU_SDRAM_REGION_TEX (0x4 << MPU_RASR_TEX_Pos) /* Cached memory */
+ #define MPU_SDRAM_EXEC_REGION_SIZE (22 << MPU_RASR_SIZE_Pos) /* 2^(22+1) = 8Mo */
+ #define MPU_SDRAM_ACCESS_PERMSSION (0x03UL << MPU_RASR_AP_Pos)
+ #define MPU_SDRAM_REGION_CACHABLE (0x01UL << MPU_RASR_C_Pos)
+ #define MPU_SDRAM_REGION_BUFFERABLE (0x01UL << MPU_RASR_B_Pos)
+
+ MPU->CTRL &= ~MPU_CTRL_ENABLE_Msk;
+ /* Configure SDARM region as first region */
+ MPU->RNR = MPU_SDRAM_EXEC_REGION_NUMBER;
+ /* Set MPU SDARM base address (0xD0000000) */
+ MPU->RBAR = SDRAM_START_ADDRESS;
+ /*
+ - Execute region: RASR[size] = 22 -> 2^(22+1) -> size 8MB
+ - Access permission: Full access: RASR[AP] = 0b011
+ - Cached memory: RASR[TEX] = 0b0100
+ - Disable the Execute Never option: to allow the code execution on SDRAM: RASR[XN] = 0
+ - Enable the region MPU: RASR[EN] = 1
+ */
+ MPU->RASR = (MPU_SDRAM_EXEC_REGION_SIZE | MPU_SDRAM_ACCESS_PERMSSION | MPU_SDRAM_REGION_TEX | \
+ MPU_RASR_ENABLE_Msk | MPU_SDRAM_REGION_BUFFERABLE) & ~MPU_RASR_XN_Msk ;
+
+ /* Enable MPU and leave the predefined regions to default configuration */
+ MPU->CTRL |= MPU_CTRL_PRIVDEFENA_Msk | MPU_CTRL_ENABLE_Msk;
+#endif
+
+#if 0
 mpu_config_start();
 mpu_config_region(MPU_REGION_SDRAM1, SDRAM_START_ADDRESS, MPU_CONFIG_DISABLE(0x00, MPU_REGION_SIZE_512MB));
 mpu_config_region(MPU_REGION_SDRAM2, SDRAM_START_ADDRESS, MPU_CONFIG_SDRAM(SDRAM_MPU_REGION_SIZE));
 mpu_config_end();
+#endif
+
 }
 
 if (start_address) {

libraries/Portenta_SDRAM/SDRAM.h

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "Arduino.h"
 
-#define SDRAM_END_ADDRESS	(0xC0800000)
-#define SDRAM_START_ADDRESS	(0xC0000000)
+#define SDRAM_END_ADDRESS	(0x60800000)
+#define SDRAM_START_ADDRESS	(0x60000000)
 
 class SDRAMClass {
 public:

libraries/Portenta_SDRAM/ram_internal.c

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static HAL_StatusTypeDef FMC_SDRAM_Clock_Config(void)
  RCC_PeriphCLKInitStruct.FmcClockSelection = RCC_FMCCLKSOURCE_PLL2;
  RCC_PeriphCLKInitStruct.PLL2.PLL2RGE = RCC_PLL1VCIRANGE_2;
  RCC_PeriphCLKInitStruct.PLL2.PLL2M = 5;
- RCC_PeriphCLKInitStruct.PLL2.PLL2N = 200;
+ RCC_PeriphCLKInitStruct.PLL2.PLL2N = 160;
  RCC_PeriphCLKInitStruct.PLL2.PLL2FRACN = 0;
  RCC_PeriphCLKInitStruct.PLL2.PLL2P = 2;
  RCC_PeriphCLKInitStruct.PLL2.PLL2R = 4;

libraries/Portenta_Video/anx7625.cpp

@@ -929,8 +929,10 @@ static void stm32_LayerInit(uint16_t LayerIndex, uint32_t FB_Address)
 HAL_LTDC_ConfigLayer(&ltdc, &Layercfg, LayerIndex);
 }
 
