--> My reply
1) If I enable Debug Assertions the build will not run at all as it halts
very very early on. Debugger suggests the system is in up_idle(). --> Mostly
this is caused by a "fault" somewhere down the line. Does it "print" ABCDE?
Did you enable "debug" in make menuconfig?
2) Any (valid and enabled) call for a debug info/warn/error message produces
no actual message on the console. Not just in the CAN example but others
too. Console (and nsh) working fine. For example, the PWM example works just
fine. If I enable debug messages for this it doesn't crash, still works as
expected, but no debug message text. FYI I added this to the example to
prove the point:
#if defined CONFIG_DEBUG_PWM_INFO
printf("PWM_WARN_PRINTF_DEBUG\n");
pwmerr("PWMINFO: starting pwm example PWM\n");
#else
printf("JUST A PWM WARN PRINTF\n");
#endif
I get the "PWM_WARN_PRINTF_DEBUG" text on the console, but not the "PWMINFO:
starting pwm example PWM" text. --> pwmerr is only when the "error" on PWM
occurs. Did you try _info? Or caninfo? You are talking about CAN, but I
assume you are also enabling TIM and PWM?
3) In the case of the CAN example I have been trying to get working, the
call to open the CAN port open() (/dev/can0) causes a crash - debugger shows
it's in arm_assert.c but implies it's the "armv7-a/arm_assert.c" file.
There is no specific assert file in the sama5 arch folders. Is that right?
Problem 3) is most likely a silly silly bug in my modified CAN init code
that I've created for the SAMA5D27 (so I can register both CAN devices), but
without assert or debug messages working - and until I get my dev
environment properly sorted so I can add breakpoints and inspect the code
etc. - I am limited to a bit of prodding in the dark. --> I can not reply
to this. The line of text shared is not enough for me to make any valuable
comment.
But I am trying to continue to basically prove my board is actually OK from
a hardware point of view. --> Why should it not be? Does nsh work and USART?
(basic functionality?). And SPI?
Can anyone offer any insight into why Assert and debug info/warn/error
messages are "misbehaving" like this? --> I tried to give you some heads up.
https://nuttx.apache.org/docs/latest/quickstart/debugging.html
With kind regards,
Ben
