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README

^^^^^^



README for NuttX port to the mbed.org LPC1768 board (http://mbed.org/)



Contents

^^^^^^^^



  Development Environment

  GNU Toolchain Options

  IDEs

  NuttX buildroot Toolchain

  USB Device Controller Functions

  mbed Configuration Options

  USB Host Configuration

  Configurations



Development Environment

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



  Either Linux or Cygwin on Windows can be used for the development environment.

  The source has been built only using the GNU toolchain (see below).  Other

  toolchains will likely cause problems. Testing was performed using the Cygwin

  environment.



GNU Toolchain Options

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



  The NuttX make system has been modified to support the following different

  toolchain options.



  1. The CodeSourcery GNU toolchain,

  2. The devkitARM GNU toolchain,

  3. The NuttX buildroot Toolchain (see below).



  All testing has been conducted using the NuttX buildroot toolchain.  However,

  the make system is setup to default to use the devkitARM toolchain.  To use

  the CodeSourcery or devkitARM toolchain, you simply need add one of the

  following configuration options to your .config (or defconfig) file:



    CONFIG_LPC17_CODESOURCERYW=y   : CodeSourcery under Windows

    CONFIG_LPC17_CODESOURCERYL=y   : CodeSourcery under Linux

    CONFIG_LPC17_DEVKITARM=y       : devkitARM under Windows

    CONFIG_LPC17_BUILDROOT=y       : NuttX buildroot under Linux or Cygwin (default)



  If you are not using CONFIG_LPC17_BUILDROOT, then you may also have to modify

  the PATH in the setenv.h file if your make cannot find the tools.



  NOTE: the CodeSourcery (for Windows)and devkitARM are Windows native toolchains.

  The CodeSourcey (for Linux) and NuttX buildroot toolchains are Cygwin and/or

  Linux native toolchains. There are several limitations to using a Windows based

  toolchain in a Cygwin environment.  The three biggest are:



  1. The Windows toolchain cannot follow Cygwin paths.  Path conversions are

     performed automatically in the Cygwin makefiles using the 'cygpath' utility

     but you might easily find some new path problems.  If so, check out 'cygpath -w'



  2. Windows toolchains cannot follow Cygwin symbolic links.  Many symbolic links

     are used in Nuttx (e.g., include/arch).  The make system works around these

     problems for the Windows tools by copying directories instead of linking them.

     But this can also cause some confusion for you:  For example, you may edit

     a file in a "linked" directory and find that your changes had not effect.

     That is because you are building the copy of the file in the "fake" symbolic

     directory.  If you use a Windows toolchain, you should get in the habit of

     making like this:



       make clean_context all



     An alias in your .bashrc file might make that less painful.



  3. Dependencies are not made when using Windows versions of the GCC.  This is

     because the dependencies are generated using Windows pathes which do not

     work with the Cygwin make.



     Support has been added for making dependencies with the windows-native toolchains.

     That support can be enabled by modifying your Make.defs file as follows:



    -  MKDEP                = $(TOPDIR)/tools/mknulldeps.sh

    +  MKDEP                = $(TOPDIR)/tools/mkdeps.sh --winpaths "$(TOPDIR)"



     If you have problems with the dependency build (for example, if you are not

     building on C:), then you may need to modify tools/mkdeps.sh



  NOTE 1: The CodeSourcery toolchain (2009q1) does not work with default optimization

  level of -Os (See Make.defs).  It will work with -O0, -O1, or -O2, but not with

  -Os.



  NOTE 2: The devkitARM toolchain includes a version of MSYS make.  Make sure that

  the paths to Cygwin's /bin and /usr/bin directories appear BEFORE the devkitARM

  path or will get the wrong version of make.



IDEs

^^^^



  NuttX is built using command-line make.  It can be used with an IDE, but some

  effort will be required to create the project (There is a simple RIDE project

  in the RIDE subdirectory).

  

  Makefile Build

  --------------

  Under Eclipse, it is pretty easy to set up an "empty makefile project" and

  simply use the NuttX makefile to build the system.  That is almost for free

  under Linux.  Under Windows, you will need to set up the "Cygwin GCC" empty

  makefile project in order to work with Windows (Google for "Eclipse Cygwin" -

  there is a lot of help on the internet).



  Native Build

  ------------

  Here are a few tips before you start that effort:



  1) Select the toolchain that you will be using in your .config file

  2) Start the NuttX build at least one time from the Cygwin command line

     before trying to create your project.  This is necessary to create

     certain auto-generated files and directories that will be needed.

  3) Set up include pathes:  You will need include/, arch/arm/src/lpc17xx,

     arch/arm/src/common, arch/arm/src/cortexm3, and sched/.

  4) All assembly files need to have the definition option -D __ASSEMBLY__

     on the command line.



  Startup files will probably cause you some headaches.  The NuttX startup file

  is arch/arm/src/lpc17x/lpc17_vectors.S.



