[fpc-pascal] Generating RTL Units for STM32 Processors

[Michael Ring]

Am 28.02.18 um 03:22 schrieb R0b0t1:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 2:43 AM, Michael Ring <mail at michael-ring.org> wrote:
>> The process is completely automated and is based on converting the header
>> files that come in the CMSIS packages of the processors.
>>
> Excellent! What about the startup assembly files? I see an equivalent,
> it is autogenerated too?

Nope, those were created manually (from Jeppe), the one relevant for the 
STM32L432KC is cortexm4f_start.inc
It will automagically be included when you add definitions for the chip.
>
>> I will send you the file for that chip via pm, you will also have to tweak
>> compiler/systems/t_embed.pas compiler/arm/cpuinfo.pas but this is pretty
>> straightforward, only extend both structs for the processors.
>>
> Yes, I forgot about this, but it does sound easy. Which chip?

STM32L432KC

if you plan to some some serious development I can provide you a patch 
file for including the whole stm32l4 family

>
>> There is a second class of Headerfiles that were done half automated (afaik)
>> by Jeppe Johansen that covers the STM32F7 series. Those Headers more closely
>> match the STM32 code C-code examples but are a lot less portable to other
>> chips (Microchip etc...)
>>
> Where are these?
Take a look at github:

https://github.com/Laksen/fp-stm32f7xx_hal

great for stm32f7, but changing this to stm32l4 is a heroic effort ;-)

>
> I have some interest in exploring a wide variety of platforms with
> FPC. When doing so using C, I have unfortunately found that
> portability only half-exists between chips of the same family from the
> same manufacturer.
>
> My interest in FPC is partly an interest in increased portability, but
> that may need to be achieved in some other way than a HAL. This may be
> due to how peripheral mappings are supplied. Perhaps there is a better
> way I do not know about. Large projects such as
> https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware manage.

I have done my own platform independant lib for stm32(f0)/f1/f3/f4 and 
pic32 with a focus on low memory consumption, if you are interested I 
can put it on github, still some loose ends as I only have implemented 
what I needed.

>
> I will be following up with you off list, since you do not seem to mind.

let's stay on list, there are others like Christo who may be interested.

Michael

>
> Cheers,
>       R0b0t1
>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> Am 27.02.18 um 04:09 schrieb R0b0t1:
>>> Hello list,
>>>
>>> I'd like some pointers on generating the RTL files for a processor I
>>> am interested in, the STM32L432KC (which is available for ~$15 with
>>> JTAG on a "Nucleo" board from STMicroelectronics).
>>>
>>> The CMSIS (Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard) files,
>>> as they come from STM, use structures to represent the registers. The
>>> example RTL files for STM devices seem to follow this pattern fairly
>>> well, but I would like to know about any discrepancies; I opened one
>>> file and think it was structured more closely to the way libopencm3
>>> does things, but I can't find it again. This may have been the file
>>> for the NXP part listed on the Wiki.
>>>
>>>
>>> How much was converted by hand, and how much can be automated? M4
>>> devices are noticeably more complicated, and even though this is a
>>> hobby project I am worried about the time investment required to get
>>> my device working with FPC.
>>>
>>> What complicates things is the way libopencm3 has their headers
>>> structures is more standard. They avoid using structures that
>>> represent the registers, instead using faux namespacing with lots of
>>> underscores in macro names.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>        R0b0t1
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