ESP8266 port uses SDK 2.0, has more heap, has support for 512k devices
This release brings some code size reductions to the core as well as
more tests and improved coverage which is now at 94.3%.
The time.ticks_diff(a, b) function has changed: the order of the arguments
has been swapped so that it behaves like "a - b", and it can now return a
negative number if "a" came before "b" (modulo the period of the ticks
functions).
For the ESP8266 port the Espressif SDK has been updated to 2.0.0, the
heap has been increased from 28k to 36k, and there is support for 512k
devices via "make 512k". upip is included by default as frozen bytecode.
The network module now allows access-point reconnection without WiFi
credentials, and exposes configuration for the station DHCP hostname. The
DS18B20 driver now handles negative temperatures, and NeoPixel and APA102
drivers handle 4 bytes-per-pixel LEDs.
For the CC3200 port there is now support for loading of precompiled .mpy
files and threading now works properly with interrupts.
A detailed list of changes follows.
py core:
- py.mk: automatically add frozen.c to source list if FROZEN_DIR is defined
- be more specific with MP_DECLARE_CONST_FUN_OBJ macros
- specialise builtin funcs to use separate type for fixed arg count
- {modbuiltins,obj}: use MP_PYTHON_PRINTER where possible
- modbuiltins: add builtin "slice", pointing to existing slice type
- add "delattr" builtin, conditional on MICROPY_CPYTHON_COMPAT
- sequence: fix reverse slicing of lists
- fix null pointer dereference in mpz.c, fix missing va_end in warning.c
- remove asserts that are always true in emitbc.c
- fix wrong assumption that m_renew will not move if shrinking
- change config default so m_malloc0 uses memset if GC not enabled
- add MICROPY_FLOAT_CONST macro for defining float constants
- move frozen bytecode Makefile rules from ports to common mk files
- strip leading dirs from frozen mpy files, so any path can be used
extmod:
- vfs_fat_file: check fatfs f_sync() and f_close() returns for errors
- vfs_fat_file: make file.close() a no-op if file already closed
- utime_mphal: ticks_diff(): switch arg order, return signed value
- utime_mphal: add MP_THREAD_GIL_EXIT/ENTER warppers for sleep functions
- utime_mphal: implement ticks_add(), add to all maintained ports
- utime_mphal: allow ticks functions period be configurable by a port
lib:
- utils/pyhelp.c: use mp_printf() instead of printf()
- utils/pyexec: add mp_hal_set_interrupt_char() prototype
- libm: move Thumb-specific sqrtf function to separate file
drivers:
- add "from micropython import const" when const is used
tools:
- upgrade upip to 1.1.4: fix error on unix when installing to non-existing
absolute path
- pip-micropython: remove deprecated wrapper tool
- check_code_size.sh: code size validation script for CI
- replace upip tarball with just source file, to make its inclusion as
frozen modules in multiple ports less magic
tests:
- extmod/vfs_fat: improve VFS test coverage
- basics/builtin_slice: add test for "slice" builtin name
- basics: add test for builtin "delattr"
- extmod/vfs_fat_fsusermount: improve fsusermount test coverage
- extmod/vfs_fat_oldproto: test old block device protocol
- basics/gc1: garbage collector threshold() coverage
- extmod/uhashlib_sha1: coverage for SHA1 algorithm
- extmod/uhashlib_sha256: rename sha256.py test
- btree1: fix out of memory error running on esp8266
- extmod/ticks_diff: test for new semantics of ticks_diff()
- extmod/framebuf1: test framebuffer pixel clear, and text function
minimal port:
- Makefile: split rule for firmware.bin generation
unix port:
- Makefile: remove references to deprecated pip-micropython
- modtime: use ticks_diff() implementation from extmod/utime_mphal.c
- mphalport.h: add warning of mp_hal_delay_ms() implementation
- modtime: switch ticks/sleep_ms/us() to utime_mphal
- fix symbol references for x86 Mac
- replace upip tarball with just source file
windows port:
- enable utime_mphal following unix, define mp_hal_ticks_*
- fix utime_mphal compilation for msvc
- implement mp_hal_ticks_cpu in terms of QueryPerformanceCounter
qemu-arm port:
- exclude ticks_diff test for qemu-arm port
- exclude extmod/vfs_fat_fileio.py test
- exclude new vfs_fat tests
- enable software floating point support, and float tests
stmhal port:
- modutime: refactor to use extmod's version of ticks_cpu
- refactor pin usage to use mp_hal_pin API
- led: refactor LED to use mp_hal_pin_output() init function
