OMAP35x burst problem operation in linux

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Posted by jinhu wu

on Mar 01 2010 02:09 AM

Prodigy70 points

Hi all

I use omap3530 connect to my FPGA chip with GPMC, and config GPMC at burst mode.

And now I want to know in linux, which linux function of read and write causes cpu operating at burst mode.

I try some functions of multiread : readsb,readsw,readsl and memcpy.

But checkd with an oscilloscope, it seems that omap3530 still opeartes at none burst mode.

ps: The time parameter of GPMC has been configed according to gpmc burst read mode in omap35x user manual. I config that omap burst at 16 words burst mode and multiplex addr/data.

For example I want to read 16 words

In none burst mode, I use single read linux function readw, it will be 16 times cs, that is 16 times reads. And observe with an oscilloscope, that is right.

In burst mode, I use multiread linux function readw/memcpy, it also be 16 time cs, but in my opinion, it should be 1 time cs.

thanks!

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Posted by Steven Shade

on Apr 23 2010 12:19 PM

Prodigy30 points

I found a few ways to do this for bursting 4-words. I haven't figured out how to get a burst of 16.

1. Use a 64-bit pointer.

u64 *ptr = fpga_address_location;

*return_data = *ptr; // generates burst of 4 16-bit words if GPMC is configured correctly.

2. Use inline assembly:

u64 *ptr = fpga_address_location;

asm volatile (
         "ldmia %[in]!, {r3-r10} \n\t"
         "stmia %[out]!, {r3-r10} \n\t"
         :[out]"+r" (return_data)
         :[in]"r" (ptr)
         :"r3","r4","r5","r6","r7","r8","r9","r10","memory"
    );

I believe this should do a burst of 16 words, but it ends up doing 4 bursts of 4 words. Better than individual reads, but still not what I want.

Hope this helps.

Posted by Brad Griffis

on Apr 27 2010 21:04 PM

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Guru57330 points

Jinhu,

The short answer is that you should use System DMA to generate bursts larger than 64 bits on the L3 interconnect. See this post for a deeper explanation.

Brad

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Posted by Xiaolin Zou

on Jun 05 2012 03:53 AM

Prodigy160 points

hi,brad,

I read so many materials on this forum,I found you have answered so many questions about GPMC.I just want to do 64bits burst,but it seems the dataline are driven down,only zeros.please help me,If you need all the source code,I can email to you.

sinceI do the single read and write well.but I met a problem when I do the sync burst read:

I export the function gpmc_cs_set_timings ,and add some code like below to do the sync burst read:

l = gpmc_cs_read_reg(cs, GPMC_CS_CONFIG1);
l=l|GPMC_CONFIG1_READTYPE_SYNC;
l=l|GPMC_CONFIG1_READMULTIPLE_SUPP;
l=l|GPMC_CONFIG1_CLKACTIVATIONTIME(1);
gpmc_cs_write_reg(cs, GPMC_CS_CONFIG6, 0x0);

I call this function in my driver code,print the register,the result is look like below,I only want to do sync burst read,but I can't read anything on the D[0]-D[15] lines

I am looking forward to your reply.please help me,if you can give me some source code about sync burst read,It would be better for me to understand.Thanks again.

GPMC_CS_CONFIG1=62001001
GPMC_CS_CONFIG2=001c0b00
GPMC_CS_CONFIG3=00010900
GPMC_CS_CONFIG4=16090b00
GPMC_CS_CONFIG5=02091e0b
GPMC_CS_CONFIG6=00000000
GPMC_CS_CONFIG7=00000f6c