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Failed to post DMA transmit request

Altera_Forum
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Hi, 

 

I tried to use the general Avalon-MM DMA controller in Qsys and use the following C code to implement the DMA transmit: 

# include <stdio.h># include "system.h"# include "io.h"# include "sys/alt_dma.h" # define CUSTOM_BASE_ADDR 0x00800000 int i = 0; alt_u32 data ; alt_dma_txchan tx; int main() { /*fill the array*/ for(i=0;i<10;i++) { data = i; } /*DMA*/ tx = alt_dma_txchan_open("/dev/dma_import"); if(tx != NULL) { printf("DMA TX channel open\n"); if(alt_dma_txchan_ioctl(tx, ALT_DMA_TX_ONLY_ON, CUSTOM_BASE_ADDR)<0) { printf("Error: Failed to configure the DMA\n"); } if(alt_dma_txchan_send(tx, data , 5, NULL, NULL)<0) { printf("Error: failed to post transmit request\n"); } else { printf("DMA done\n"); } alt_dma_txchan_close(tx); } else { printf("Error: Failed to open tx channel!\n"); } return 0; }  

Where the array is stored in an external memory while the CUSTOM_BASE_ADDR is a separate peripheral. The connection among NIOS, external memory and custom peripheral should be fine since I've tested with general reading/writing. 

Turned out "alt_dma_txchan_send(tx, data , 5, NULL, NULL)" always failed. 

Currently I'm not sure if the problem lies in the hardware part or the software. Please suggest if there's any problem in the above code.  

 

Thanks!
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