Dear Friends, i am trying to write and read data in SDRAM. but while writing and reading i don't have any control over address where i perform my read/write operation. i am using following commands for read and write operation. IOWR_ALTERA_AVALON_PIO_DATA((SDRAM_BASE),my_data) and for reading i am using IORD_ALTERA_AVALON_PIO_DATA((SDRAM_BASE) every time i run my code it start writing SDRAM from first location and while i read SDRAM it will return (again and again ) value which i write at the place where i stop writing the SDRAM. like if i write 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and the if i read it return 9,9,9,9,9,9,9, again and again...it seems like my SDRAM read address stuch at the last address. kaushal

This is expected, since you are always writing to the same address. The macro you use is for a PIO. To read/write any location, you can use: IOWR(SDRAM_BASE+address,my_data) IORD(SDRAM_BASE+address) Use address=0 to write at the first location, and remember that it is a byte based address, i.e. use address=4 to access the second 32-bit location, 8 for the third one, etc...

If you compile your code into that same SDRAM be careful with cache coherency. For example if you malloc some memory and use cache bypassing macros to access it you might find old data will get moved to the SDRAM instead of what you intended. The reason why is if you access memory using IOWR that happened to be cached previously the CPU hardware will write out the cache line instead of the data from IOWR (really there is no right answer as to which one should win so just avoid this case). You can avoid this by flushing the cache before performing the IOWR accesses or write your code using cache bypassed pointers using the HAL cache remapping functions which will do the flushing for you.

Thanks now i am able to read write in SDRAM with desire address.

I try to test SDRAM chip. Kindly advice me when the example driver method is use to test the SDRAM and when the read and write functions (IORD & IOWR) are used to perform the same test

I try to test SDRAM chip. Kindly advice me when the example driver method is use to test the SDRAM and when the read and write functions (IORD & IOWR) are used to the same test

SDRAM Read and write address control | Altera Community

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Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
This is expected, since you are always writing to the same address.
The macro you use is for a PIO. To read/write any location, you can use:
IOWR(SDRAM_BASE+address,my_data) IORD(SDRAM_BASE+address)

Use address=0 to write at the first location, and remember that it is a byte based address, i.e. use address=4 to access the second 32-bit location, 8 for the third one, etc...
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
If you compile your code into that same SDRAM be careful with cache coherency. For example if you malloc some memory and use cache bypassing macros to access it you might find old data will get moved to the SDRAM instead of what you intended. The reason why is if you access memory using IOWR that happened to be cached previously the CPU hardware will write out the cache line instead of the data from IOWR (really there is no right answer as to which one should win so just avoid this case).

You can avoid this by flushing the cache before performing the IOWR accesses or write your code using cache bypassed pointers using the HAL cache remapping functions which will do the flushing for you.
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
Thanks
now i am able to read write in SDRAM with desire address.
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
I try to test SDRAM chip. Kindly advice me when the example driver method is use to test the SDRAM and when the read and write functions (IORD & IOWR) are used to perform the same test
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
I try to test SDRAM chip. Kindly advice me when the example driver method is use to test the SDRAM and when the read and write functions (IORD & IOWR) are used to the same test
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
I try to test SDRAM chip. Kindly advice me when the example driver method is usedo test the SDRAM and when the read and write functions (IORD & IOWR) are used to the same test
which method is better?
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
@ badomen

how do i flush the cache??

i keep getting the wrong value... example: i wrote the offset 0 with 0x23, and then i read this offset and i get the 0x23. but then i wrote the offset 3 with 0x14 and then i read in offset 0 and i get 0x14. isn't it supposed to be 0x23??
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
where are you writing? memory? component? Could you share your code with us?
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
@daixiwen

i am writing to sdram. i dont use the PLL core. i only use the DE board external interface core to provide the clock needed. do i have to use the PLL? but i dont know how to configure it.

here is a part of my code to write to sdram

sdram_index=0;

for(a=0;a<64;a++)
{
IOWR_ALTERA_AVALON_PIO_DATA(SDRAM_0_BASE+sdram_index,jpeg_data.mtrx_Y1[a]);
jpeg_data.sdram_index+=2;

}

and then i read it with command

IORD_ALTERA_AVALON_PIO_DATA(SDRAM_0_BASE+offset);

the value of jpeg_data.mtrx_Y1[0] is -23 which is supposed to be written in offset 0, but when i read the offset 0, i dont get -23.
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
The macros you are using should only be used with a PIO component. To access memory, you can either use a C pointer, or the IORD/IOWR macros:
IOWR(SDRAM_0_BASE,sdram_index,data)
IORD(SDRAM_0_BASE,sdram_index)

Be careful if you also use the sdram for anything else (reset/exception vectors, application, heap...) as you may crash your application.

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