Serial Loader: Placing vars into SDRAM?

[jackking]

I am trying to figure out how to place a file buffer into i.MX RT SDRAM in the Serial Loader application.   I am receiving my (binary, not SREC) update file via slow UART and would like to capture the entire file into a buffer (4MB) before erasing and then flashing XiP memory.

Is there an example of placing a specific var into SDRAM memory?

Thanks
JK

[mark]

Hi

If you enable
#define BOOT_LOADER_SUPPORTS_SDRAM                   // enable when the boot loader is to configure SDRAM for subsequent application use (or when application runs in SDRAM)
when building the primary loader the SDRAM can be used by the serial loader or the application without needing to configure there.

The SDRAM is located at 0x80000000 [SDRAM_ADDR] and so the easiest way to store data to is to use a pointer as follows:

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unsigned char *ptrSDRAM = (unsigned char *)SDRAM_ADDR;
unsigned char ucByte = 0;
unsigned long ulTestCnt = (4 * 1024 * 1024);
while (ulTestCnt--  != 0) {
    *ptrSDRAM++ = ucByte++;
}which should, as example,  leave a 0x00, 0x01, 0x02... pattern throughout 4Meg of the SDRAM.

Regards

Mark

[jackking]

OK, that is similar to what I tried, without success. 

I set the following in config.h of uTaskerBoot:

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#define BOOT_LOADER_SUPPORTS_SDRAM
I set the following in app_hw_iMX.h of uTaskerSerialBoot:

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    #define SDRAM_SIZE          (32 * 1024 * 1024)                       // 32MByte
    #define BOOT_LOADER_SUPPORTS_SDRAM
    #define SDRAM_START_ADDRESS     0x80000000
    #define DISABLE_SDRAM_CACHE
    #define SEMC_AVAILABLE
and added your routine as a menu item under "rd" for RAM DUMP:

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else if ((ucSerialDebugInputMessage[0] == 'r')
|| (ucSerialDebugInputMessage[0] == 'R')) {
if ((ucSerialDebugInputMessage[1] == 'd')
|| (ucSerialDebugInputMessage[1] == 'D')) {

fnDebugMsg("\r\nWrite SDRAM: ");
unsigned char *ptrSDRAM = (unsigned char *)SDRAM_ADDR;
unsigned long ulTestCnt = (4 * 1024 * 1024);
unsigned char ucByte = 0;
while (ulTestCnt--  != 0) {
    *ptrSDRAM++ = ucByte++;
}

fnDebugMsg("\r\nDump SDRAM: ");
ptrSDRAM = (unsigned char *)SDRAM_ADDR;
ulTestCnt = (4 * 1024 * 1024);
while (ulTestCnt--  != 0) {
    fnDebugHex((unsigned char) *ptrSDRAM++, (sizeof(unsigned char)));
}

break;
}
}
Which instantly crashes when trying to write past 0x20 bytes.  It also crashes immediately on the read back of the first byte, if I write less than 0x20 bytes.

[jackking]

OK, I have rolled my code back as far as possible to the latest V2.0.0 master commit and I still get the same behaviour with SDRAM.  I am going to try on my Embedded Artists dev kit next.

Thanks
JK

[jackking]

I cloned a new checkout from the V2.0.0 branch, and built from scratch, with the only change to add the SDRAM test routine shown above and remove the #define for REV_C and add the define for SDRAM support. 

It still crashes after writing 32 bytes.

This is building for iMX_RT1062_EMB_ART,  Rev B, not Rev C, so I have commented out the define for Rev C:

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//#define iMX_RT10XX_EMB_ART_REV_C
#define BOOT_LOADER_SUPPORTS_SDRAM
Building in MCUXpresso 11.4.1_6260 so I don't need to modify the linker scripts.

Here is the test output:

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uTasker Serial Loader V2.4                                                     
===========================                                                     
[0x60020100/0x6009ffff]                                                         
bc = blank check                                                               
dc = delete code                                                               
ld = start load                                                                 
bt = start boot loader                                                         
go = start application                                                         
> Enumerated                                                                   
rd                                                                             
Write SDRAM: .................................   
After writing  those bytes the application crashes and the watchdog resets.

I'm not sure where to go from here. 

Thanks
JK

[jackking]

I tried recreating the DCD data using the values from NXP, but this didn't really help.   I still get the same result. 

I will try next to use the NXP iMXRT1052 EVK, also try setting up the SEMC in the application directly vs relying on the DCD, but this will take some time to set up.

@mark.  Do you have a project that is validated to work with the SDRAM on i.MX RT?    I am just building the project with very few modifications and it isn't working.

