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Problem building calc.bin?
Message #1 Posted by Ed Wright on 29 Mar 2012, 9:46 a.m.

I can flash my WP34s with calc.bin downloaded from sourceforge reliably, but I cannot flash an image if I build it myself. I run flash.cmd and the log file indicates the build was successful. The error I get from the flash programmer is "no answer to packet xx." That's not an exact quote; I'm not at the right computer now, but it's pretty close. xx is not always the same number. Has anyone seen this or know what I have wrong?

      
Re: Problem building calc.bin?
Message #2 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 29 Mar 2012, 10:23 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Ed Wright

Check the size of the file! I assume that your compiler does not produce the same output as mine. The file size must not exceed 128 KB. Has the post processing step been successfully executed? It takes the file calc.tmp, strips off a part that contains the original 4 byte jump addresses in the command tables and replaces the dummy entries by 2 byte equivalents of the original addresses. The resulting file should then be shorter then 128 KB. Without this step the binary will not work.

            
Re: Problem building calc.bin?
Message #3 Posted by Ed Wright on 29 Mar 2012, 10:48 a.m.,
in response to message #2 by Marcus von Cube, Germany

Marcus,

Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, the file is less than 128k. It appears the post processing completed. Below is a cut & paste of the end of the flash-build.log, in case it provides a clue.

I am using an older XP machine with a native serial port, no USB-to-serial adapter. 

Revision number(s): 2713M
Revision number will be 2714
arm-none-eabi-gcc -mthumb -mcpu=arm7tdmi -Os -fira-region=one -Wall -Werror -g -fno-common -fno-exceptions  -DREALBUILD -Dat91sam7l128 -Iatmel -DXTAL -DNO_BACKUP_INIT -DNO_RAM_COPY -IdecNumber -o realbuild/calc_xtal -nostartfiles  -T wp34s.lds -Wl,--gc-sections,-Map=realbuild/mapfile_xtal.txt \
		atmel/board_cstartup.S asone.c -nostdlib -lgcc -Lwindows32_realbuild/obj -lconsts -fwhole-program -ldecNum34s -save-temps
arm-none-eabi-nm -n realbuild/calc_xtal >realbuild/symbols_xtal.txt
arm-none-eabi-nm -S realbuild/calc_xtal >>realbuild/symbols_xtal.txt
arm-none-eabi-objcopy -O binary --gap-fill 0xff realbuild/calc_xtal realbuild/calc_xtal.tmp 
windows32_realbuild/post_process.exe realbuild/calc_xtal.tmp realbuild/calc_xtal.bin
Post-processing address tables
Monadic commands:    139
Dyadic commands:      42
Triadic commands:     10
Niladic commands:    194
Argument commands:   138
Multi word commands:  11
.fixed          0x00100000    0x1da48
.revision       0x0011da48       0xb8
                0x0011db00                UserFlash = .
                0x00001d00                UserFlashSize = (. - UserFlash)
.backupflash    0x0011f800      0x800
.cmdtab         0x000f0000     0x1d8c
.bss            0x00200000      0x188
.slcdcmem       0x00200188       0x30
.volatileram    0x002001b8      0x1d0
.persistentram  0x00300000      0x800
                  
Re: Problem building calc.bin?
Message #4 Posted by pascal_meheut on 29 Mar 2012, 11:29 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by Ed Wright

Which "flash programmer" do you use? There are 3 of them.

                        
Re: Problem building calc.bin?
Message #5 Posted by edwright on 29 Mar 2012, 5:52 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by pascal_meheut

Not MySamba or Samba, but the one from the flash directory on sourceforge. It only fails using my builds and never using builds I download.

                              
Re: Problem building calc.bin?
Message #6 Posted by pascal_meheut on 30 Mar 2012, 12:01 a.m.,
in response to message #5 by edwright

If its name is WP34sFlash, it is the new one and still in beta.

You should try with MySamba. If you still have the problem, then it comes from your build. If not, from WP34sFlash and then, I would very much like to get one of you calc.bin file to try to reproduce it.

Edited: 30 Mar 2012, 12:10 a.m.

                                    
Re: Problem building calc.bin?
Message #7 Posted by Ed Wright on 30 Mar 2012, 9:29 a.m.,
in response to message #6 by pascal_meheut

Yes, I was using WP34sFlash. I will try MySamba and let you know the resuly, although it may be a couple days before I get back to that XP machine with native serial port. If MySamba works, I will get a copy of my build to you.

Thanks!

                                    
Re: Problem building calc.bin?
Message #8 Posted by Ed Wright on 3 Apr 2012, 12:45 p.m.,
in response to message #6 by pascal_meheut

I tried flashing my calc.bin file using MySamba and it works. Unfortunately, I made another change at the same time so I don't know which change made the difference. I also added the crystal mod. The next time I flash, I will go back to WP34sFlash and see if that works now. The only issue I see now is that when I flash with my version of calc_xtal_full.bin, I don't seem to have the "full" capability. The file size seems correct - very close to the release version of calc_xtal_full.bin. Crystal functionality seems to work, I can run the stopwatch, etc.

                                          
Re: Problem building calc.bin?
Message #9 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 3 Apr 2012, 1:21 p.m.,
in response to message #8 by Ed Wright

Ed, send me the contents of your realbuild directory and I can check it out.

                  
Re: Problem building calc.bin?
Message #10 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 29 Mar 2012, 2:02 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by Ed Wright

Ed, the log looks perfect.

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