Interrupts on xilinx ml403

Misbah khan misbah_khan at engineer.com
Wed Jul 25 14:44:55 EST 2007


hi ...

Well you are always welcome to contact me . Just look at the configuration
of registers are proper or not and you have followed Bigendian format or
not. more than 90 % of the problem comes when you dont configure the
controler registers properly.

----Misbah

Mirek23 wrote:
> 
> I will try to go further with that after trying Grant's suggestion. When I
> still have a problem I will contact you.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Mirek
> 
> Misbah khan wrote:
>> 
>> hi ..
>> 
>> If you could send me the code and the config related doc . I could then
>> be able to suggest you something. As per the understanding of the problem
>> i guess you are not congiguring the interrupt controller properly. you
>> have to use correct IRQ no for  that ports then other configuration such
>> as interrupt type, and whenever you service the interrupt you have to
>> clear the interrupt etc are to be taken care ....Please see the interrupt
>> controller register and do your settings correctly . If the same persists
>> then you please send me the code and the documents then only i could give
>> the exact explaination on this 
>> 
>> ----misbah
>> 
>> Mirek23 wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>>       I use linux kernel 2.6 on ppc405 of my Avnet (xilinx like ml403)
>>> evaluation board.
>>> 
>>> I have setup the virtex-4 FPGA to deal with Themac and Serial
>>> interfaces. As input/output devices I have chosen 8 LEDs and DIP
>>> Switches.
>>> 
>>> With such a configuration I am able to control from Linux user
>>> applications via GPIO driver the LEDs and DIP Switches.
>>> 
>>> Right now I just wanted to make use of the interrupts. I have configured
>>> the Dip switches to use interrupt. The interrupt accoures when the DIP
>>> Switches state has changed.
>>> 
>>> In the BSP generated by EDK 9.1 I see that macro :   
>>> 
>>> #define XPAR_DIP_SWITCHES_8BIT_INTERRUPT_PRESENT 1
>>> 
>>> has changed from zero to one.
>>> The macro XPAR_INTC_MAX_NUM_INTR_INPUTS is set to 1 as it was before.
>>> This is due to the fact that 
>>> TEMAC uses one interrupt line.
>>> 
>>> Does it mean that DIP Switches do not use INTC interrupt controller?
>>> How to handle the DIP Switches interrupt?
>>> Does the Interrupt handler routine have to acknowledge the interrupt
>>> from Dip Switches?
>>> 
>>> Many thanks in advance for any hint on that.
>>> 
>>> Best Regards
>>> 
>>> Mirek
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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