[ABANDONED] Eclipse and GDB Server with EFM32G222F128

Eric22 · May 27th 2016, 1:31pm

Hello everybody,

I am working with the EFM32G222F128
microcontroller, and I need to flash and debug it using GDB Server with
Eclipse on Ubuntu 12.04.
I followed several tutorials, including Silabs tutorial AN0023. But I am facing different problems, for which I couldn't find any answer through my research on the Internet.

Even if I don't think there is a problem on this side, I put you the configuration I use in a shell for the Segger J-Link GDB Server:

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SEGGER J-Link GDB Server V4.96m Command Line Version
JLinkARM.dll V4.96m (DLL compiled Mar 13 2015 15:25:13)
-----GDB Server start settings-----
GDBInit file: none
GDB Server Listening port: 2331
SWO raw output listening port: 2332
Terminal I/O port: 2333
Accept remote connection: yes
Generate logfile: on
Verify download: off
Init regs on start: on
Silent mode: off
Single run mode: off
Target connection timeout: 0 ms
------J-Link related settings------
J-Link Host interface: USB
J-Link script: none
J-Link settings file: none
------Target related settings------
Target device: EFM32G222F128
Target interface: SWD
Target interface speed: 1000kHz
Target endian: little
Connecting to J-Link...
J-Link is connected.
Firmware: J-Link OB-STM32F072-CortexM compiled Sep 17 2015 11:25:21
Hardware: V1.00
S/N: 670002177
Checking target voltage...
Target voltage: 3.30 V
Listening on TCP/IP port 2331
Connecting to target...ERROR: Could not connect to target.
Target connection failed. GDBServer will be closed...Restoring target state and closing J-Link connection...
Shutting down...
Could not connect to target.

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When it tries to connect to target, it just try for a bunch of seconds and then put the error.

Then, here is my log of error in Eclipse:

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180-gdb-set confirm off
180^done
(gdb)
181-gdb-set width 0
181^done
(gdb)
182-gdb-set height 0
182^done
(gdb)
183-interpreter-exec console echo
183^done
(gdb)
184-gdb-show prompt
184^done,value="(gdb) "
(gdb)
185-gdb-set new-console on
185^error,msg="No symbol table is loaded. Use the \"file\" command."
(gdb)
186 symbol-file /home/mistral/Bureau/LoRa/workspace/AppObjConnecte/Build/exe/Evalkit_Lora.out
&"symbol-file /home/mistral/Bureau/LoRa/workspace/AppObjConnecte/Build/exe/Evalkit_Lora.out\n"
~"Reading symbols from /home/mistral/Bureau/LoRa/workspace/AppObjConnecte/Build/exe/Evalkit_Lora.out..."
Reading symbols from /home/mistral/Bureau/LoRa/workspace/AppObjConnecte/Build/exe/Evalkit_Lora.out...~"done.\n"
done.
symbol-file /home/mistral/Bureau/LoRa/workspace/AppObjConnecte/Build/exe/Evalkit_Lora.out
186^done
(gdb)
187-target-select remote localhost:2331
187^error,msg="Remote communication error. Target disconnected.: Connexion r\303\251-initialis\303\251e par le correspondant."
mon speed 1000
(gdb)
188 mon speed 1000
&"mon speed 1000\n"
&"\"monitor\" command not supported by this target.\n"
188^error,msg="\"monitor\" command not supported by this target."
(gdb)
189 mon endian little
&"mon endian little\n"
