topic Re: MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files? in Kinetis Microcontrollers

MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files?

JBM — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:48:23 GMT

I recently upgraded to MCUXpresso v11.10.0, build 3148. I added a new project this morning using FreeRTOS and it appears that the heap_1.c, heap_2.c, heap_3.c, heap_4.c and heap_5.c are no longer included. This leads to undefined references to functions like vPortMalloc (and pretty much everything else memory related).

Is this on purpose? Where should we get the new heap files?

Re: MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files?

xiangjun_rong — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 07:50:25 GMT

Hi,

can you tell us the part number you are using?

XiangJun Rong

Re: MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files?

JBM — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:15:37 GMT

Sorry, I should have put that in there. It's the Kinetis MK22FN512VMP12.

Re: MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files?

xiangjun_rong — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 02:07:46 GMT

Hi,

I suggest you refer to the community:

https://embeddedartistry.com/blog/2018/01/15/implementing-malloc-with-freertos/

Hope it can help you

Xiangjun Rong

Re: MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files?

JBM — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:15:37 GMT

The blog post you reference is about writing the memory allocation routines. That's not what I'm asking. I'm trying to figure out where the missing files are.

Re: MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files?

xiangjun_rong — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 04:31:09 GMT

Hi,

I am sorry for misunderstanding you, the heap_x.c is located at the directory in SDK package.

Hope it can help you

XiangJun Rong

Re: MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files?

JBM — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:47:33 GMT

So the IDE is no longer going to copy these files into the project?

Re: MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files?

JBM — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:52:58 GMT

That seems kind of silly since the IDE is already unzipping the SDK and copying files in. So NXP is saying when you want to make a new project with FreeRTOS, you have to go find the SDK file, unzip it and grab these four files?

Re: MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files?

xiangjun_rong — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 06:40:57 GMT

Hi,

When you create a project or use the SDK example, the driver file which the example required will be copied to the project. If the driver is not used in the project, it is not copied.

Hope it can help you

XiangJun Rong

Re: MCUXpresso FreeRTOS missing heap files?

JBM — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:17:49 GMT

Some soft of heap management is required for the FreeRTOS to compile. These files should be copied in when selecting FreeRTOS as the OS. They are not. I think this is a bug.