Basic interrupt example not working due to Nios crash during startup code.

Altera_Forum · ‎02-18-2017

Hello Everybody,

I am trying to get a very basic interrupt demo program to work but Nios crashed during its boot code.

It very difficult to find a solution since for me this problem is system related and very difficult to debug.

The program:

#include <stdio.h># include <stdio.h># include <unistd.h># include "system.h"# include "altera_avalon_pio_regs.h"# include "sys/alt_irq.h"
volatile int n=0;
volatile int edge_capture;
extern int alt_irq_register (alt_u32 id,
                             void*   context,
                             alt_isr_func handler);
 void handle_button_interrupts(void* context, alt_u32 id)
 {
    volatile int* edge_capture_ptr = (volatile int*) context;
    *edge_capture_ptr = IORD_ALTERA_AVALON_PIO_EDGE_CAP(PIO_0_BASE);
    n++;
    IOWR_ALTERA_AVALON_PIO_EDGE_CAP(PIO_0_BASE, 0);
}
void init_pio()
{
 void* edge_capture_ptr = (void*) &edge_capture;
 IOWR_ALTERA_AVALON_PIO_IRQ_MASK(PIO_0_BASE, 0xf);
 IOWR_ALTERA_AVALON_PIO_EDGE_CAP(PIO_0_BASE, 0x0);
 alt_irq_register( PIO_0_IRQ, edge_capture_ptr,(alt_isr_func*) handle_button_interrupts );
}
int main()
{
  init_pio();
  while (1)
  {
   printf("Hello from Nios II interrupt count = %d !\n",n);
   usleep(10000000);
  }
  return 0;
}

The place where Nios crashes is (exception thrown):


void alt_io_redirect(const char* stdout_dev, 
                     const char* stdin_dev, 
                     const char* stderr_dev)
{
  /* Redirect the channels */
  alt_open_fd (&alt_fd_list, stdout_dev, O_WRONLY, 0777); // here
  alt_open_fd (&alt_fd_list, stdin_dev, O_RDONLY, 0777);
  alt_open_fd (&alt_fd_list, stderr_dev, O_WRONLY, 0777);
}

The code is called from the NIOS startup routine that is before my main() program code is activated.

Therefore i cannot assume my code is the culprit.

JTAG_UART is connected to CPU using interrupt id 0

PIO is connected to CPU using interrupt id 1

Quartus project in attachement for those really interested

Board used: DE2-115

Question:

Any ideas regarding the culprit in this case?

I am using legacy approach to interrupt handling, could it be that there are additional things to take into account ?

Has anybody a simple working DE2 project to share?

Best Regards,

Johi.

Altera_Forum · ‎02-27-2017

Solved:

Hello everybody. I think I found the solution. My interrupt configuration works.

1) When modifying QSYS config: delete _Qsys directory to make sure no old code remains.

2) Update .BSP in eclipse is not always able to cope with larger config changes in QSYS so especially when other type of memory is used, a regen based on .sopc file needed.

Best Regards,

Johi.