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Mahyar Shokraeian
Mahyar Shokraeian

Reputation: 233

Linux kernel crashes on the stm32h743i

I'm new to embedded linux and I am trying to boot linux on stm32h7 with only internal flash and ram.

FLASH SIZE = 2MByte

RAM SIZE = 1MByte

I have downloaded the mainline linux kernel and I configured the kernel with stm32_def config and then customized it and I removed the unnecessary drivers from it. and I configured it to boot from flash (XIP).

I have a custom board and it does not have any external ram or flash but it is similar to stm32h743i_discovery board. so, I'm using the stm32h743i_disco device tree.

my output xipImage size is about 1.4MByte and I wrote a boot loader for it.

I merged the binaries together like this:

loader at offset: 0x08000000

device tree blob (dtb) at offset: 0x08000F00

xipImage at offset: 0x08008000

my loader program:

LDR R1, =0x0FFFFFFFF
LDR R2, =0x08000F00
LDR PC, =0x08008000

r1 is machine type and when I have dt, I should set it to 0x0ffffffff. and r2 is the address of dtb in the internal flash storage. and then I set the program counter register (PC) to the xipImage start address. and when I watch it in the debugger, when the linux wants to start booting, after a few moments, the PC (program counter) becomes 0x0 and the cpu goes to hardfault interrupt handler.

Note: I have a stlink v2 programmer/debugger.

this is my cpu registers when it crashes.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1032

Answers (1)

Mahyar Shokraeian
Mahyar Shokraeian

Reputation: 233

as dear @P__J__ mentioned in the first comment, it was a RAM problem! 1MB wasn't enough. And this 1MB was not linear. So, I config the external 8MB onboard dram.

Upvotes: 1

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