I am testing FreeRTOS on an LPCXpresso board:
- Board: LPCXpresso LPC1769 (rev. C)
- IDE: MCUXpresso 11.2.1 [Build 4149] (2020-10-07)
- Library: LPCOpen v2.10 [2014-12-03]
- Operating system: FreeRTOS 10.4.1
I have followed the "MCUXpresso IDE FreeRTOS Debug Guide" (Rev. 11.2.0 — 7 October, 2020) instructions.
My problem is that the heap usage view does not show information about the heap memory blocks:
The configRECORD_STACK_HIGH_ADDRESS macro is set to 1 in FreeRTOSConfig.h and, as you can see in the task list, the debugger knows the start and end addresses of the stack (which I don't know if it is related, but I suppose it is).
I define the used memory scheme (heap type) with the configFRTOS_MEMORY_SCHEME macro and as you can see it detects it fine (I'm using heap_1.c). But no information about memory blocks is displayed. Somebody could help me?
Thanks a lot,
Asier.
That helps a lot, @ErichStyger . Changing heap_1.c to heap_4.c and setting the configFRTOS_MEMORY_SCHEME macro to 4:
It is logical: if the tasks are not going to be deleted there is no need for heap_1 to know the addresses of each block. However, heap_4 must know them, in case memory has to be freed. In fact, in the two images it can be seen that with heap_4 more heap has been used; I suppose that, precisely, it is due to the information stored about the memory blocks.
I have to admit, Erich, that I am a bit embarrassed. I must have read that mcuoneclipse page at least a dozen times, but I couldn't remember that detail. I think, anyway, that it would cost nothing to include those details in the "MCUXpresso IDE FreeRTOS
Debug Guide "- just because it's logical doesn't mean it's obvious.
Thank you very much, once again, Erich.
Asier.