&"\"monitor\" command not supported by this target.\n"
189^error,msg="\"monitor\" command not supported by this target."
(gdb)
"monitor" command not supported by this target.
mon endian little
"monitor" command not supported by this target.
190 mon flash download = 1
&"mon flash download = 1\n"
mon flash download = 1
&"\"monitor\" command not supported by this target.\n"
"monitor" command not supported by this target.
190^error,msg="\"monitor\" command not supported by this target."
(gdb)
191 mon flash device = EFM32G222F128
&"mon flash device = EFM32G222F128\n"
mon flash device = EFM32G222F128
&"\"monitor\" command not supported by this target.\n"
"monitor" command not supported by this target.
191^error,msg="\"monitor\" command not supported by this target."
(gdb)
192 mon reset 0
&"mon reset 0\n"
mon reset 0
&"\"monitor\" command not supported by this target.\n"
"monitor" command not supported by this target.
192^error,msg="\"monitor\" command not supported by this target."
(gdb)
193 load /home/mistral/Bureau/LoRa/workspace/AppObjConnecte/Build/exe/Evalkit_Lora.out
&"load /home/mistral/Bureau/LoRa/workspace/AppObjConnecte/Build/exe/Evalkit_Lora.out \n"
load /home/mistral/Bureau/LoRa/workspace/AppObjConnecte/Build/exe/Evalkit_Lora.out
&"You can't do that when your target is `None'\n"
193^error,msg="You can't do that when your target is `None'"
You can't do that when your target is `None'
(gdb)
194-environment-directory ### I shortened it because it was too long
194^done,source-path= ... ### Same here, too long
(gdb)
195 info threads
&"info threads\n"
~"No threads.\n"
195^done
(gdb)
196-data-list-register-names
196^done,register-names=["r0","r1","r2","r3","r4","r5","r6","r7","r8","r9","r10","r11","r12","sp","lr","pc","f0","f1","f2","f3","f4","f5","f6","f7","fps","cpsr","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""]
(gdb)
197 tbreak main
&"tbreak main\n"
tbreak main
&"Cannot access memory at address 0x7b44\n"
Cannot access memory at address 0x7b44
197^error,msg="Cannot access memory at address 0x7b44"
(gdb)
198-break-list
198^done,BreakpointTable={nr_rows="0",nr_cols="6",hdr=[{width="7",alignment="-1",col_name="number",colhdr="Num"},{width="14",alignment="-1",col_name="type",colhdr="Type"},{width="4",alignment="-1",col_name="disp",colhdr="Disp"},{width="3",alignment="-1",col_name="enabled",colhdr="Enb"},{width="10",alignment="-1",col_name="addr",colhdr="Address"},{width="40",alignment="2",col_name="what",colhdr="What"}],body=[]}
continue
The program is not being run.
(gdb)
199 continue
&"continue\n"
&"The program is not being run.\n"
199^error,msg="The program is not being run."
(gdb)
200 info proc
&"info proc\n"
&"Not supported on this target.\n"
200^error,msg="Not supported on this target."
(gdb)
201 info program
&"info program\n"
~"The program being debugged is not being run.\n"
201^done
(gdb)
202 info threads
&"info threads\n"
~"No threads.\n"
202^done
(gdb)
203-stack-info-depth
203^error,msg="No registers."
(gdb)
204-stack-info-depth
204^error,msg="No registers."
(gdb)
205-stack-list-frames 0 1
205^error,msg="No registers."
206-data-list-changed-registers
(gdb)
206^error,msg="No registers."
(gdb)
207 kill
kill
The program is not being run.

