WinCE

In one of my previous posts, I mentioned about cloning OALIOCTL, was thinking of writing about it. But Bruce have already written about. And it was my reference too. So check it out

Here is another really informative article by the Windows CE Base team.:)

http://blogs.msdn.com/ce_base/archive/2007/11/26/How-does-Windows-Embedded-CE-6.0-start_3F00_.aspx

Here is the link to really informative article in MSDN regarding the boot sequence in bootloader and kernel.

When we are having the whole BSP source, there will be cases in which we may need to add interrupt in OAL. This can be accommodate a new driver or add a new functionality to the existing one.

For explaining the procedure I am using the Mainstone BSP that is available in windows ce. Lets assume that we want to add an interrupt for Wireless LAN activity. This interrupt line will be a GPIO line which is mapped to GPIO 91 of PXA.

These are the files that need modification:
* bsp_cfg.h (Src\Inc)
* intr.c (OAL)

In 'bsp_cfg.h', you need to define a SYSINTR (if needed) for the new interrupt that you are about to add.

.............
#define SYSINTR_PWRBTN (SYSINTR_FIRMWARE+14) // 30
#define SYSINTR_WLANACTIVE (SYSINTR_FIRMWARE+15) // 31 - The new interrupt
................

Now in OAL, intr.c, make the following changes:
1. In BSPIntrInit() function, add a call to OALIntrStaticTranslate() to map the
the new SYSINTR v alue to the GPIO.

...............
OALIntrStaticTranslate (SYSINTR_WLAN,IRQ_GPIOXX_2_GPIO91);
...............

2. In BSPIntrEnableIrq(), add the case of enabling the GPIO Interrupt

.................
else if (irq == IRQ_GPIOXX_2_GPIO91)
{
EnableGPIO91Irq(); // define this function for enabling falling or rising
//edge detect and clear edge detect
}
.................

3. In BSPIntrDisableIrq(), add the case of enabling the GPIO Interrupt

.................
else if (irq == IRQ_GPIOXX_2_GPIO91)
{
DisableGPIO91Irq(); // define this function for clearing falling rising
//edge detect so that interrupt wont come
}
.................

4. Define the functions for enabling and disabling the gpio interrupt

............
//~~ Function for disabling gpio91 interrupt
static void EnableGPIO91Irq(void)
{
SETREG32((PULONG)&g_pGPIORegs->GRER2, XLLP_BIT_27);
}

//~~ Function for enabling gpio91 interrupt
static void DisableGPIO91Irq(void)
{
CLRREG32((PULONG)&g_pGPIORegs->GEDR2, XLLP_BIT_27);
CLRREG32((PULONG)&g_pGPIORegs->GRER2, XLLP_BIT_27);
}

This is how we add a new interrupt in OAL.

My friend mukesh has written in his blog, how to dynamically add an interrupt handler, when OAL source code is not available.

In the next posts, I will explain how to add an IST (Interrupt Service Thread) to take care of this interrupt.