Not able to compile my SPI device

[Hairuo]

Hi,

I encountered the following 3 issues in 1 single build: 

error: 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_spi_max_frequency' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_compatible_LEN'?

error: 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_frame_format' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_reg_IDX_0'?

'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_duplex' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_reg'?

The full error message is shown here:

*  Executing task: nRF Connect: Build: h2ok_hart_spi_device/build (active) 

Building h2ok_hart_spi_device
west build --build-dir /Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/build /Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device

[0/24] Performing build step for 'tfm'
ninja: no work to do.
[2/16] Building C object CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj
FAILED: CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj 
ccache /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/v2.2.0/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/arm-zephyr-eabi-gcc -DKERNEL -DMBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE=\"nrf-config.h\" -DMBEDTLS_USER_CONFIG_FILE=\"nrf-config-user.h\" -DNRF9160_XXAA -DNRF_SKIP_FICR_NS_COPY_TO_RAM -DNRF_TRUSTZONE_NONSECURE -DTFM_PSA_API -DUSE_PARTITION_MANAGER=1 -D_ANSI_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -D__LINUX_ERRNO_EXTENSIONS__ -D__PROGRAM_START -D__ZEPHYR__=1 -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include -Izephyr/include/generated -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/nrf91 -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/lib/libc/newlib/include -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/common/. -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/nrf/include -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/nrf/include/tfm -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/nrf/tests/include -Itfm/generated/interface/include -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/modules/hal/cmsis/CMSIS/Core/Include -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/modules/hal/nordic/nrfx -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/modules/hal/nordic/nrfx/drivers/include -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/modules/hal/nordic/nrfx/mdk -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/. -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/nrfxlib/nrf_modem/include -Itfm/install/interface/include -Imodules/nrfxlib/nrfxlib/nrf_security/src/include/generated -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/nrfxlib/nrf_security/include -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/nrfxlib/nrf_security/include/mbedtls -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/mbedtls/include -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/mbedtls/include/mbedtls -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/mbedtls/include/psa -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/mbedtls/library -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/nrfxlib/crypto/nrf_oberon/include/mbedtls -I/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/nrfxlib/crypto/nrf_oberon/include -fno-strict-aliasing -Os -imacros /Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/build/zephyr/include/generated/autoconf.h -ffreestanding -fno-common -g -gdwarf-4 -fdiagnostics-color=always -mcpu=cortex-m33 -mthumb -mabi=aapcs -mfp16-format=ieee --sysroot=/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/v2.2.0/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/arm-zephyr-eabi -imacros /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/toolchain/zephyr_stdint.h -Wall -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-format-zero-length -Wno-main -Wno-pointer-sign -Wpointer-arith -Wexpansion-to-defined -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Werror=implicit-int -fno-pic -fno-pie -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-reorder-functions --param=min-pagesize=0 -fno-defer-pop -fmacro-prefix-map=/Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device=CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR -fmacro-prefix-map=/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr=ZEPHYR_BASE -fmacro-prefix-map=/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0=WEST_TOPDIR -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -specs=nano.specs -std=c99 -MD -MT CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj -MF CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj.d -o CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj -c ../src/main.c
In file included from /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/arch/arm/aarch32/arch.h:20,
                 from /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/arch/cpu.h:19,
                 from /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/kernel_includes.h:33,
                 from /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/kernel.h:17,
                 from /Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/src/main.c:1:
/Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/build/zephyr/include/generated/devicetree_generated.h:12762:34: error: 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_spi_max_frequency' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_compatible_LEN'?
12762 | #define DT_N_ALIAS_hartmodem     DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0
      |                                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/devicetree.h:3892:29: note: in definition of macro 'DT_CAT3'
 3892 | #define DT_CAT3(a1, a2, a3) a1 ## a2 ## a3
      |                             ^~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/drivers/spi.h:345:30: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_PROP'
  345 |                 .frequency = DT_PROP(node_id, spi_max_frequency),       \
      |                              ^~~~~~~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/drivers/spi.h:407:27: note: in expansion of macro 'SPI_CONFIG_DT'
  407 |                 .config = SPI_CONFIG_DT(node_id, operation_, delay_) \
      |                           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/src/main.c:13:46: note: in expansion of macro 'SPI_DT_SPEC_GET'
   13 | const struct spi_dt_spec hartmodem_spi_dev = SPI_DT_SPEC_GET(DT_ALIAS(hartmodem), SPI_OP, 0);
      |                                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/devicetree.h:3890:24: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_N_ALIAS_hartmodem'
 3890 | #define DT_CAT(a1, a2) a1 ## a2
      |                        ^~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/devicetree.h:230:25: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_CAT'
  230 | #define DT_ALIAS(alias) DT_CAT(DT_N_ALIAS_, alias)
      |                         ^~~~~~
/Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/src/main.c:13:62: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_ALIAS'
   13 | const struct spi_dt_spec hartmodem_spi_dev = SPI_DT_SPEC_GET(DT_ALIAS(hartmodem), SPI_OP, 0);
      |                                                              ^~~~~~~~
/Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/build/zephyr/include/generated/devicetree_generated.h:12762:34: error: 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_duplex' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_reg'?
12762 | #define DT_N_ALIAS_hartmodem     DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0
      |                                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/devicetree.h:3892:29: note: in definition of macro 'DT_CAT3'
 3892 | #define DT_CAT3(a1, a2, a3) a1 ## a2 ## a3
      |                             ^~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/drivers/spi.h:347:25: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_PROP'
  347 |                         DT_PROP(node_id, duplex) |                      \
      |                         ^~~~~~~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/drivers/spi.h:407:27: note: in expansion of macro 'SPI_CONFIG_DT'
  407 |                 .config = SPI_CONFIG_DT(node_id, operation_, delay_) \
      |                           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/src/main.c:13:46: note: in expansion of macro 'SPI_DT_SPEC_GET'
   13 | const struct spi_dt_spec hartmodem_spi_dev = SPI_DT_SPEC_GET(DT_ALIAS(hartmodem), SPI_OP, 0);
      |                                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/devicetree.h:3890:24: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_N_ALIAS_hartmodem'
 3890 | #define DT_CAT(a1, a2) a1 ## a2
      |                        ^~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/devicetree.h:230:25: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_CAT'
  230 | #define DT_ALIAS(alias) DT_CAT(DT_N_ALIAS_, alias)
      |                         ^~~~~~
/Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/src/main.c:13:62: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_ALIAS'
   13 | const struct spi_dt_spec hartmodem_spi_dev = SPI_DT_SPEC_GET(DT_ALIAS(hartmodem), SPI_OP, 0);
      |                                                              ^~~~~~~~
/Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/build/zephyr/include/generated/devicetree_generated.h:12762:34: error: 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_frame_format' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0_P_reg_IDX_0'?
12762 | #define DT_N_ALIAS_hartmodem     DT_N_S_soc_S_peripheral_40000000_S_spi_b000_S_hartmodem_0
      |                                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/devicetree.h:3892:29: note: in definition of macro 'DT_CAT3'
 3892 | #define DT_CAT3(a1, a2, a3) a1 ## a2 ## a3
      |                             ^~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/drivers/spi.h:348:25: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_PROP'
  348 |                         DT_PROP(node_id, frame_format),                 \
      |                         ^~~~~~~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/drivers/spi.h:407:27: note: in expansion of macro 'SPI_CONFIG_DT'
  407 |                 .config = SPI_CONFIG_DT(node_id, operation_, delay_) \
      |                           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/src/main.c:13:46: note: in expansion of macro 'SPI_DT_SPEC_GET'
   13 | const struct spi_dt_spec hartmodem_spi_dev = SPI_DT_SPEC_GET(DT_ALIAS(hartmodem), SPI_OP, 0);
      |                                              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/devicetree.h:3890:24: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_N_ALIAS_hartmodem'
 3890 | #define DT_CAT(a1, a2) a1 ## a2
      |                        ^~
/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.2.0/zephyr/include/zephyr/devicetree.h:230:25: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_CAT'
  230 | #define DT_ALIAS(alias) DT_CAT(DT_N_ALIAS_, alias)
      |                         ^~~~~~
/Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/src/main.c:13:62: note: in expansion of macro 'DT_ALIAS'
   13 | const struct spi_dt_spec hartmodem_spi_dev = SPI_DT_SPEC_GET(DT_ALIAS(hartmodem), SPI_OP, 0);
      |                                                              ^~~~~~~~
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
FATAL ERROR: command exited with status 1: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/v2.2.0/bin/cmake --build /Users/hairuosun/nordic/myapps/h2ok_hart_spi_device/build