Thanks
JK

[jackking]

OK, I have created my own SEMC init function (from the code in glcd_tft.h) and that seems to work.  This would seem to indicate that either the DCD data is not correct or not getting applied in the uTaskerBoot code...

Here is the SEMC init code I am using:

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void fnInitSEMC(void) {

#if (defined MIMXRT1050 || defined iMX_RT1052_EMB_ART || defined iMX_RT1062_EMB_ART || defined MIMXRT1060  || defined MIMXRT1064) // {8}

#if (!defined SDRAM_CONFIGURED_BY_DCD)
// Configure SEMC pins and SDRAM (IS42S16160J-6BLI)
//
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_00, SEMC_DATA00,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA00 on GPIO4-00 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_01, SEMC_DATA01,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA01 on GPIO4-01 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_02, SEMC_DATA02,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA02 on GPIO4-02 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_03, SEMC_DATA03,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA03 on GPIO4-03 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_04, SEMC_DATA04,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA04 on GPIO4-04 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_05, SEMC_DATA05,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA05 on GPIO4-05 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_06, SEMC_DATA06,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA06 on GPIO4-06 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_07, SEMC_DATA07,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA07 on GPIO4-07 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_30, SEMC_DATA08,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA08 on GPIO4-30 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_31, SEMC_DATA09,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA09 on GPIO4-31 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_32, SEMC_DATA10,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA10 on GPIO3-18 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_33, SEMC_DATA11,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA11 on GPIO3-19 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_34, SEMC_DATA12,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA12 on GPIO3-20 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_35, SEMC_DATA13,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA13 on GPIO3-21 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_36, SEMC_DATA14,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA14 on GPIO3-22 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_37, SEMC_DATA15,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA15 on GPIO3-23 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_09, SEMC_ADDR00,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR00 on GPIO4-09 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_10, SEMC_ADDR01,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR01 on GPIO4-10 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_11, SEMC_ADDR02,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR02 on GPIO4-11 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_12, SEMC_ADDR03,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR03 on GPIO4-12 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_13, SEMC_ADDR04,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR04 on GPIO4-13 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_14, SEMC_ADDR05,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR05 on GPIO4-14 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_15, SEMC_ADDR06,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR06 on GPIO4-15 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_16, SEMC_ADDR07,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR07 on GPIO4-16 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_17, SEMC_ADDR08,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR08 on GPIO4-17 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_18, SEMC_ADDR09,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR09 on GPIO4-18 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_23, SEMC_ADDR10,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR10 on GPIO4-23 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_19, SEMC_ADDR11,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR11 on GPIO4-19 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_20, SEMC_ADDR12,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_ADDR12 on GPIO4-20 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_21, SEMC_BA0,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_BA0 on GPIO4-21 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_22, SEMC_BA1,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_BA1 on GPIO4-22 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_24, SEMC_CAS,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_CAS on GPIO4-24 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_25, SEMC_RAS,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_RAS on GPIO4-25 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_26, SEMC_CLK,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_CLK on GPIO4-26 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_27, SEMC_CKE,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_CKE on GPIO4-27 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_28, SEMC_WE,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_WE on GPIO4-28 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_29, SEMC_CS0,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_CS0 on GPIO4-29 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_08, SEMC_DM00,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DM00 on GPIO4-08 - alt function 0 (direction output)
_CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_38, SEMC_DM01,
(IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DM01 on GPIO3-24 - alt function 0 (direction output)
POWER_UP_ATOMIC(1, SEMC_EXSC_CLOCK);
POWER_UP_ATOMIC(3, SEMC_CLOCKS);
#if defined iMX_RT1062
#if defined APPLICATION_REQUIRES_GPIO_EMC_39
SEMC_MCR = 0; // dummy read strobe loop backed internally - maximum 60MHz operation
#else
SEMC_MCR = (SEMC_MCR_BTO_DEFAULT | SEMC_MCR_DQSMD); // DQS (read strobe) mode (maximum speed possible)
#endif
#else
#if defined APPLICATION_REQUIRES_GPIO_EMC_39
SEMC_MCR = 0; // dummy read strobe loop backed internally - maximum 60MHz operation
#else
SEMC_MCR = (SEMC_MCR_DQSMD); // DQS (read strobe) mode (maximum speed possible)
#endif
#endif
SEMC_BR0 = (SDRAM_ADDR | SEMC_BR_MS_32MB | SEMC_BR_VLD);
SEMC_IOCR = (SEMC_IOCR_MUX_RDY_NAND_RDY_WAIT | SEMC_IOCR_MUX_CSX3_DBI_CSX
| SEMC_IOCR_MUX_CSX2_NAND_CE | SEMC_IOCR_MUX_CSX1_PSRAM_CE
| SEMC_IOCR_MUX_CSX0_NOR_CE | SEMC_IOCR_MUX_A8_SDRAM_A8);
SEMC_SDRAMCR0 = 0x00000f31;
SEMC_SDRAMCR1 = 0x00652922;
SEMC_SDRAMCR2 = 0x00010920;
SEMC_SDRAMCR3 = 0x50210a08;
SEMC_DBICR0 = 0x00000021;
SEMC_DBICR1 = 0x00888888;
SEMC_IPCR1 = 0x00000002;
SEMC_IPCR2 = 0x00000000;
SEMC_IPCR0 = 0x80000000;
SEMC_IPCMD = (SEMC_IPCMD_KEY | SEMC_IPCMD_SDRAM_PRECHARGE_ALL);
_WAIT_REGISTER_FALSE(SEMC_INTR, SEMC_INTR_IPCMDDONE);
SEMC_IPCR0 = 0x80000000;
SEMC_IPCMD = (SEMC_IPCMD_KEY | SEMC_IPCMD_SDRAM_AUTO_REFRESH);
_WAIT_REGISTER_FALSE(SEMC_INTR, SEMC_INTR_IPCMDDONE);
SEMC_IPCR0 = 0x80000000;
SEMC_IPCMD = (SEMC_IPCMD_KEY | SEMC_IPCMD_SDRAM_AUTO_REFRESH);
_WAIT_REGISTER_FALSE(SEMC_INTR, SEMC_INTR_IPCMDDONE);
SEMC_IPTXDAT = 0x00000033;
SEMC_IPCR0 = 0x80000000;
SEMC_IPCMD = (SEMC_IPCMD_KEY | SEMC_IPCMD_SDRAM_MODESET);
_WAIT_REGISTER_FALSE(SEMC_INTR, SEMC_INTR_IPCMDDONE);
SEMC_SDRAMCR3 = (0x50210a08 | SEMC_SDRAMCR3_REN);
#endif

