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How to read from a onchip memory

Altera_Forum
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Hello i want to read data from some adress at the onchip memory, i can do it with IORD and IOWR using altera HAL functions. However those functions are not available for me inside the linux

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Altera_Forum
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You won't be able to access memory directly from userspace in linux. You'll probably have to write a kernel driver or module. On the other hand, You can access heap memory if it is set in BSP config by using malloc().

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hello ... 

 

 

if you using uClinux no-mmu you can acess the memory using IORD and IOWR 

 

make a c program and cross compile for your design 

 

at uClinux no-mmu you can acess peripherials direct.... 

 

 

cheers  

 

Franz Wagner
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if you use uClinux no-mmu ....... 

 

use a program like that to test you acess..... 

 

#include <stdio.h> # define BUFFER_MEMORY 0x10000000# define IORD(address, offset) (*(volatile unsigned *)(((address)| 0x80000000)+4*(offset))) # define IOWR(address, offset, value) (*(volatile unsigned *)(((address)|0x80000000)+4*(offset)))=(value) int main() { int op; int valor; int temp; while (1) { printf("\n\n\nDIGITE A OPCAO\n"); printf("1 - ESCREVER\n"); printf("2 - LER\n"); scanf("%d",&op); if (op == 1) { printf("DIGITE O VALOR\n"); scanf("%x", &valor); printf("ESCREVENDO %x\n", valor); IOWR(BUFFER_MEMORY, 2, valor); //IOWR(0x00041040, 0, valor); } else if (op == 2) { printf("LENDO\n"); temp=IORD(BUFFER_MEMORY, 0X2); printf("temp = %x\n", temp); } else { printf("OPCAO INVALIDA\n\n"); } } return 0; } 

 

good luck  

 

 

Franz Wagner
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Altera_Forum
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Thanks Franz, this works with NOMMU but i am using a MMU linux do you have any ideas on how to do it? 

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hi man 

 

.... i trying use uclinux mmu now.........but i dont know how did that at mmu......... 

 

malloc() calloc() can help i guess........ 

 

i will try do ..... 

 

cheers.... 

 

 

Franz Wagner
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Device driver to acess on chip memory as a char device (must be made inside linux2.6/arch/nios2/driver) 

 

# include <linux/fs.h># include <linux/sched.h># include <linux/errno.h># include <linux/types.h># include <linux/cdev.h># include <linux/kernel.h># include <linux/module.h># include <asm/current.h># include <asm/segment.h># include <asm/uaccess.h># include <asm/io.h> # define DRIVER_NAME "shmem" # define SHARED_MEM_BASE 0x800# define SHARED_MEM_SPAN 2048 typedef struct { int32_t mutex; int32_t reset; } mutex_t; typedef struct { mutex_t *mutex; unsigned char *buffer; } shmem_t; static shmem_t shmem; int shmem_open(struct inode *inode,struct file *filep) { return 0; } int shmem_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep) { return 0; } ssize_t shmem_read(struct file *filep ,char *buff, size_t count, loff_t *offp) { int retval; printk(KERN_INFO "read, count %i, off %i\n", count, *offp); if (*offp >= SHARED_MEM_SPAN) { return 0; } if (count > (SHARED_MEM_SPAN - *offp)) { count = (SHARED_MEM_SPAN - *offp); } retval = copy_to_user(buff, (shmem.buffer+*offp), count); if (retval != 0) { printk(KERN_ERR "Kernel to userspace copy failed!\n" ); return retval; } *offp += count; return count; } ssize_t shmem_write(struct file *filep,const char *buff,size_t count,loff_t *offp ) { int retval; if (*offp >= SHARED_MEM_SPAN) { return -ENOSPC; } if (count > (SHARED_MEM_SPAN - *offp)) { count = (SHARED_MEM_SPAN - *offp); } retval = copy_from_user((shmem.buffer+*offp), buff, count); if (retval != 0) { printk(KERN_ERR "Kernel to userspace copy failed!\n" ); return retval; } *offp += count; return count; } struct file_operations shmem_fops={ open: shmem_open, read: shmem_read, write: shmem_write, release:shmem_release, }; static int shmem_init(void) { printk(KERN_INFO "shmem device driver init\n"); if(register_chrdev(222,DRIVER_NAME, &shmem_fops)){ printk(KERN_ERR "failed to register\n"); goto chrdev_error; } shmem.mutex = (mutex_t *)ioremap(MUTEX_BASE, MUTEX_SPAN); if (shmem.mutex == NULL) { printk(KERN_ERR "failed to map mutex\n"); goto mutex_error; } printk(KERN_INFO "mutex %p\n", shmem.mutex); shmem.buffer = (unsigned char *)ioremap(SHARED_MEM_BASE, SHARED_MEM_SPAN); if (shmem.buffer == NULL) { printk(KERN_ERR "failed to map shared memory\n"); goto buffer_error; } printk(KERN_INFO "shmem %p\n", shmem.buffer); printk(KERN_INFO "shmem: mutex.reset %02x\n", shmem.mutex->reset); return 0; buffer_error: iounmap(shmem.mutex); mutex_error: unregister_chrdev(222, DRIVER_NAME); chrdev_error: return -ENODEV; } static void shmem_cleanup(void) { printk(KERN_INFO "shmem device driver unregister.\n"); iounmap(shmem.buffer); iounmap(shmem.mutex); unregister_chrdev(222, DRIVER_NAME); return; } module_init(shmem_init); module_exit(shmem_cleanup);  

 

A program in user land (uclinuxdist/user/program) to read 32 bits per read 

 

# include <unistd.h># include <fcntl.h># include <sys/mman.h> int main() { int fd = 0; int value = 0; int bytes = 0; fd = open("/dev/mutex", O_RDWR); if (fd == NULL) { printf("Erro abrindo mutex\n"); return 1; } bytes = read(fd, &value, sizeof(value)); if (bytes < 0) { printf("Error lendo\n"); return 1; } printf("Valor lido: %x\n", value); bytes = read(fd, &value, sizeof(value)); if (bytes < 0) { printf("Error lendo\n"); return 1; } printf("Valor lido: %x\n", value); lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET); bytes = read(fd, &value, sizeof(value)); if (bytes < 0) { printf("Error lendo\n"); return 1; } printf("Valor lido: %x\n", value); close(fd); return 0; }
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Altera_Forum
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you are a jedi man..........

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I will try this too

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