+#include "SDRAM.h"
+
 #define BYTES_PER_PIXEL	2
-#define FB_BASE_ADDRESS	((uint32_t)0xC0000000)
+#define FB_BASE_ADDRESS	((uint32_t)SDRAM_START_ADDRESS)
 #define FB_ADDRESS_0	(FB_BASE_ADDRESS)
 #define FB_ADDRESS_1	(FB_BASE_ADDRESS + (lcd_x_size * lcd_y_size * BYTES_PER_PIXEL))
 

libraries/RPC/RPC.cpp

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int RPC::begin() {
 
 //resource_table_load_from_flash();
 //HAL_SYSCFG_EnableCM4BOOT();
-HAL_RCCEx_EnableBootCore(RCC_BOOT_C2);
+bootM4();
 
 eventThread = new rtos::Thread(osPriorityHigh);
 eventThread->start(&eventHandler);

libraries/ThreadDebug/src/ThreadDebug.cpp

@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static const char g_memoryMapXml[] = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>"
  "<memory type=\"ram\" start=\"0x58027000\" length=\"0x400\"> </memory>"
  "<memory type=\"flash\" start=\"0x90000000\" length=\"0x10000000\"> <property name=\"blocksize\">0x200</property></memory>"
 #ifndef CORE_CM4
- "<memory type=\"ram\" start=\"0xc0000000\" length=\"0x800000\"> </memory>"
+ "<memory type=\"ram\" start=\"0x60000000\" length=\"0x800000\"> </memory>"
 #endif
  "</memory-map>";
 #endif

mbed-os-to-arduino

@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ generate_flags () {
 OPENAMP_REGIONS="__OPENAMP_region_start__ = 0x38000400;\n__OPENAMP_region_end__ = 0x38000400 + LENGTH(RAM_D3) - 1K;"
 sed -i "s?ENTRY(Reset_Handler)?${OPENAMP_REGIONS}\nENTRY(Reset_Handler)?g" $ARDUINOVARIANT/linker_script.ld
 fi
+echo "Patching linker scripts"
+sed -i 's/0x8100000/CM4_BINARY_START/g' "$ARDUINOVARIANT"/linker_script.ld
+sed -i 's/LENGTH = 0x100000/LENGTH = CM4_BINARY_END - CM4_BINARY_START/g' "$ARDUINOVARIANT"/linker_script.ld
+sed -i 's/LENGTH = 0xc0000/LENGTH = CM4_BINARY_START - 0x8040000/g' "$ARDUINOVARIANT"/linker_script.ld
 fi
 if [[ $ARDUINOVARIANT == *NANO_RP2040* ]]; then
 set +e

platform.txt

@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ compiler.define=-DARDUINO=
 
 # this can be overriden in boards.txt
 build.extra_flags=
-build.extra.startobjects=
-build.extra.endobjects=
+build.extra_ldflags=
 compiler.mbed=
 
 # These can be overridden in platform.local.txt
@@ -71,19 +70,22 @@ build.zip.pattern={recipe.size.pattern}
 # -----------------------
 
 ## Compile c files
-recipe.c.o.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.c.cmd}" {compiler.c.flags} -DARDUINO={runtime.ide.version} -DARDUINO_{build.board} -DARDUINO_ARCH_{build.arch} -DARDUINO_ARCH_MBED {build.library_discovery_phase_flag} {build.extra_flags} {compiler.c.extra_flags} "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated" "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated-avr-comp" {includes} "-iprefix{build.core.path}" "@{compiler.mbed.includes}" -o "{object_file}" "{source_file}"
+recipe.c.o.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.c.cmd}" {compiler.c.flags} -DARDUINO={runtime.ide.version} -DARDUINO_{build.board} -DARDUINO_ARCH_{build.arch} -DARDUINO_ARCH_MBED {build.library_discovery_phase_flag} {build.extra_flags} {build.extra_ldflags} {compiler.c.extra_flags} "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated" "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated-avr-comp" {includes} "-iprefix{build.core.path}" "@{compiler.mbed.includes}" -o "{object_file}" "{source_file}"
 