#endif

}

[jackking]

I did a little more investigating on this, and it seems there are still some problems with the modified linker files in later MCUXpresso versions. 

My uploaded application could not run after booting from the Serial Loader. 

Moving the same application over to MCUXpresso 11.4 and using the old linker scripts, the same application would run.

[mark]

Hi

I would expect the DCD to do the same as the SDRAM interface initialisation.
The DCD configuration is designed to be readable, eg.
                _DCD_WRITE_LONG_WORD(IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO_EMC_00, GPIO_EMC_00_SEMC_DATA00),
                _DCD_WRITE_LONG_WORD(IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO_EMC_01, GPIO_EMC_01_SEMC_DATA01),
                _DCD_WRITE_LONG_WORD(IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO_EMC_02, GPIO_EMC_02_SEMC_DATA02),
                _DCD_WRITE_LONG_WORD(IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO_EMC_03, GPIO_EMC_03_SEMC_DATA03),
                _DCD_WRITE_LONG_WORD(IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO_EMC_04, GPIO_EMC_04_SEMC_DATA04),
                _DCD_WRITE_LONG_WORD(IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO_EMC_05, GPIO_EMC_05_SEMC_DATA05),
                _DCD_WRITE_LONG_WORD(IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO_EMC_06, GPIO_EMC_06_SEMC_DATA06),
                _DCD_WRITE_LONG_WORD(IOMUXC_SW_MUX_CTL_PAD_GPIO_EMC_07, GPIO_EMC_07_SEMC_DATA07),

so that it can also be compared with the code method, eg.
    _CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_00, SEMC_DATA00, (IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA00 on GPIO4-00 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
    _CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_01, SEMC_DATA01, (IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA01 on GPIO4-01 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
    _CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_02, SEMC_DATA02, (IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA02 on GPIO4-02 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
    _CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_03, SEMC_DATA03, (IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA03 on GPIO4-03 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
    _CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_04, SEMC_DATA04, (IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA04 on GPIO4-04 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
    _CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_05, SEMC_DATA05, (IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA05 on GPIO4-05 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
    _CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_06, SEMC_DATA06, (IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA06 on GPIO4-06 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)
    _CONFIG_PERIPHERAL(GPIO_EMC_07, SEMC_DATA07, (IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_HYS | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_PKE | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SPEED_MAX | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DSE_7 | IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_SRE)); // select SEMC_DATA07 on GPIO4-07 - alt function 0 (direction input/output)

remembering that it is the primary loader (uTaskerBoot) that supplies the DCD.

Regards

Mark

[mark]

Hi

Is the problem that the application is not running when the serial loader is build with the newer linker script?
I wouldn't expect the serial loader to change the behavior of the application since it doesn't configure any of the application's variables.

Regards

Mark