freertos with wdt reset problem, nrfjprog

[twittich]

Hello

my setup is a nrf52840, the sdk15.3, Softdevice s140.

I'm running an application with freertos and wdt and have the openbootloader and s140 also flashed.

- if in freertos the wdt is disabled and i set the GPREGRET register and make a reset with NVIC_SystemReset, i have to make a reset from outside by nrfjprog -r over jlink and then the dfu device comes up...

- and after update the device over dfu it has to be reset by nrfjprog -r and it resetarts in application as wanted

- If the wdt is enabled and do the same, set the GPREGRET register and make a reset with NVIC_SystemReset, the device restarts in application....

How can i make a reset or restart similar to nrfjprog -r from software so that no jlink is needed ?

Thanks in advance

twittich

[Vidar Berg]

Hello Twittich,

The WD timer is not reset through a NVIC_SystemReset (Reset behavior) so it will keep running on subsequent startup when the program enters DFU mode inside the bootloader.  The bootloader feeds the WD by default for this reason. But you may need to adjust the reload interval if you have a short timeout, see NRF_BL_WDT_MAX_SCHEDULER_LATENCY_MS in the bootloader's sdk_config.h file. 

[twittich]

Hello

Thank you. This i tested already but it's still the same. While debugging the bootloader at the function

static bool dfu_enter_check(void)

it's not entering in the following

   if (NRF_BL_DFU_ENTER_METHOD_GPREGRET &&
       (nrf_power_gpregret_get() & BOOTLOADER_DFU_START))
    {
        NRF_LOG_DEBUG("DFU mode requested via GPREGRET.");
        return true;
    }

the problem is at

nrf_power_gpregret_get()

i'm not getting 0xb1 .  If I set this hardcoded to 0xb1 it's starting in dfu mode.....

But in the application i'm setting it and then make a reset.

Can I use the sd functions ?

sd_power_gpregret_set(0,0xB1);
sd_nvic_SystemReset();

Or use the GPREGRET2 and change that in the application and bootloader ?

And regarding the reset of the device after the dfu and update, any idea ?

Thank you for any help....

twittich

[twittich]

Yes it isn't entering the application there are different alive indicators, if i remove the comments from " _WFE " it restarts the application normal.

What did the uncommenting exactly do that the wdt will not time out ?

Actual if the wdt is set to 40 seconds, the bootloader inactivity to 0 everything works fine if the dfu update is started immidiatly.

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Now i set the wdt to 5 secs and do the following and after maximum a minute it makes a restart (maybe the inactivity timeout ?), theoretically it has to stay forever in the dfu mode until the update is started  /done.

I'll try to write directly in the register and guess it's working. First i fill all regs with 0xffffffff and then with the magic number. thats the first i do in the main of the bootloader and then in the forever loop...

NRF_WDT->RR[0] = 0x6E524635UL;
NRF_WDT->RR[1] = 0x6E524635UL;
NRF_WDT->RR[2] = 0x6E524635UL;
NRF_WDT->RR[3] = 0x6E524635UL;
NRF_WDT->RR[4] = 0x6E524635UL;
NRF_WDT->RR[5] = 0x6E524635UL;
NRF_WDT->RR[6] = 0x6E524635UL;
NRF_WDT->RR[7] = 0x6E524635UL;

And just byside is this correct ?

in the file " nrf_bootloader_wdt.c " in function " static void wdt_feed(void) " the for loop " for (nrf_wdt_rr_register_t i = NRF_WDT_RR0; i < NRF_WDT_RR7; i++) " counts up to smaller than " NRF_WDT_RR7 " , i guess it has to be " <= " .

Vidar Berg said:

inactivity timer expires after 2 minutes by default,

where is this timer and where is the 2 minutes set ?

[Vidar Berg]

twittich said:

What did the uncommenting exactly do that the wdt will not time out ?

 WFE puts the CPU to sleep as long as there are no pending interrupts. So the frequency of your interrupts will then define the reload interval. Without WFE it will be reloaded almost continuously(is not reloaded when processing scheduler tasks). However, I don't see how removing __WFE could cause the program to crash to app_start. Can you read out the the  Program counter (PC) and xPSR registers when this happens?

twittich said:

in the file " nrf_bootloader_wdt.c " in function " static void wdt_feed(void) " the for loop " for (nrf_wdt_rr_register_t i = NRF_WDT_RR0; i < NRF_WDT_RR7; i++) " counts up to smaller than " NRF_WDT_RR7 " , i guess it has to be " <= "

 Good catch! Are you enabling channel 7 in your code? That might explain the unexpected WD resets you saw earlier.  

twittich said:

where is this timer and where is the 2 minutes set ?

 If you search for 'NRF_BL_DFU_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_MS' in your bootloader project you will see where the timeout is configured and find references to the timer instance used for the bootloader timeout. The timer is reloaded during DFU, so the DFU itself is not limited to 2 minutes.  

[twittich]

Vidar Berg said:

'NRF_BL_DFU_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_MS

This i know as i said this was set to 0 but i thought because of that " The inactivity timer expires after 2 minutes by default, " you meant another timer.

With my fix in the loop, the wd feeding at the beginning in main of bootloader and commenting out of __wfe the wd will not timeout and this is set actually to  1.5 sec.

There is now one thing left which is not working, if i set the NRF_BL_DFU_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_MS it's nothing doing, no difference if set to 0 or any value, no reset at all ?

Vidar Berg said:

Good catch! Are you enabling channel 7 in your code?

Thank you, yes all ...

[Vidar Berg]

twittich said:

There is now one thing left which is not working, if i set the NRF_BL_DFU_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_MS it's nothing doing, no difference if set to 0 or any value, no reset at all ?

 '0' disables the inactivity timer so the bootloader will not time out at all. Here's the default setting from sdk_config.h:

// <i> If 0, no inactivity timer will be used. Values 1-99 are invalid.

#ifndef NRF_BL_DFU_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_MS
#define NRF_BL_DFU_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_MS 120000
#endif

[twittich]

Yes i know the timer and the use of it.

But i want to use the timer, so that it jumps back to application if no update is started. The wd is now always fed and happy and will not reset the device.

[Vidar Berg]

Ok, but what is NRF_BL_DFU_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_MS set to in your bootloader? 

[twittich]

It is now set to 35000.

[Vidar Berg]

Then the program should enter nrf_bootloader.c:inactivity_timeout() after 35 seconds and reset the device. You may place a breakpoint there to confirm. Maybe the problem is that the bootloader enters DFU mode on subsequent startup rather than booting the app? GPREGRET is not cleared through a soft reset, unlike a WD reset. 

[twittich]

Ok i'll test that and look where i should clean it.

But if the GPREGRET is set and the bootloader enters the dfu mode, one of the first things which is done is " dfu_enter_flags_clear(); " so it should be cleared. And if a reset is done after setting the GPREGRET  register and before clearing it should stay in dfu mode after the reset ?

[twittich]

While debugging it goes into the timeout callback and the application is started as usual but without debugging it times out and the device disappear, no update possible and app is not starting. ???