 *  The terminal process failed to launch (exit code: 1). 
 *  Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it. 

My overlay file:

My main.c file:

My proj.conf file: 

Do you mind sharing with me how I can fix this issue?

Best Regards,

Hairuo

[Menon]

Hello,

The error you are seeing is a Device tree error. When it comes to  nRF connect sdk v2.0.0 and higher you need to use Pin control for defining the overlay file. I suggest you to go through the Pin control section and Dev academy lessons for writing the overlay file. You can also see some samples in the Devzone itself.

Kind Regards,

Abhijith

[Hairuo]

Hi, I think the pinctrl are defined by default. However, I re-defined the pin-ctrl and it gave me the same error.

My updated overlay file: 

&spi3{
    status = "okay";
    // compatible = "spi-controller";
    clock-frequency = < 1250000 >;
    cs-gpios =  <&gpio0 21 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
    interrupts = <14 NRF_DEFAULT_IRQ_PRIORITY>; 
    hartmodem: hartmodem@0 {
		compatible = "spi-device";
        status = "okay";
		reg = <0>;
        spi-max-frequency = < 1250000 >;
        duplex = < 0 >;
        frame-format = < 0 >;
	};
};

&pinctrl {
    spi3_default: spi3_default {
		group1 {
			psels = <NRF_PSEL(SPIM_SCK, 0, 13)>,
				<NRF_PSEL(SPIM_MISO, 0, 12)>,
				<NRF_PSEL(SPIM_MOSI, 0, 11)>;
		};
	};

	spi3_sleep: spi3_sleep {
		group1 {
			psels = <NRF_PSEL(SPIM_SCK, 0, 13)>,
				<NRF_PSEL(SPIM_MISO, 0, 12)>,
				<NRF_PSEL(SPIM_MOSI, 0, 11)>;
			low-power-enable;
		};
	};
   
};

/{
    aliases {
        hartmodem = &hartmodem;
    };
};

Compiled devicetree output:

Also, this is a build error, so I'm assuming that the pinctrl is not really useful unless you flash to the board & try to read it from an spi device, right?

[Hairuo]

Attached is the full-project zip-file here. Hope it helps with the technical support/debug on your side!

h2ok_hart_spi_device.zip

[Mariano Goluboff]

The "spi-device.yaml" default file doesn't have a compatible tag, so it can't be used directly in your overlay file. It should be imported into a custom driver for the SPI device that you are using. For example, you could edit the definition to change

compatible = "spi-device"

to:

compatible = "hartmodem"

Then create a file called: <project base>/dts/bindings/hartmodem.yaml that has this:

description: Hartmodem driver
compatible: "hartmodem"
include: spi-device.yaml

[Hairuo]

Thank you! I added my custom yaml file and the problem is fixed!