[Johanan]

I maneged to run the debug test OK. (see attached screen).

However when starting debug the GDB is halted, see attached screens and file. As you can see I waited the full 5 minutes as suggested in the generic GDB help page…

Thanks

Johanan

 

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[Johanan]

Thanks.

So easy if you know…

[Johanan]

Good to know.

I started an example with Arduino IDE (not a big fan), works after some efforts, mainly that this board creates 2 com ports, one for ESP32 and one for K210. However the K210 changes to a debug port, and I had to remove it, then I regained the correct com port, and was able to upload a file to the Maixdunio.

Once this worked, I tried to import the sketch to VisualGDB, but failed to setup the debugger, or com port.

FYI.

Regards

Johanan

 

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Well, After a long time I had to reduce code size, and found that stm32f1xx_hal_gpio.c is the only problematic one.

I remove optimization from it and now it works, my code size shrieked by about 30 %.

No idea what is the problem in that file, however.

Johanan

 

[Johanan]

It looks a bit complex but workable.

However both PC running VS and PC running debugger are normally behined nat and not at all on the same network. I assume some dynmic DNS and port forwording is needed,  or to establish a vpn for work. Which is the best? Can you advice on configuration?

Thanks.

[Johanan]

I wonder why do you need the bootloader while you debug your application.

I usually have a link file for debug, which starts at 0x8000000, and release link file which starts address is after the bootloader.

Bootloader is (and should be) a stable and not changed during application development, TMHO.

Johanan

[Johanan]

No Joy.

Downloaded  5.5Preview 1, but it didnt work.
Tried to update the existing GCC 5.2.0 to 8.2.0 that according to  site (https://gnutoolchains.com/esp32/) should support ESP-IDF4.0. But it didn’t work at all.
Tried to find esp-idf 4.0 manually, couldn’t find it. Found  only esp-idf 4.0 beta 1 and esp-idf 4.0 beta 2. (unstable)

Can you advice  steps  to install the VisualGDB working with esp-idf 4.0, what is needed to download, from where and which version?
Thanks

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[Johanan]

Now this looks OK.

Only thing that may be a concern to you is that when I set the Arduino IDE directory to correct path, then the project is not built correctly.

If I leave this setting empty, all is OK (and nothing is downloaded).

Regards

[Johanan]

We are making progress.

If I clear the Arduino IDE directory ( 1.jpg), it compiles and run, but I am unable to see debugged source code. ( it does not download anything).

The break point is off (2.jpg) and it shows (3.jpg).

Using bluePill stm32F103C8, and STlink-V2

If I set the Arduino IDE directory to the correct value (C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino) it make no difference.

Regards.

Johanan

 

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Yes  it is working now.

One of the longest blinking led project I ever did 🙂

Thanks for your support, that’s one more reason why I like VisualGDB so much.

Regards

Johanan

[Johanan]

I tried to add these 2 lines:

asm(“ldr r0, =0x20001FFF”);
asm(“mov sp,r0”);

which changed the SP to 0x20001FFF, but it did not fix the problem.

I even tried 0x20000FFF, same problem.

So If the SP is decreased before anything is written, then 0x20002000 should be OK, and this is not the reason for the problem.

 

Johanan

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[Johanan]

Well, I think the SP is the  problem.

In Keil it is initialized to RAMBASE+0x408.

With GDB it is initialized to RAMBASE + 0x2000

Whoever the chip ram is only 8Kbyte, and max adr should be RAMBASE+0X1FFF  for the stack pointer. not 0x2000.

So the first call to a function creates the fault signal.

Can I just add

LDR R13 0x1FFF

somewhere  ? (I am not familiar with arm assembly)

Thanks

 

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I did,

It really downloaded again all the libraries, but the problem is stubborn. It is the same.

In another post I have strange issues with simple STM32L05 device. Should I Uninstall VisualGDB, clean up and re-install it?

if Yes, please specify which directories should be deleted after uninstall, in order to leave no traces so I can make a very fresh install.

Thanks

 

[Johanan]

Well, I connected an external 3.3V power to the board, same result.

In order to check I used MXCube and generated a Blink project for Keil.

Build the project with Keil (limited to 32K, but more then enough for this blinking LED), works without problems.

Now I started a new project in VisualGDB, and imported that working Keil project. Build it and try to run.

same Hard fault, at the same __libc_init_array();

I think the conclusion is clear, something bad in the toolchain for this STM32L053R8  (64K Flash).

Any Ideas?

Thanks.

[Johanan]

Here it is:

—— Build started: Project: ArduinoProject1, Configuration: Debug Generic_STM32F103C_series ——
Launching Arduino builder…
VisualGDB: Run “C:\Program Files (x86)\Sysprogs\VisualGDB\Arduino\arduino-builder.exe -compile -logger=machine -fqbn=stm32duino:STM32F1:genericSTM32F103C:device_variant=STM32F103C8,upload_method=DFUUploadMethod,cpu_speed=speed_72mhz,opt=osstd -build-path C:\MyWork\ArduinoProjects\ArduinoProject1\Output\Generic_STM32F103C_series\Debug -unoptimize=sketch -hardware “C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino/hardware” -hardware C:\Users\Johanan\AppData\Local/Arduino15/packages -tools “C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino/tools-builder” -tools C:\Users\Johanan\AppData\Local/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries “C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino/libraries” -libraries C:\Users\Johanan\Documents\Arduino\ -prefs=runtime.tools.stm32tools.path=C:\Users\Johanan\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\stm32duino\tools\stm32tools\2019.9.24 sketches/ArduinoProject1.ino” in directory “C:\MyWork\ArduinoProjects\ArduinoProject1” on local computer
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