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So first problem, it says "No symbol table is loaded. Use the 'file' command."
According
to what I found, I should have the -g option with the gcc compiler. I
don't exactly know where to put it in the makefile I have (see below).
And how to use this file command? I tried different command but without
any success.

The second problem is I have " 'monitor'
command not supported by this target". How can this be possible?
According to the manual it is.

And what do to to solve this problem: "You can't do that when your target is 'None' ".
How do I specify a target?

(Continued in next message because too long)

Eric22 · May 27th 2016, 1:31pm

Here the makefile I have been given. It is supposed to work but I don't know if I should change something in it.

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####################################################################
# Makefile #
####################################################################
.SUFFIXES: # ignore builtin rules
.PHONY: all debug release clean
####################################################################
# Definitions #
####################################################################
# uniq is a function which remove duplicate elements from a list
uniq = $(strip $(if $1,$(firstword $1) \
$(call uniq,$(filter-out $(firstword $1),$1))))
OPTIONS = -D_GCC_USED -DDEBUG_EFM -DUSE_BAND_868
DEVICE = EFM32G222F128
PROJECTNAME = Evalkit_Lora
OBJ_DIR = obj
EXE_DIR = exe
LST_DIR = lst
####################################################################
# Definitions of toolchain. #
# You might need to do changes to match your system setup #
####################################################################
# Change path to the tools according to your system configuration
# DO NOT add trailing whitespace chars, they do matter !
ifeq ($(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE), AMD64)
PROGRAMFILES ?= %programfiles(x86)%
else
ifeq ($(PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432), AMD64)
PROGRAMFILES ?= %programfiles(x86)%
else
PROGRAMFILES ?= %programfiles%
endif
endif
WINDOWSCS ?= GNU Tools ARM Embedded/4.9 2014q4
LINUXCS ?= /opt/gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_9-2014q4/
RMDIRS := rm -rf
RMFILES := rm -rf
ALLFILES := /*.*
NULLDEVICE := /dev/null
SHELLNAMES := $(ComSpec)$(COMSPEC)
# Try autodetecting the environment
ifeq ($(SHELLNAMES),)
# Assume we are making on a Linux platform
TOOLDIR := $(LINUXCS)
else
QUOTE :="
ifneq ($(COMSPEC),)
# Assume we are making on a mingw/msys/cygwin platform running on Windows
# This is a convenient place to override TOOLDIR, DO NOT add trailing
# whitespace chars, they do matter !
TOOLDIR := $(PROGRAMFILES)/$(WINDOWSCS)
ifeq ($(findstring cygdrive,$(shell set)),)
# We were not on a cygwin platform
NULLDEVICE := NUL
endif
else
# Assume we are making on a Windows platform
# This is a convenient place to override TOOLDIR, DO NOT add trailing
# whitespace chars, they do matter !
SHELL := $(SHELLNAMES)
TOOLDIR := $(PROGRAMFILES)/$(WINDOWSCS)
RMDIRS := rd /s /q
RMFILES := del /s /q
ALLFILES := \*.*
NULLDEVICE := NUL
endif
endif
# Create directories and do a clean which is compatible with parallell make
$(shell mkdir $(OBJ_DIR)>$(NULLDEVICE) 2>&1)
$(shell mkdir $(EXE_DIR)>$(NULLDEVICE) 2>&1)
$(shell mkdir $(LST_DIR)>$(NULLDEVICE) 2>&1)
ifeq (clean,$(findstring clean, $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
ifneq ($(filter $(MAKECMDGOALS),all debug release),)
$(shell $(RMFILES) $(OBJ_DIR)$(ALLFILES)>$(NULLDEVICE) 2>&1)
$(shell $(RMFILES) $(EXE_DIR)$(ALLFILES)>$(NULLDEVICE) 2>&1)
$(shell $(RMFILES) $(LST_DIR)$(ALLFILES)>$(NULLDEVICE) 2>&1)
endif
endif
CC = $(QUOTE)$(TOOLDIR)/bin/arm-none-eabi-gcc$(QUOTE)
LD = $(QUOTE)$(TOOLDIR)/bin/arm-none-eabi-ld$(QUOTE)
AR = $(QUOTE)$(TOOLDIR)/bin/arm-none-eabi-ar$(QUOTE)
OBJCOPY = $(QUOTE)$(TOOLDIR)/bin/arm-none-eabi-objcopy$(QUOTE)
DUMP = $(QUOTE)$(TOOLDIR)/bin/arm-none-eabi-objdump$(QUOTE)
SIZE = $(QUOTE)$(TOOLDIR)/bin/arm-none-eabi-size$(QUOTE)
####################################################################
# USER LIB #
####################################################################
LIB_PATH = \
../Sources/boards/eolane/BSP
LIB_LIST = \
-lP962614_BRQ10_BSP_A11
####################################################################
# Flags #
####################################################################
# -MMD : Don't generate dependencies on system header files.
# -MP : Add phony targets, useful when a h-file is removed from a project.
# -MF : Specify a file to write the dependencies to.
DEPFLAGS = -MMD -MP -MF $(@:.o=.d)
#
# Add -Wa,-ahld=$(LST_DIR)/$(@F:.o=.lst) to CFLAGS to produce assembly list files
#
override CFLAGS += -D$(DEVICE) $(OPTIONS) -std=c99 -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mthumb \
-mfix-cortex-m3-ldrd -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fomit-frame-pointer \
$(DEPFLAGS)
