[fpc-pascal] Generating RTL Units for STM32 Processors

[Michael Ring]

I have uploaded my Code to github:

https://github.com/michael-ring/mbf.git

In the Patches directory you will find a patch to add all STM32L4 chips 
to a vanilla fpc-trunk installation.

Please pm me for questions or use github, documentation is still very 
sparse ;-)

The Blinky Example is prepared for the Nucleo-L432 Board, it does of 
course not compile successfully because initial code for switching CPU 
Frequency and accessing GPIO are missing for the L4 family, but this is 
easy to add, L4 is similar to F0 when I remember correctly.

Michael


Am 28.02.18 um 20:11 schrieb R0b0t1:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 11:27 AM, Michael Ring <mail at michael-ring.org> wrote:
>> 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
>>
> I am planning serious development. If you can provide the patch that
> would be great, but if it is any amount of work I may be able to do it
> myself with some pointers.
>
> It is my intent to stick with the L4 part I am using, but there have
> been many issues with it so far. Moving to an F3 or F4 may happen, but
> only after I attempt some actual use of the L4. Maybe eventually
> working libraries can be built up.
>
>>>> 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 ;-)
>>
> Right, I find myself needing to refer to STM's official HAL. Their
> normal documentation is lacking.
>
>>> 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.
>>
> Please do, thanks.
>
>>> 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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