[SOLVED] How to retarget printf to UART in SES(v5.50) with SEEGER Compiler and Runtime Library

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  • [SOLVED] How to retarget printf to UART in SES(v5.50) with SEEGER Compiler and Runtime Library

    ^^ Hello guys, i'm a student and i'm learning STM32. I used to programming in Keil5(MDK), but i met the SES few days ago and fell in love with it soon. :P
    I met some troubles, i want to retarget printf to UART, if i import project from Keil and use the ARMCC, that will be very easy, the only thing i should do is "use the MircoLib and retarget printf to UART via some codes".
    But if i Set Build Configurations to "Internal"(using the SEEGER Compiler/ Linker, Include Standard Libraries with SEGGER Runtime Library), i can't make it work X/ .i know that if i retarget printf to UART, the "Library I/O" shouldn't be setted to SEMIHOST(or RTT/SWO), so i set it to the "STD".
    After that i followed the wiki,and found that:

    SEGGER Wiki wrote:

    When STD is selected as Library I/O, the user has to supply an implementation of int __SEGGER_RTL_stdout_putc(int c); which can be used to route character output to any resource, such as a UART or other terminal.
    so i guess, i should set the "Library I/O = STD" and define the int __SEGGER_RTL_stdout_putc(int c) to retarget the printf().
    And I did it,but i get a strange error: undefined symbol: __SEGGER_RTL_X_file_write
    After many attempts, i couldn't find the reason, but to my surprise, if i set the options "Code > Compiler > Use Compiler Driver = NO-->YES", the error will gone, but printf() still not working ?( .
    that's my code,trying to retarget printf to UART1, like what i done in keil, emm, and i'm using the STM32 HAL library yet.

    C Source Code: retarget printf to UART

    1. #if 1
    2. //#pragma import(__use_no_semihosting)
    3. int __SEGGER_RTL_stdout_putc(int ch)
    4. {
    5. HAL_UART_Transmit(&huart1, (uint8_t *)&ch, 1, 0xFFFF);
    6. return ch;
    7. }
    8. #endif
    if you can help me, i would appreciate it very much! :thumbsup: Forgive my poor English ;( ~~
  • Hi,

    Sorry for the delay in response.
    There have indeed been changes to the RTL implementation here for the STD I/O.
    As the error message suggests you need to supply an implementation of __SEGGER_RTL_X_file_write now.
    This has been addressed in the documentation here:
    wiki.segger.com/Embedded_Studio_Library_IO#STD


    Best regards,

    Nino
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  • Hello to all,
    I found yesterday the declacation to the __SEGGER_RTL_X_file_write() in corresponding __SEGGER_RTL.h.
    So I included the following function in my project and it works.

    C Source Code

    1. int __SEGGER_RTL_X_file_write (__SEGGER_RTL_FILE *__stream, const char *__s, unsigned __len)
    2. {
    3. HAL_UART_Transmit(&huart1, __s, __len, 10);
    4. return 0;
    5. }

    But i can't replay this yesterday, because my registration for this forum was approved today.
    So I saw the new description for this issue form Nino today.

    But I have further question:

    What ist the definitin for the return value of __SEGGER_RTL_X_file_write(..)?


    Kind regards

    AxKe
  • Hi AxKe,

    Indeed the return values were not described.
    We updated the Wiki accordingly.
    wiki.segger.com/Embedded_Studio_Library_IO#STD

    Keep in mind that if you retarget to e.g. a filesystem and if the disk returns that it is full, the return value for the write function would still be considered "OK".

    Best regards,
    Nino
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    Keep in mind, this is *not* a support forum.
    Our engineers will try to answer your questions between their projects if possible but this can be delayed by longer periods of time.
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