 ## Compile c++ files
-recipe.cpp.o.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.cpp.cmd}" {compiler.cpp.flags} -DARDUINO={runtime.ide.version} -DARDUINO_{build.board} -DARDUINO_ARCH_{build.arch} -DARDUINO_ARCH_MBED {build.library_discovery_phase_flag} {includes} {build.extra_flags} {compiler.cpp.extra_flags} "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated" "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated-avr-comp" "-iprefix{build.core.path}" "@{compiler.mbed.includes}" "{source_file}" -o "{object_file}"
+recipe.cpp.o.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.cpp.cmd}" {compiler.cpp.flags} -DARDUINO={runtime.ide.version} -DARDUINO_{build.board} -DARDUINO_ARCH_{build.arch} -DARDUINO_ARCH_MBED {build.library_discovery_phase_flag} {includes} {build.extra_flags} {build.extra_ldflags} {compiler.cpp.extra_flags} "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated" "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated-avr-comp" "-iprefix{build.core.path}" "@{compiler.mbed.includes}" "{source_file}" -o "{object_file}"
 
 ## Compile asm files
-recipe.S.o.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.S.cmd}" {compiler.S.flags} -DARDUINO={runtime.ide.version} -DARDUINO_{build.board} -DARDUINO_ARCH_{build.arch} -DARDUINO_ARCH_MBED {includes} {build.extra_flags} {compiler.cpp.extra_flags} "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated" "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated-avr-comp" "-iprefix{build.core.path}" "@{compiler.mbed.includes}" "{source_file}" -o "{object_file}"
+recipe.S.o.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.S.cmd}" {compiler.S.flags} -DARDUINO={runtime.ide.version} -DARDUINO_{build.board} -DARDUINO_ARCH_{build.arch} -DARDUINO_ARCH_MBED {includes} {build.extra_flags} {build.extra_ldflags} {compiler.cpp.extra_flags} "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated" "-I{build.core.path}/api/deprecated-avr-comp" "-iprefix{build.core.path}" "@{compiler.mbed.includes}" "{source_file}" -o "{object_file}"
 
 ## Create archives
 recipe.ar.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.ar.cmd}" {compiler.ar.flags} {compiler.ar.extra_flags} "{archive_file_path}" "{object_file}"
 
+## Preprocess linker script
+recipe.hooks.linking.prelink.1.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.c.elf.cmd}" -E -P -x c {build.extra_flags} {build.extra_ldflags} "{build.variant.path}/{build.ldscript}" -o {build.path}/{build.ldscript}
+
 ## Combine gc-sections, archives, and objects
-recipe.c.combine.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.c.elf.cmd}" "-L{build.path}" {compiler.c.elf.flags} {compiler.c.elf.extra_flags} "@{compiler.mbed.ldflags}" "-T{build.variant.path}/{build.ldscript}" "-Wl,-Map,{build.path}/{build.project_name}.map" --specs=nosys.specs {compiler.ldflags} -o "{build.path}/{build.project_name}.elf" {object_files} -Wl,--whole-archive "{build.path}/{archive_file}" {compiler.mbed} -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--start-group {compiler.mbed.extra_ldflags} {compiler.libraries.ldflags} -Wl,--end-group
+recipe.c.combine.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.c.elf.cmd}" "-L{build.path}" {compiler.c.elf.flags} {compiler.c.elf.extra_flags} {build.extra_flags} {build.extra_ldflags} "@{compiler.mbed.ldflags}" "-T{build.path}/{build.ldscript}" "-Wl,-Map,{build.path}/{build.project_name}.map" --specs=nosys.specs {compiler.ldflags} -o "{build.path}/{build.project_name}.elf" {object_files} -Wl,--whole-archive "{build.path}/{archive_file}" {compiler.mbed} -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--start-group {compiler.mbed.extra_ldflags} {compiler.libraries.ldflags} -Wl,--end-group
 
