This patch adds support for building the firmware with external SPI RAM
enabled. It is disabled by default because it adds overhead (due to
silicon workarounds) and reduces performance (because it's slower to have
bytecode and objects stored in external RAM).
To enable it, either use "make CONFIG_SPIRAM_SUPPORT=1", or add this line
to you custom makefile/GNUmakefile (before "include Makefile"):
CONFIG_SPIRAM_SUPPORT = 1
When this option is enabled the MicroPython heap is automatically allocated
in external SPI RAM.
Thanks to Angus Gratton for help with the compiler and linker settings.
Since a long time now, mp_obj_type_t no longer refers explicitly to
mp_stream_p_t but rather to an abstract "const void *protocol". So there's
no longer any need to define mp_stream_p_t in obj.h and it can go with all
its associated definitions in stream.h. Pretty much all users of this type
will already include the stream header.
The Wiznet5k series of chips support a MACRAW mode which allows the host to
send and receive Ethernet frames directly. This can be hooked into the
lwIP stack to provide a full "socket" implementation using this Wiznet
Ethernet device. This patch adds support for this feature.
To enable the feature one must add the following to mpconfigboard.mk, or
mpconfigport.mk:
MICROPY_PY_WIZNET5K = 5500
and the following to mpconfigboard.h, or mpconfigport.h:
#define MICROPY_PY_LWIP (1)
After wiring up the module (X5=CS, X4=RST), usage on a pyboard is:
import time, network
nic = network.WIZNET5K(pyb.SPI(1), pyb.Pin.board.X5, pyb.Pin.board.X4)
nic.active(1)
while not nic.isconnected():
time.sleep_ms(50) # needed to poll the NIC
print(nic.ifconfig())
Then use the socket module as usual.
Compared to using the built-in TCP/IP stack on the Wiznet module, some
performance is lost in MACRAW mode: with a lot of memory allocated to lwIP
buffers, lwIP gives Around 750,000 bytes/sec max TCP download, compared
with 1M/sec when using the TCP/IP stack on the Wiznet module.
It should be up to the NIC itself to decide if the network interface is
removed upon soft reset. Some NICs can keep the interface up over a soft
reset, which improves usability of the network.
If mbedtls_ctr_drbg_seed() is available in the mbedtls bulid then so should
be mbedtls_entropy_func(). Then it's up to the port to configure a valid
entropy source, eg via MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_HARDWARE_ALT.
Otherwise the "sock" member may have an undefined value if wrap_socket
fails with an exception and exits early, and then if the finaliser runs it
will try to close an invalid stream object.
Fixes issue #3828.
Pins with multiple alt-funcs for the same peripheral (eg USART_CTS_NSS)
need to be split into individual alt-funcs for make-pins.py to work
correctly.
This patch changes the following:
- Split `..._CTS_NSS` into `..._CTS/..._NSS`
- Split `..._RTS_DE` into `..._RTS/..._DE`
- Split `JTDO_SWO` into `JTDO/TRACESWO` for consistency
- Fixed `TRACECK` to `TRACECLK` for consistency
Damien George
Angus Gratton
Jeff Epler
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