SPI running on M4 with FreeRTOS and RPMSG running on both

So I have freertos running on the m4. The linux kernel 4.9 on the A7. When I run the SPI without running linux, there is no issue to run SPI without Linux. As soon as linux started, the SPI stop working. I checked with a logic analyzer.

The SPI works almost like this example: main.c « master « ecspi_interrupt « ecspi « driver_examples « imx7_colibri_m4 « examples - freertos-toradex.git - FreeRTOS for the Cortex M4 core of Heterogeneous Multicore modules

+----------+      +----------+      +-----------+
|          |      |          | RPMSG|           |
|          | SPI  |          +----->+           |
|   ADC    +----->+ Cortex-M4|      |  Cortex-A7|
|          |      |          +<-----+           |
|          |      |          |      |           |
+----------+      +----------+      +-----------+

Before asking the question, I looked for similar questions. I found those ones:

I paid espcially attention to the the answer from @andy.tx talking about a bug from cache. i.MX7 M4 Atomic Cache Bug – Ryan Schaefer I also use mutliple memories by modifying the linker. I wonder whether it caused my issues.

@andy.tx talked about a potential fix. Is it done yet ?

According to me the problem is not completely solved by the seccond questions, but I have feeling that it could have been solved recently.

My SPI implementation below.

/******************************************************************************
*
* Function Name: ECSPI_MasterConfig
* Comments: ECSPI module initialize
*
******************************************************************************/
void ECSPI_MasterConfig(ecspi_init_config_t* initConfig)
{
    /* Initialize ECSPI transfer state. */
    ecspiState.isBusy = false;

    /* Initialize ECSPI, parameter configure */
    ECSPI_Init(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR, initConfig);

    /* SPI RDY */
    ECSPI_SetSPIDataReady(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR,ecspiRdyFallEdgeTrig);
    /* Thersholds */
    ECSPI_SetFIFOThreshold(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR,ecspiRxfifoThreshold,8);
    ECSPI_SetFIFOThreshold(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR,ecspiTxfifoThreshold,8);

    /* ECSPI interrupts */
    ECSPI_SetIntCmd(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR, ecspiFlagTxfifoEmpty, true);
    ECSPI_SetIntCmd(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR, ecspiFlagTxfifoDataRequest, true);
    ECSPI_SetIntCmd(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR, ecspiFlagRxfifoFull, true);
    ECSPI_SetIntCmd(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR, ecspiFlagRxfifoDataRequest, true);

    /* Set SPI IRQ Priority */
    NVIC_SetPriority(BOARD_ECSPI_IRQ_NUM, APP_SPI_IRQ_PRIORITY);

    /* Call core API to enable the IRQ. */
    NVIC_EnableIRQ(BOARD_ECSPI_IRQ_NUM);
}

/******************************************************************************
*
* Function Name: BOARD_ECSPI_MASTER_HANDLER
* Comments: The interrupt service routine triggered by ECSPI interrupt
*
******************************************************************************/
void BOARD_ECSPI_HANDLER(void)
{
    // See FreeRTOS reference manual
    static int32_t i = 0;
    static int32_t j = 0;
    static int32_t k = 0;
    struct sampleBlockInfo outputBlock;
    union sample_t sample[8];
    BaseType_t ret;
    BaseType_t xHigherPriorityTaskWoken;
    xHigherPriorityTaskWoken = pdFALSE;

    if(ECSPI_GetStatusFlag (BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR, ecspiFlagTxfifoDataRequest))
    {
        for(i=0;i<8;i++)
        {
            ECSPI_SendData(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR, 0xDEADBEEF);
        }
        ECSPI_StartBurst(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR);
        ECSPI_ClearStatusFlag(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR,ecspiFlagTxfifoDataRequest);
    }
    if(ECSPI_GetStatusFlag (BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR, ecspiFlagTxfifoEmpty))
    {
        /* Clear Flag */
        ECSPI_ClearStatusFlag(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR,ecspiFlagTxfifoEmpty);
    }
    if(ECSPI_GetStatusFlag (BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR, ecspiFlagRxfifoFull))
    {
        /* ERROR */
        /* Clear Flag */
        ECSPI_ClearStatusFlag(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR,ecspiFlagRxfifoFull);

    }
    if(ECSPI_GetStatusFlag (BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR, ecspiFlagRxfifoDataRequest))
    {
        for(i=0;i<8;i++)
        {
            sample[i].u32 = ECSPI_ReceiveData(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR);
        }
        for(i = 0; i<ACQ_TASK_CHANNEL_NUMBER;i++)
        {
            //sample_acq[k][i][j] = ((float) sample[i].i16[0]);
        }

        j++;
        if(j>=SAMPLE_BLOCK_LENGTH)
        {
            outputBlock.timestamp = GPT_ReadCounter(BOARD_GPTA_BASEADDR);    
            //outputBlock.timestamp = xTaskGetTickCount() * 1e9 / configTICK_RATE_HZ;
            outputBlock.blockNum = k;
            //ret = xQueueSendToBackFromISR(xAcqsampleQueue,&outputBlock,xHigherPriorityTaskWoken);
            //configASSERT(ret == pdTRUE);
            j=0;
            k++;
            if(k>=ACQ_TASK_SAMPLE_BLOCK_NB)
            {
                k=0;
            }
        }

        ECSPI_ClearStatusFlag(BOARD_ECSPI_BASEADDR,ecspiFlagRxfifoDataRequest);
        ecspiState.isBusy = false;
    }
}

I solved the issue, It was working but the printf was stuck.

Hi @arnaud_infoteam

Perfect that is working. Thanks for the feedback. How did you solve the issue?

printf(“\r\n”)

Thanks for your Input.