 ## Create eeprom
 recipe.objcopy.eep.pattern=

variants/PORTENTA_H7_M4/conf/mbed_app.json

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  "rtos.main-thread-stack-size": 32768,
  "cordio.max-connections": 5,
  "target.macros_add": [
+ "NO_VTOR_RELOCATE",
  "METAL_INTERNAL",
  "VIRTIO_SLAVE_ONLY",
  "NO_ATOMIC_64_SUPPORT",

variants/PORTENTA_H7_M4/linker_script.ld

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MEMORY
 {
- FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x8100000, LENGTH = 0x100000
+ FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = CM4_BINARY_START, LENGTH = CM4_BINARY_END - CM4_BINARY_START
  RAM (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x10000000 + (((166 * 4) + 7) & 0xFFFFFFF8), LENGTH = 0x48000 - (((166 * 4) + 7) & 0xFFFFFFF8)
  RAM_D3 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x38000000, LENGTH = 64K
 }

variants/PORTENTA_H7_M7/linker_script.ld

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MEMORY
 {
- FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x8040000, LENGTH = 0xc0000
+ FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x8040000, LENGTH = CM4_BINARY_START - 0x8040000
  DTCMRAM (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000 + (((166 * 4) + 7) & 0xFFFFFFF8), LENGTH = 128K - (((166 * 4) + 7) & 0xFFFFFFF8)
  RAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x24000000, LENGTH = 0x80000
  RAM_D2 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x30000000, LENGTH = 288K

variants/PORTENTA_H7_M7/pins_arduino.h

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ extern "C" bool isBetaBoard();
 
 // Booting
 // ----
-#define bootM4() LL_RCC_ForceCM4Boot() // Provide a memorable alias
+void bootM4();
 
 extern PinName digitalPinToPinName(pin_size_t P);
 

variants/PORTENTA_H7_M7/variant.cpp

@@ -270,4 +270,51 @@ void _ontouch1200bps_() {
  NVIC_SystemReset();
 }
 
+#include "stm32h7xx_ll_system.h"
+
+void bootM4() {
+
+#if 0
+ // This address need to be in range 0x10000000-0x3FFF0000 to be usable by the M4 as a trampoline
+ uint32_t __attribute__((aligned(0x10000))) trampoline[2];
+ static const uint32_t RAM_BASE_FOR_TRAMPOLINE = (uint32_t)&trampoline[0];
+
+#if 0
+
+ // This snippet MUST be executed BEFORE calling bootM4()
+ // The only purpose it to fread() a file into CM4_BINARY_START location
+
+ SDRAM.begin(0);
+
+ // Copy M4 firmware to SDRAM
+ FILE* fw = fopen("/fs/fw.bin", "r");
+ if (fw == NULL) {
+ while (1) {
+ Serial.println("Please copy a firmware for M4 core in the PORTENTA mass storage");
+ delay(100);
+ }
+ }
+ fread((uint8_t*)CM4_BINARY_START, getFileSize(fw), 1, fw);
+ fclose(fw);
+#endif
+
+ // We need to call this in case we want to use BACKUP_SRAM as trampoline
+ HAL_PWR_EnableBkUpAccess();
+
+ // Copy first 2 words of the firmware in trampoline location
+ memcpy((void*)RAM_BASE_FOR_TRAMPOLINE, (void*)CM4_BINARY_START, 8);
+
+ SCB_CleanDCache();
+
+ // Set CM4_BOOT0 address
+ // This actually writes a flash register and thus is persistent across reboots
+ // RAM_BASE_FOR_TRAMPOLINE must be aligned to 0x10000 barrier
+ LL_SYSCFG_SetCM4BootAddress0(RAM_BASE_FOR_TRAMPOLINE >> 16);
+#else
+ // Classic boot, just set the address and we are ready to go
+ LL_SYSCFG_SetCM4BootAddress0(CM4_BINARY_START >> 16);
+ LL_RCC_ForceCM4Boot();
+#endif
+}
+
 #endif