NuttX buildroot Toolchain

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



  A GNU GCC-based toolchain is assumed.  The files */setenv.sh should

  be modified to point to the correct path to the Cortex-M3 GCC toolchain (if

  different from the default in your PATH variable).



  If you have no Cortex-M3 toolchain, one can be downloaded from the NuttX

  SourceForge download site (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=189573).

  This GNU toolchain builds and executes in the Linux or Cygwin environment.



  1. You must have already configured Nuttx in <some-dir>/nuttx.



     cd tools

     ./configure.sh mbed/<sub-dir>



  2. Download the latest buildroot package into <some-dir>



  3. unpack the buildroot tarball.  The resulting directory may

     have versioning information on it like buildroot-x.y.z.  If so,

     rename <some-dir>/buildroot-x.y.z to <some-dir>/buildroot.



  4. cd <some-dir>/buildroot



  5. cp configs/cortexm3-defconfig-4.3.3 .config



  6. make oldconfig



  7. make



  8. Edit setenv.h, if necessary, so that the PATH variable includes

     the path to the newly built binaries.



  See the file configs/README.txt in the buildroot source tree.  That has more

  detailed PLUS some special instructions that you will need to follow if you

  are building a Cortex-M3 toolchain for Cygwin under Windows.



  NOTE: This is an OABI toolchain.



mbed Configuration Options

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



	CONFIG_ARCH - Identifies the arch/ subdirectory.  This should

	   be set to:



	   CONFIG_ARCH=arm



	CONFIG_ARCH_family - For use in C code:



	   CONFIG_ARCH_ARM=y



	CONFIG_ARCH_architecture - For use in C code:



	   CONFIG_ARCH_CORTEXM3=y



	CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP - Identifies the arch/*/chip subdirectory



	   CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP=lpc17xx



	CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_name - For use in C code to identify the exact

	   chip:



	   CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_LPC1768=y



	CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD - Identifies the configs subdirectory and

	   hence, the board that supports the particular chip or SoC.



	   CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD=mbed (for the mbed.org board)



	CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_name - For use in C code



	   CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_MBED=y



	CONFIG_ARCH_LOOPSPERMSEC - Must be calibrated for correct operation

	   of delay loops



	CONFIG_ENDIAN_BIG - define if big endian (default is little

	   endian)



	CONFIG_DRAM_SIZE - Describes the installed DRAM (CPU SRAM in this case):



	   CONFIG_DRAM_SIZE=(32*1024) (32Kb)



	   There is an additional 32Kb of SRAM in AHB SRAM banks 0 and 1.



	CONFIG_DRAM_START - The start address of installed DRAM



	   CONFIG_DRAM_START=0x10000000



	CONFIG_DRAM_END - Last address+1 of installed RAM



	   CONFIG_DRAM_END=(CONFIG_DRAM_START+CONFIG_DRAM_SIZE)



	CONFIG_ARCH_IRQPRIO - The LPC17xx supports interrupt prioritization



	   CONFIG_ARCH_IRQPRIO=y



	CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS - Use LEDs to show state. Unique to boards that

	   have LEDs



	CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK - This architecture supports an interrupt

	   stack. If defined, this symbol is the size of the interrupt

	    stack in bytes.  If not defined, the user task stacks will be

	  used during interrupt handling.



	CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP - Do stack dumps after assertions



	CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS -  Use LEDs to show state. Unique to board architecture.



	CONFIG_ARCH_CALIBRATION - Enables some build in instrumentation that

	   cause a 100 second delay during boot-up.  This 100 second delay

	   serves no purpose other than it allows you to calibratre

	   CONFIG_ARCH_LOOPSPERMSEC.  You simply use a stop watch to measure

	   the 100 second delay then adjust CONFIG_ARCH_LOOPSPERMSEC until

	   the delay actually is 100 seconds.



	Individual subsystems can be enabled:

	  CONFIG_LPC17_MAINOSC=y

	  CONFIG_LPC17_PLL0=y

	  CONFIG_LPC17_PLL1=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_ETHERNET=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_USBHOST=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_USBOTG=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_USBDEV=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_UART0=y

	  CONFIG_LPC17_UART1=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_UART2=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_UART3=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_CAN1=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_CAN2=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_SPI=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_SSP0=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_SSP1=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_I2C0=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_I2C1=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_I2S=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_TMR0=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_TMR1=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_TMR2=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_TMR3=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_RIT=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_PWM=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_MCPWM=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_QEI=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_RTC=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_WDT=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_ADC=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_DAC=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_GPDMA=n

	  CONFIG_LPC17_FLASH=n



  LPC17xx specific device driver settings



	CONFIG_UARTn_SERIAL_CONSOLE - selects the UARTn for the

	   console and ttys0 (default is the UART0).

	CONFIG_UARTn_RXBUFSIZE - Characters are buffered as received.

	   This specific the size of the receive buffer

	CONFIG_UARTn_TXBUFSIZE - Characters are buffered before

	   being sent.  This specific the size of the transmit buffer

	CONFIG_UARTn_BAUD - The configure BAUD of the UART.  Must be

	CONFIG_UARTn_BITS - The number of bits.  Must be either 7 or 8.