override ASMFLAGS += -x assembler-with-cpp -D$(DEVICE) $(OPTIONS) -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mthumb
#-Wall -Wextra
#
# NOTE: The -Wl,--gc-sections flag may interfere with debugging using gdb.
#
override LDFLAGS += -Xlinker -Map=$(LST_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).map -mcpu=cortex-m3 \
-mthumb -T../Sources/boards/mcu/EM_CMSIS_P1_3.20.13/Device/EnergyMicro/EFM32G/Source/GCC/efm32g.ld \
-Wl,--gc-sections
LIBS
= -Wl,--start-group $(LIB_LIST) -lgcc -lc -lnosys -lm -L"$(LIB_PATH)"
-L"$(WINDOWSCS)/lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/4.9.3/armv7-m" -Wl,--end-group
INCLUDEPATHS += \
-I../Sources/apps \
-I../Sources/boards/mcu/EM_CMSIS_P1_3.20.13/Device/SiliconLabs/EFM32G/Include \
-I../Sources/boards/mcu/EM_CMSIS_P1_3.20.13/CMSIS/Include \
-I../Sources/boards/mcu/EM_CMSIS_P1_3.20.13/emlib/inc \
-I../Sources/boards/eolane/BSP \
-I../Sources/boards/periph \
-I../Sources/mac \
-I../Sources/radio \
-I../Sources/radio/sx1272 \
-I../Sources/system \
-I../Sources/system/crypto
####################################################################
# Files #
####################################################################
S_SRC += ../Sources/boards/mcu/EM_CMSIS_P1_3.20.13/Device/EnergyMicro/EFM32G/Source/GCC/startup_efm32g.S
C_SRC += ../Sources/boards/mcu/EM_CMSIS_P1_3.20.13/Device/EnergyMicro/EFM32G/Source/system_efm32g.c
-include lora.mk
C_SRC
+= ../Sources/apps/LoRaSend.c ../Sources/apps/scenario.c
../Sources/apps/main.c ../Sources/boards/periph/battery.c
../Sources/boards/periph/sensor.c
####################################################################
# Rules #
####################################################################
C_FILES = $(notdir $(C_SRC) )
S_FILES = $(notdir $(S_SRC) $(s_SRC) )
#make list of source paths, uniq removes duplicate paths
C_PATHS = $(call uniq, $(dir $(C_SRC) ) )
S_PATHS = $(call uniq, $(dir $(S_SRC) $(s_SRC) ) )
C_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJ_DIR)/, $(C_FILES:.c=.o))
S_OBJS = $(if $(S_SRC), $(addprefix $(OBJ_DIR)/, $(S_FILES:.S=.o)))
s_OBJS = $(if $(s_SRC), $(addprefix $(OBJ_DIR)/, $(S_FILES:.s=.o)))
C_DEPS = $(addprefix $(OBJ_DIR)/, $(C_FILES:.c=.d))
OBJS = $(C_OBJS) $(S_OBJS) $(s_OBJS)
vpath %.c $(C_PATHS)
vpath %.s $(S_PATHS)
vpath %.S $(S_PATHS)
# Default build is release build
all: release
debug: CFLAGS += -DDEBUG -O0 -g3
debug: $(EXE_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).bin
debug: OPTIONS+=-DDEBUG_USE
release: CFLAGS += -DNDEBUG -O0
release: $(EXE_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).bin
# Create objects from C SRC files
$(OBJ_DIR)/%.o: %.c
@echo ___________________________________________________________________________________________
@echo --- Building file: $<
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS) -c -o $@ $<
# Assemble .s/.S files
$(OBJ_DIR)/%.o: %.s
@echo ___________________________________________________________________________________________
@echo --- Assembling $<
$(CC) $(ASMFLAGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS) -c -o $@ $<
$(OBJ_DIR)/%.o: %.S
@echo ___________________________________________________________________________________________
@echo --- Assembling $<
$(CC) $(ASMFLAGS) $(INCLUDEPATHS) -c -o $@ $<
# Link
$(EXE_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).out: $(OBJS)
@echo ___________________________________________________________________________________________
@echo --- Linking target : $@
@echo --- Linking libs :$(LDFLAGS)
@echo --- Linking libs :$(OBJS)
@echo --- Linking libs :$(LIBS)
$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LIBS) -o $(EXE_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).out
# Create binary file
$(EXE_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).bin: $(EXE_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).out
@echo ___________________________________________________________________________________________
@echo --- Creating binary file
$(OBJCOPY) -O binary $(EXE_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).out $(EXE_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).bin
@echo ___________________________________________________________________________________________
@echo --- Size
@$(SIZE) $(EXE_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).out
@echo ___________________________________________________________________________________________
# Uncomment next line to produce assembly listing of entire program
$(DUMP) -h -S -C $(EXE_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME).out>$(LST_DIR)/$(PROJECTNAME)out.lst
clean:
@echo =====================================
@echo = SHELL : $(SHELLNAMES)
@echo = TOOLDIR : $(WINDOWSCS)
@echo = Device : $(DEVICE)
@echo = Project : $(PROJECTNAME)
@echo =====================================
ifeq ($(filter $(MAKECMDGOALS),all debug release),)
$(RMDIRS) $(OBJ_DIR) $(LST_DIR) $(EXE_DIR)
endif
# include auto-generated dependency files (explicit rules)
ifneq (clean,$(findstring clean, $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
-include $(C_DEPS)
endif

