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delude

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:43 pm    Post subject: Ariadne TCP/IP bootloader Reply with quote
Hi,
I needed a bootloader for my project that would work over TCP/IP. I found the Ariadne Bootloader, designed for Arduino projects. When I tried to upload a *.bin file created by Bascom, the file was rejected due to some "validation." I disabled this protection in the source files and recompiled it. If it helps someone, the finished files for Atmega1284, Atmega328, and Atmega2560 are included in the zip file.

I also attached a write_ariadne_eeprom.bas file for writing TCP/IP configuration to EEPROM.
I hope it will be useful.


I'm also curious about what the "validation" of the *.bin file is. And why the Bascom bin file is different from the Arduino *.bin file. Smile

Vojta

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The validation (https://github.com/per1234/Ariadne-Bootloader/blob/ariadne/bootloaders/ariadne/validate.c) checks if the complete IVT (interrupt vector table) consists of JMP xxxx instructions, which is the case for an avr-gcc compiled program like in this example:
https://www.avrfreaks.net/s/topic/a5C3l000000UZpiEAG/t151536?comment=P-1365028
Every unused interrupt vector is a jump to an error handling sub routine, which in this case consists of a JMP 0 (resets program execution).

Bascom on the other side has a different approach and outputs a RETI and NOP for every unused vector:
Code:
       0:       0C 94 FA 00     JMP     0x1F4           ;  0x1F4
       4:       18 95           RETI
       6:       00 00           NOP
       8:       18 95           RETI
       A:       00 00           NOP
       C:       18 95           RETI
       E:       00 00           NOP
      10:       18 95           RETI
      12:       00 00           NOP
      14:       18 95           RETI
      16:       00 00           NOP
      18:       18 95           RETI
      1A:       00 00           NOP
      1C:       18 95           RETI
      1E:       00 00           NOP
      20:       18 95           RETI
      22:       00 00           NOP
      24:       18 95           RETI
      26:       00 00           NOP
      28:       18 95           RETI
      2A:       00 00           NOP
      2C:       18 95           RETI
      2E:       00 00           NOP
      30:       18 95           RETI
      32:       00 00           NOP
      34:       18 95           RETI
      36:       00 00           NOP
      38:       0C 94 5F 02     JMP     0x4BE           ;  0x4BE
      3C:       18 95           RETI
      3E:       00 00           NOP
      ...


So that is why the validation is failing.

It should be possible to convince the unmodified bootloader to accept a Bascom binary by declaring every available, unused interrupt like this:
Code:
On Int0 0

This creates the corresponding entry in the IVT with a JMP to address 0.

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delude

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you a lot for your answer and for making this
clear for me Smile


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