	CONFIG_UARTn_PARTIY - 0=no parity, 1=odd parity, 2=even parity

	CONFIG_UARTn_2STOP - Two stop bits



  LPC17xx specific PHY/Ethernet device driver settings.  These setting

  also require CONFIG_NET and CONFIG_LPC17_ETHERNET.



	CONFIG_PHY_KS8721 - Selects Micrel KS8721 PHY

	CONFIG_PHY_AUTONEG - Enable auto-negotion

	CONFIG_PHY_SPEED100 - Select 100Mbit vs. 10Mbit speed.

	CONFIG_PHY_FDUPLEX - Select full (vs. half) duplex



    CONFIG_NET_EMACRAM_SIZE - Size of EMAC RAM.  Default: 16Kb

	CONFIG_NET_NTXDESC - Configured number of Tx descriptors. Default: 18

	CONFIG_NET_NRXDESC - Configured number of Rx descriptors. Default: 18

	CONFIG_NET_PRIORITY - Ethernet interrupt priority.  The is default is

	  the higest priority.

	CONFIG_NET_WOL - Enable Wake-up on Lan (not fully implemented).

	CONFIG_NET_REGDEBUG - Enabled low level register debug.  Also needs

	  CONFIG_DEBUG.

	CONFIG_NET_DUMPPACKET - Dump all received and transmitted packets.

	  Also needs CONFIG_DEBUG.

	CONFIG_NET_HASH - Enable receipt of near-perfect match frames.

	CONFIG_NET_MULTICAST - Enable receipt of multicast (and unicast) frames.

      Automatically set if CONFIG_NET_IGMP is selected.



  LPC17xx USB Device Configuration



	CONFIG_LPC17_USBDEV_FRAME_INTERRUPT

	  Handle USB Start-Of-Frame events. 

	  Enable reading SOF from interrupt handler vs. simply reading on demand.

	  Probably a bad idea... Unless there is some issue with sampling the SOF

	  from hardware asynchronously.

	CONFIG_LPC17_USBDEV_EPFAST_INTERRUPT

	  Enable high priority interrupts.  I have no idea why you might want to

	  do that

	CONFIG_LPC17_USBDEV_NDMADESCRIPTORS

	  Number of DMA descriptors to allocate in SRAM.

	CONFIG_LPC17_USBDEV_DMA

	  Enable lpc17xx-specific DMA support

    CONFIG_LPC17_USBDEV_NOVBUS

      Define if the hardware implementation does not support the VBUS signal

    CONFIG_LPC17_USBDEV_NOLED

      Define if the hardware  implementation does not support the LED output



  LPC17xx USB Host Configuration



    CONFIG_USBHOST_OHCIRAM_SIZE

      Total size of OHCI RAM (in AHB SRAM Bank 1)

    CONFIG_USBHOST_NEDS

      Number of endpoint descriptors

    CONFIG_USBHOST_NTDS

      Number of transfer descriptors

    CONFIG_USBHOST_TDBUFFERS

      Number of transfer descriptor buffers

    CONFIG_USBHOST_TDBUFSIZE

      Size of one transfer descriptor buffer

    CONFIG_USBHOST_IOBUFSIZE

      Size of one end-user I/O buffer.  This can be zero if the

      application can guarantee that all end-user I/O buffers

      reside in AHB SRAM.



USB Host Configuration

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



The mbed board can be easily modified to support a USB host interface

(Remember to add 2 resistors of 15K to D+ and D- pins).  The hidkbd

configuration assumes that this change has been made.



The NuttShell (NSH) mbed can also be modified in order to support USB

host operations.  To make these modifications, do the following:



1. First configure to build the NSH configuration from the top-level

   NuttX directory:



   cd tools

   ./configure mbed/nsh

   cd ..



2. Then edit the top-level .config file to enable USB host.  Make the

   following changes:



   CONFIG_LPC17_USBHOST=n

   CONFIG_USBHOST=n

   CONFIG_SCHED_WORKQUEUE=y



When this change is made, NSH should be extended to support USB flash

devices.  When a FLASH device is inserted, you should see a device

appear in the /dev (psuedo) directory.  The device name should be

like /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc.  The USB mass storage device, is present

it can be mounted from the NSH command line like:



   ls /dev

   mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/flash



Files on the connect USB flash device should then be accessible under

the mountpoint /mnt/flash.



Configurations

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



Each mbed configuration is maintained in a sudirectory and can be selected

as follow:



	cd tools

	./configure.sh mbed/<subdir>

	cd -

	. ./setenv.sh



Where <subdir> is one of the following:



  hidkbd:

    This configuration directory, performs a simple test of the USB host

    HID keyboard class driver using the test logic in examples/hidkbd.

    This configuration assumes that you have modified your mbed for USB

    host support.



  nsh:

    Configures the NuttShell (nsh) located at examples/nsh.  The

    Configuration enables only the serial NSH interfaces.  See notes

    above for enabling USB host support in this configuration.