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Thank you to have read this long post, I hope someone will be able to help me.

Eric.

SEGGER - Niklas · May 27th 2016, 7:14pm

Hi Eric

first of all, we should check if the setup works (J-Link + target)
If it does, it is most likely a Eclipse related problem.

Could you please give J-Link Commander a try?
J-Link commander is part of the J-Link software package, which is available free of charge here .

JLinkARM.dll V4.96m (DLL compiled Mar 13 2015 15:25:13)

Please update the J-Link software by using the link provided.

Start J-Link Commander (jlink.exe)
Type "connect" in order to start a debug session
Type in the target device name if asked (Or type "?" for a target selection Dialog)
Choose the correct target interface (JTAG/SWD/etc..)
Use a valid speed (Default: 4000kHz, try 100-500 if default does not work)
[JTAG only]JTAG conf can be default(most of the times)
You should now be successfully connected.

If anything fails, could you post a screenshot of the complete session?

Best regards,
Niklas

Eric22 · May 30th 2016, 11:37am

Hello Niklas,

thank you for the answer.

I updated my JLink software as you asked, here is the log of the session:

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mistral@PC-QG:/opt/SEGGER/JLink$ JLinkExe
SEGGER J-Link Commander V5.12g (Compiled May 27 2016 17:03:43)
DLL version V5.12g, compiled May 27 2016 17:03:38
Connecting to J-Link via USB...O.K.
Firmware: J-Link OB-STM32F072-CortexM compiled Mar 8 2016 11:15:54
Hardware version: V1.00
S/N: 670002177
VTref = 3.300V
Type "connect" to establish a target connection, '?' for help
J-Link>connect
Please specify device / core. <Default>: EFM32G222F128
Type '?' for selection dialog
Device>EFM32G222F128
Please specify target interface:
J) JTAG (Default)
S) SWD
TIF>2
TIF>
Device position in JTAG chain (IRPre,DRPre) <Default>: -1,-1 => Auto-detect
JTAGConf>
Specify target interface speed [kHz]. <Default>: 4000 kHz
Speed>100
Device "EFM32G222F128" selected.
Selected interface (0) is not supported by connected debug probe.
J-Link>
J-Link>ShowEmuList
J-Link[0]: Connection: USB, Serial number: 670002177, ProductName: J-Link-OB-STM32F072

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It seems the interface is not supported by the probe on my development board. It should be as it is what the seller of my kit do it in the same way.
Is there a solution to that?

Kind Regards,

Eric.

SEGGER - Niklas · May 30th 2016, 4:50pm

Hi,

you did not select SWD.
You typed in "2" (invalid answer) and were prompted again, where you did not type anything, therefore the default was selected. (JTAG)

Please specify target interface:
J) JTAG (Default)
S) SWD
TIF>2
TIF>

Could you please give it another try and type "S" for SWD?

Best regards,
Niklas

Eric22 · May 30th 2016, 5:16pm

Hi again,

you are right I put the wrong character, I don't know why I saw a "2" there.

I tried with the right parameter but it wasn't successful either.

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mistral@PC-QG:/opt/SEGGER/JLink_V512g$ JLinkExe
SEGGER J-Link Commander V5.12g (Compiled May 27 2016 17:03:43)
DLL version V5.12g, compiled May 27 2016 17:03:38
Connecting to J-Link via USB...O.K.
Firmware: J-Link OB-STM32F072-CortexM compiled Mar 8 2016 11:15:54
Hardware version: V1.00
S/N: 670002177
VTref = 3.300V
Type "connect" to establish a target connection, '?' for help
J-Link>connect
Please specify device / core. <Default>: EFM32G222F128
Type '?' for selection dialog
Device>EFM32G222F128
Please specify target interface:
J) JTAG (Default)
S) SWD
TIF>S
Specify target interface speed [kHz]. <Default>: 4000 kHz
Speed>100
Device "EFM32G222F128" selected.
****** Error: Communication timed out: Requested 20 bytes, received 0 bytes !
Could not read hardware status!
Can not connect to target.
J-Link>

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I tried with different speed but nothing changed.

SEGGER - Niklas · Jun 2nd 2016, 5:07pm

Hi,

I just gave it a try on an eval board and it works for me.
Could you tell me the name and provide a link to the eval board you are using?

Best regards,
Niklas

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