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Subject: Re: [Xenomai] arm imx6 and hardware FPU
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To: Paolo Minazzi <Paolo.Minazzi@mitrol.it>
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On 04/11/2014 02:15 PM, Paolo Minazzi wrote:
> Il 11/04/2014 13.49, Gilles Chanteperdrix ha scritto:
>> On 04/11/2014 01:44 PM, Paolo Minazzi wrote:
>>> Hi to all,
>>> I'm trying to test my imx6 with xenomai 2.6.3.
>>> I use the linaro cross-compiler that uses the hardware floating point.
>>>
>>> I made a simple floating point test.
>>>
>>> If I use two non-realtime user-space tasks the test works OK and I have
>>> no errors in calculations.
>>> This means that compiler and hardware works well.
>>>
>>> But I I use two realtime user-space tasks I have errors in calculations.
>>> Real-time tasks are created with rt_task_create(&demo, "demo", 0, 99,
>>> T_FPU);
>>>
>>>
>>> This is my kernel config
>>> ============================================
>>> ...
>>> #
>>> # Machine
>>> #
>>> CONFIG_IPIPE_WANT_PREEMPTIBLE_SWITCH=y
>>> CONFIG_IPIPE_WANT_ACTIVE_MM=y
>>> CONFIG_XENO_HW_FPU=y
>>> CONFIG_XENO_HW_UNLOCKED_SWITCH=y
>>> ...
>>> #
>>> # At least one emulation must be selected
>>> #
>>> CONFIG_VFP=y
>>> CONFIG_VFPv3=y
>>> CONFIG_NEON=y
>>> CONFIG_VFP_3_2_BACKPORT=y
>>> ...
>>> ============================================
>>>
>>> Is it possible to use ***hardware floating point*** with realtime
>>> user-space tasks ?
>>
>> Yes, it should be. Do you get the same issue when running both the
>> switchtest and switchtest -s 1000 tests? Do you have the same issue
>> with the I-pipe patch for Linux 3.8?
>>
>>
> / # ./switchtest -s 1000
> == Testing FPU check routines...
> d0: 1 != 2
> d1: 1 != 2
> d2: 1 != 2
> d3: 1 != 2
> d4: 1 != 2
> d5: 1 != 2
> d6: 1 != 2
> d7: 1 != 2
> d8: 1 != 2
> d9: 1 != 2
> d10: 1 != 2
> d11: 1 != 2
> d12: 1 != 2
> d13: 1 != 2
> d14: 1 != 2
> d15: 1 != 2
> == FPU check routines: OK.
>
> / # ./switchtest
> == Testing FPU check routines...
> d0: 1 != 2
> d1: 1 != 2
> d2: 1 != 2
> d3: 1 != 2
> d4: 1 != 2
> d5: 1 != 2
> d6: 1 != 2
> d7: 1 != 2
> d8: 1 != 2
> d9: 1 != 2
> d10: 1 != 2
> d11: 1 != 2
> d12: 1 != 2
> d13: 1 != 2
> d14: 1 != 2
> d15: 1 != 2
> == FPU check routines: OK.
>
> As you can see the test seems OK.
> But If I understand correctly switchtest is not a real-time test.

You do not understand correctly. You should run
switchtest & switchtest -s 1000

And let them run for some time.

> I see the problem If I use my floating point test.
> I try to calculate sin(2x).
> Then I claculate 2*sin(x)*cos(x).
> They should be similar. But sometime they are very different ===> fpu error
>
>
> I have kerne 3.0.35.
> For me it is not so easy try 3.8.

How is that? To test xenomai you do not need all the drivers, just the uart.


-- 
					    Gilles.