topic Re: printf() doesn't print on eclipse console when mfs.h is included in Kinetis Microcontrollers

printf() doesn't print on eclipse console when mfs.h is included

michele_novalia — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:32:23 GMT

Dear all,

I am playing with a kwikstik and MQX.

I found that printf() (or _io_printf() ) does NOT print anymore on eclipse console if I include <mfs.h>

Did anyone faced the same?

Any way around it?

thanks,

Mik

Re: printf() doesn't print on eclipse console when mfs.h is included

Dekiru — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:18:40 GMT

Hello,

In <MQX>\mfs\examples\ramdisk they have an example where both printf and mfs.h exist.

It should work well.

Did you check that example?

Regards

Re: printf() doesn't print on eclipse console when mfs.h is included

michele_novalia — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:38:05 GMT

Hi Dekiru,

Oh yes I did, but the printf in that examples never prints on my eclipse console either (codewarrior 10.1).

It only prints there when mfs.h is not included.

I suspect that <stdio.h> gets replaced by <io.h> included from <mfs.h>... and that causes the problem...

Re: printf() doesn't print on eclipse console when mfs.h is included

Dekiru — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:37:24 GMT

Hi dev,

I thought that you said about the console where captures UART data...

In MQX, the standard formatted I/O library fuctions is overrided by MQX functions (defined in fio.h).

For printf, it is replaced by _io_printf, that will out data at BSP_DEFAULT_IO_CHANNEL (kwikstik-k40x256.h)

All MQX examples should be used in that way (mean include fio.h in the file)

In case the fio.h file is not included in any your files, it may use the standard I/O function but I think Freescale will not warrant it work in that case...

BTW, in the future, if you have question in MQX, you should ask in MQX forum. There may be many MQX guru there and they may have better solutions...

Regards

Re: printf() doesn't print on eclipse console when mfs.h is included

michele_novalia — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:57:03 GMT

Hi Dekiru,

first of all you are right: this should have been more a question for MQX forum...

thanks for your explanation.

I have tried to change values in kwikstik-k20x256.h for the BSP_DEFAULT_IO_CHANNEL, to:

"ttyd:" , "ttya:", "ttyb:"

Unfortunately no success yet... I will search for another solution.

Thanks,

Mik

Re: printf() doesn't print on eclipse console when mfs.h is included

Dekiru — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:57:37 GMT

Hi,

Change to "ttyd:" , "ttya:", "ttyb:" will not help you to have it worked as you expected because is represented for different UART port but not for debug console.

You can try to change MQX_SUPPRESS_STDIO_MACROS to 1 in mqx_cnfg.h. I guess it will work as you want but that is not suggested.

Regards

Re: printf() doesn't print on eclipse console when mfs.h is included

michele_novalia — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:26:25 GMT

Hi Dekiru,

I tried this:

"MQX_SUPPRESS_STDIO_MACROS to 1 in mqx_cnfg.h."

without success again.

I am thinking I am missing the obvious: do people get the printf out somewhere else when using the kwikstik?

I will move this discussion in MQX, thanks for your help.

Mik