DMA problems with Pynq 2.7

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Hello everyone,

Since the release of Pynq 2.7, I have some problems.

Indeed, my old overlays, although perfectly compatible with Pynq 2.6, do not work at all with Pynq 2.7. It is the DMA, it goes round and round when calling the functions

dma.sendchannel.transfer(input_buffer)
dma.sendchannel.wait()

As my overlays were made with Vivado 2018.3, I thought of an incompatibility, so I tried to migrate automatically from Vivado 2018.3 to 2020.2 with Xilinx tools. The results are the same. I then tried to recreate my overlay from scratch on Vivado 2020.2. Still the same thing, I have an infinite loop that does nothing :confused:
(I specify that everything works perfectly with Pynq 2.6, except my design from scratch with Vivado 2020.2, but I suppose rather an error of my part, there was quite a change from 2018.3 to 2020.2 it seems, but maybe I’m wrong).

Do you know if Pynq 2.7 has changed anything on the DMA side? Or maybe Vivado 2020.2?

Thanks in advance

Damien

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Can you post your full code?

Can you also post the result of dma.register_map before and after you call transfer()?

This example works on the PYNQ-Z2 board.
https://github.com/Xilinx/PYNQ_Workshop/blob/master/Session_4/6_dma_tutorial.ipynb

Cathal

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Hello Cathal,

Thank you for your answer

The code is the same as the one presented here (DMA — Python productivity for Zynq (Pynq)), except that I only have a sendchannel (MM2S) and no recvchannel (S2MM) (I don’t need it for this application).

Here is the return from dma.register_map BEFORE I call transfer() :

RegisterMap {
  MM2S_DMACR = Register(RS=1, Reset=0, Keyhole=0, Cyclic_BD_Enable=0, IOC_IrqEn=1, Dly_IrqEn=0, Err_IrqEn=0, IRQThreshold=1, IRQDelay=0),
  MM2S_DMASR = Register(Halted=0, Idle=0, SGIncld=0, DMAIntErr=0, DMASlvErr=0, DMADecErr=0, SGIntErr=0, SGSlvErr=0, SGDecErr=0, IOC_Irq=0, Dly_Irq=0, Err_Irq=0, IRQThresholdSts=0, IRQDelaySts=0),
  MM2S_CURDESC = Register(Current_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  MM2S_CURDESC_MSB = Register(Current_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  MM2S_TAILDESC = Register(Tail_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  MM2S_TAILDESC_MSB = Register(Tail_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  MM2S_SA = Register(Source_Address=0),
  MM2S_SA_MSB = Register(Source_Address=0),
  MM2S_LENGTH = Register(Length=0),
  SG_CTL = Register(SG_CACHE=0, SG_USER=0),
  S2MM_DMACR = Register(RS=0, Reset=0, Keyhole=0, Cyclic_BD_Enable=0, IOC_IrqEn=0, Dly_IrqEn=0, Err_IrqEn=0, IRQThreshold=0, IRQDelay=0),
  S2MM_DMASR = Register(Halted=0, Idle=0, SGIncld=0, DMAIntErr=0, DMASlvErr=0, DMADecErr=0, SGIntErr=0, SGSlvErr=0, SGDecErr=0, IOC_Irq=0, Dly_Irq=0, Err_Irq=0, IRQThresholdSts=0, IRQDelaySts=0),
  S2MM_CURDESC = Register(Current_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  S2MM_CURDESC_MSB = Register(Current_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  S2MM_TAILDESC = Register(Tail_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  S2MM_TAILDESC_MSB = Register(Tail_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  S2MM_DA = Register(Destination_Address=0),
  S2MM_DA_MSB = Register(Destination_Address=0),
  S2MM_LENGTH = Register(Length=0)
}

Here is the return from dma.register_map AFTER I call transfer() :

RegisterMap {
  MM2S_DMACR = Register(RS=1, Reset=0, Keyhole=0, Cyclic_BD_Enable=0, IOC_IrqEn=1, Dly_IrqEn=0, Err_IrqEn=0, IRQThreshold=1, IRQDelay=0),
  MM2S_DMASR = Register(Halted=0, Idle=0, SGIncld=0, DMAIntErr=0, DMASlvErr=0, DMADecErr=0, SGIntErr=0, SGSlvErr=0, SGDecErr=0, IOC_Irq=0, Dly_Irq=0, Err_Irq=0, IRQThresholdSts=0, IRQDelaySts=0),
  MM2S_CURDESC = Register(Current_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  MM2S_CURDESC_MSB = Register(Current_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  MM2S_TAILDESC = Register(Tail_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  MM2S_TAILDESC_MSB = Register(Tail_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  MM2S_SA = Register(Source_Address=1938419712),
  MM2S_SA_MSB = Register(Source_Address=0),
  MM2S_LENGTH = Register(Length=4096),
  SG_CTL = Register(SG_CACHE=0, SG_USER=0),
  S2MM_DMACR = Register(RS=0, Reset=0, Keyhole=0, Cyclic_BD_Enable=0, IOC_IrqEn=0, Dly_IrqEn=0, Err_IrqEn=0, IRQThreshold=0, IRQDelay=0),
  S2MM_DMASR = Register(Halted=0, Idle=0, SGIncld=0, DMAIntErr=0, DMASlvErr=0, DMADecErr=0, SGIntErr=0, SGSlvErr=0, SGDecErr=0, IOC_Irq=0, Dly_Irq=0, Err_Irq=0, IRQThresholdSts=0, IRQDelaySts=0),
  S2MM_CURDESC = Register(Current_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  S2MM_CURDESC_MSB = Register(Current_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  S2MM_TAILDESC = Register(Tail_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  S2MM_TAILDESC_MSB = Register(Tail_Descriptor_Pointer=0),
  S2MM_DA = Register(Destination_Address=0),
  S2MM_DA_MSB = Register(Destination_Address=0),
  S2MM_LENGTH = Register(Length=0)
}

I just realized that I did not specify where it does not work anymore: after calling the transfer() function. Indeed, since Pynq 2.7, the wait() function is blocking, and no signal is sent by the DMA.

I specify that I also added an interrupt controller and I tested with the wait_async() function. This one is not blocking anymore and no signal is sent by the DMA.

In both cases, everything works perfectly with Pynq 2.6

Thanks in advance

Damien

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