EclaireXL

11/05/2019

FO 10:12 PM Bug #83: Many USB hubs do not work

Updating the avalon arm regs, to the latest zpu config regs. Which has USB...
Will also add another avalon slave which puts all the bus transactions into a fifo, so I can debug those from the arm too. foft

11/04/2019

FO 10:38 PM Bug #83: Many USB hubs do not work

Managed to get the core flashing ok (was bad rbf generation).
Also installed gcc and the binaries are running ok.
Can read/write the os rom + ram via dma.
Have sync on vga, but it doesn't boot.
So... this is probably enough to now ... foft

11/03/2019

FO 10:21 PM Bug #83: Many USB hubs do not work

Well I can flash it and get sync on vga, but no dice. I remembered I needed to run the firmware binary. I flashed the FPGA (after disabling gpio kernel module and tool) ok from linux. Then I tried to start SOCKIT.ELF, which promptly cras... foft

FO 08:24 PM Bug #83: Many USB hubs do not work

Managed to get the SOCkit board up and running and set up linux.
Now going to build/flash the existing 800 core as a hello world... foft

FO 09:25 AM Bug #83: Many USB hubs do not work

I've known about this for a long time but have never really looked into it, since its a pain and hubs are not that important (we have two ports and real controller ports).
I had an idea on how to debug, I could use the SOCkit which r... foft

FO 09:23 AM Bug #83 (Closed): Many USB hubs do not work

Only the hub I did initial testing with works. Investigate why. foft

11/01/2019

FO 10:34 PM Feature #82 (New): Setting for mono pokey

Hias asked me for a mono pokey mode, where its output to both speakers.
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FO 10:17 PM Bug #75 (Closed): USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

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FO 10:17 PM Bug #75 (Resolved): USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

Added a timer elapsed function that handles the overflow. This makes the max delay 35 mins, but I think that is ok... This is usually used for ms or us delays. foft

FO 09:32 PM Bug #75: USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

((2^32)/1e6)/60 = 71...
So trivial fix. I clearly don't need the Saleae to debug this one, but that isn't so bad. I can use it for the real-time bus capture to debug the whole system and also for the usb hub debugging. foft

FO 09:30 PM Bug #75: USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

Trying it with two keyboards. So far an hour and working.
Though I have a hunch that it'll stop working in 10 minutes!!
The code does this:
if(timer_get_msec() > host->poll) {
host->poll = timer_get_msec()+1;
I reckon it... foft

10:15 PM Revision 956 (repo2): Bug#75: Fix USB keyboard hang after 70 minutes

markw

10/31/2019

FO 10:47 PM Bug #75 (In Progress): USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

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FO 10:36 PM Bug #75: USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

OK, finally froze. I could still enter the menu with fire and it worked. So ZPU is alive, just USB is dead.
Ordered the Saleae analyzer to see if the USB debugging is any good too:-) foft

FO 10:22 PM Bug #75: USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

I left it for an hour, then typed and it worked... sigh. foft

FO 09:25 PM Bug #75: USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

While I mull that I tried building a core that can enter the menu with fire. So I can see if it is indeed USB that crashes and not the whole ZPU. foft

FO 09:24 PM Bug #75: USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

Tempted to get a Saleae logic USB3 analyzer to capture at a higher rate and they also have USB decoding. Its several hundred though, so not sure. Clearly its worth it if I'd use it a log but not sure I will. They very kindly have electro... foft

FO 09:23 PM Bug #75: USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

So, decided to take it seriously.
My picoscope claimes to decode USB, tried that and found it pretty poor.
So I tried to capture the full data stream to PC and decode it with sigrok. I got some valid packets once or twice, but it seems... foft

FO 09:21 PM Bug #75: USB keyboard stops functioning after idle period

Jurgen has this with both his keyboards after about 20 minutes.
I also thought I saw it when running the Eclaire for a prolonged period at a show earlier this year.
Anyway did some investigation...
I left my keyboard for an hour and i... foft

10/20/2019

05:38 PM Revision 955 (repo2): Add missing file

markw