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heyo
Associate III
Jun 28, 2023 6:36 AM UTC
Question

FrontendHeap store in to external SDRAM hardfault

Hi, still can't to upload frontend heap to my 8MB external SDRAM.

My linker script:

 

/*
******************************************************************************
**
** File : LinkerScript.ld
**
** Author : STM32CubeIDE
**
** Abstract : Linker script for STM32H7 series
** 2048Kbytes FLASH and 1056Kbytes RAM
**
** Set heap size, stack size and stack location according
** to application requirements.
**
** Set memory bank area and size if external memory is used.
**
** Target : STMicroelectronics STM32
**
** Distribution: The file is distributed as is, without any warranty
** of any kind.
**
*****************************************************************************
** @attention
**
** Copyright (c) 2022 STMicroelectronics.
** All rights reserved.
**
** This software is licensed under terms that can be found in the LICENSE file
** in the root directory of this software component.
** If no LICENSE file comes with this software, it is provided AS-IS.
**
****************************************************************************
*/

/* Entry Point */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)

/* Highest address of the user mode stack */
_estack = ORIGIN(RAM_D1) + LENGTH(RAM_D1); /* end of RAM */
/* Generate a link error if heap and stack don't fit into RAM */
_Min_Heap_Size = 0x1000; /* required amount of heap */
_Min_Stack_Size = 0x1000; /* required amount of stack */

/* Specify the memory areas */
MEMORY
{
 FLASH (rx) : ORIGIN = 0x08000000, LENGTH = 2048K
 DTCMRAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 128K
 RAM_D1 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x24000000, LENGTH = 512K
 RAM_D2 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x30000000, LENGTH = 288K
 RAM_D3 (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x38000000, LENGTH = 64K
 ITCMRAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 64K
 QUADSPI (r) : ORIGIN = 0x90000000, LENGTH = 16M
 SDRAM (xrw) : ORIGIN = 0xC0000000, LENGTH = 8M
}

/* Define output sections */
SECTIONS
{
 /* The startup code goes first into FLASH */
 .isr_vector :
 {
 . = ALIGN(4);
 KEEP(*(.isr_vector)) /* Startup code */
 . = ALIGN(4);
 } >FLASH
 /* The program code and other data goes into FLASH */
 .text :
 {
 . = ALIGN(4);
 *(.text) /* .text sections (code) */
 *(.text*) /* .text* sections (code) */
 *(.glue_7) /* glue arm to thumb code */
 *(.glue_7t) /* glue thumb to arm code */
 *(.eh_frame)

 KEEP (*(.init))
 KEEP (*(.fini))

 . = ALIGN(4);
 _etext = .; /* define a global symbols at end of code */
 } >FLASH

 /* Constant data goes into FLASH */
 .rodata :
 {
 . = ALIGN(4);
 *(.rodata) /* .rodata sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
 *(.rodata*) /* .rodata* sections (constants, strings, etc.) */
 . = ALIGN(4);
 } >FLASH

 .ARM.extab : { *(.ARM.extab* .gnu.linkonce.armextab.*) } >FLASH
 .ARM : {
 __exidx_start = .;
 *(.ARM.exidx*)
 __exidx_end = .;
 } >FLASH

 .preinit_array :
 {
 PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_start = .);
 KEEP (*(.preinit_array*))
 PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_end = .);
 } >FLASH

 .init_array :
 {
 PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
 KEEP (*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
 KEEP (*(.init_array*))
 PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_end = .);
 } >FLASH

 .fini_array :
 {
 PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_start = .);
 KEEP (*(SORT(.fini_array.*)))
 KEEP (*(.fini_array*))
 PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_end = .);
 } >FLASH

 /* used by the startup to initialize data */
 _sidata = LOADADDR(.data);

 /* Initialized data sections goes into RAM, load LMA copy after code */
 .data :
 {
 . = ALIGN(4);
 _sdata = .; /* create a global symbol at data start */
 *(.data) /* .data sections */
 *(.data*) /* .data* sections */
 *(.RamFunc) /* .RamFunc sections */
 *(.RamFunc*) /* .RamFunc* sections */

 . = ALIGN(4);
 _edata = .; /* define a global symbol at data end */
 } >RAM_D1 AT> FLASH

 /* Uninitialized data section */
 . = ALIGN(4);
 .bss :
 {
 /* This is used by the startup in order to initialize the .bss section */
 _sbss = .; /* define a global symbol at bss start */
 __bss_start__ = _sbss;
 *(.bss)
 *(.bss*)
 *(COMMON)

 . = ALIGN(4);
 _ebss = .; /* define a global symbol at bss end */
 __bss_end__ = _ebss;
 } >RAM_D1

 /* User_heap_stack section, used to check that there is enough RAM left */
 ._user_heap_stack :
 {
 . = ALIGN(8);
 PROVIDE ( end = . );
 PROVIDE ( _end = . );
 . = . + _Min_Heap_Size;
 . = . + _Min_Stack_Size;
 . = ALIGN(8);
 } >RAM_D1


	.sdram_section (NOLOAD) : { *(.sdram_section) }> SDRAM
 TouchGFX_Framebuffer (NOLOAD) : { *(TouchGFX_Framebuffer) } >SDRAM
 /* Remove information from the standard libraries */
 /DISCARD/ :
 {
 libc.a ( * )
 libm.a ( * )
 libgcc.a ( * )
 }
 .ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }

 FontFlashSection(NOLOAD) : /*DELETE (NOLOAD) IF U WANT TO UPDATE QSPI FLASH*/
 {
 *(FontFlashSection FontFlashSection.*)
 *(.gnu.linkonce.r.*)
 . = ALIGN(0x4);
 } >QUADSPI

 TextFlashSection(NOLOAD) :/*DELETE (NOLOAD) IF U WANT TO UPDATE QSPI FLASH*/
 {
 *(TextFlashSection TextFlashSection.*)
 *(.gnu.linkonce.r.*)
 . = ALIGN(0x4);
 } >QUADSPI

 ExtFlashSection(NOLOAD) :/*DELETE (NOLOAD) IF U WANT TO UPDATE QSPI FLASH*/
 {
 *(ExtFlashSection ExtFlashSection.*)
 *(.gnu.linkonce.r.*)
 . = ALIGN(0x4);
 } >QUADSPI
}

 

I placed my double framebuffer to other address:

heyo_0-1687933999431.png

Set framebuffer in LTDC start:

heyo_1-1687934027748.png

And add line to FrontendHeap.hpp:

heyo_2-1687934079010.png

And I always get hardfault at : (__attribute__ ((section (".sdram_section")))) .Maybe someone see the mistake and can help? Thank you.

 

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23 replies

Flemming Gram CHRISTENSEN
ST Employee
Nov 1, 2023 8:22 AM UTC

The internal flash allows unaligned access, but your SDRAM does not. So make sure that your struct instance is aligned.