- Makefile: use standard rules for frozen module generation
- modutime: consistently convert to MP_ROM_QSTR/MP_ROM_PTR
- enable SD power save (disable CLK on idle)
cc3200 port:
- use mp_raise_XXX helper functions to reduce code size
- mods/pybspi: allow "write" arg of read/readinto to be positional
- enable loading of precompiled .mpy files
- fix thread mutex's so threading works with interrupts
teensy port:
- update to provide new mp_hal_pin_XXX functions following stmhal
esp8266 port:
- Makefile: use latest esptool.py flash size auto-detection
- esp_init_data: auto-initialize system params with vendor SDK 2.0.0
- esp8266.ld: move help.o to iROM
- esp8266.ld: move modmachine.o to iROM
- esp8266.ld: move main.o to iROM
- add MP_FASTCODE modifier to put a function to iRAM
- main: mark nlr_jump_fail() as MP_FASTCODE
- modules/webrepl: enforce only one concurrent WebREPL connection
- etshal.h: add few more ESP8266 vendor lib prototypes
- modesp: add flash_user_start() function
- add support for building firmware version for 512K modules
- scripts: make neopixel/apa102 handle 4bpp LEDs with common code
- modutime: consistently convert to MP_ROM_QSTR/MP_ROM_PTR
- modnetwork: config(): fix copy-paste error in setting "mac"
- scripts/port_diag: add descriptions for esf_buf types
- modnetwork.c: allows AP reconnection without WiFi credentials
- main: bump heap size to 36K
- etshal.h: add prototypes for SPIRead/SPIWrite/SPIEraseSector
- etshal.h: adjust size of MD5_CTX structure
- modules: fix negative temperature in ds18x20 driver
- rename "machine" module implementation to use contemporary naming
- rework webrepl_setup to run over wired REPL
- espneopixel.c: solve glitching LED issues with cpu at 80MHz
- include upip as a standard frozen bytecode module
- update docs for esptool 1.2.1/SDK 2.0 (--flash_size=detect)
- modnetwork.c: expose configuration for station DHCP hostname
zephyr port:
- implement utime module
- use board/SoC values for startup banner based on Zephyr config
- initial implementation of machine.Pin
- zephyr_getchar: update for recent Zephyr refactor of console hooks
- support time -> utime module "weaklink"
- README: update for the current featureset, add more info
- mpconfigport.h: move less important params to the bottom
- Makefile: allow to adjust heap size from make command line
- Makefile: update comments to the current state of affairs
- Makefile: allow to override Zephyr config from make command line
- Makefile: add minimal port
- Makefile: add -fomit-frame-pointer to reduce code size
- mphalport.h: update for new "unified" kernal API (sleep functions)
docs:
- machine.SPI: bring up to date with Hardware API, make vendor-neutral
- machine.SPI: improve descriptions of xfer methods
- library/builtins: add docs for delattr and slice
- library/network: reword intro paragraph
- library/network: typo fixes, consistent acronym capitalization
- library/index: update TOCs so builtins sorted before modules
- utime: document ticks_cpu() in more detail
- utime: describe new semantics of ticks_diff() (signed ring arithmetics)
- utime: add docs for ticks_add(), improvements for other ticks_*()
- esp8266: update for new WebREPL setup procedure
- */quickref.rst: use new semantics of ticks_diff()
- library/machine.Pin: update Pin docs to align with new HW API
travis:
- integrate tools/check_code_size.sh
- minimal: Use CROSS=1, for binary size check
examples:
- http_server_simplistic: add "not suitable for real use" note
- hwapi: example showing best practices for HW API usage in apps
- hwapi: add hwconfig for DragonBoard 410c
The ESP SDK supports configuring the hostname that is
reported when doing a DHCP request in station mode. This commit
exposes that under network.WLAN(network.STA_IF).config('dhcp_hostname')
as a read/write value similar to other parameters.
With this patch one can now do "make FROZEN_MPY_DIR=../../frozen" to
specify a directory containing scripts to be frozen (as well as absolute
paths).
The compiled .mpy files are now stored in $(BUILD)/frozen_mpy/.
Now, to use frozen bytecode all a port needs to do is define
FROZEN_MPY_DIR to the directory containing the .py files to freeze, and
define MICROPY_MODULE_FROZEN_MPY and MICROPY_QSTR_EXTRA_POOL.
Previously, it was included only in release builds, but it's important
tool which should be always at the fingertips to be useful (and to
pump up its usage).
To make its inclusion as frozen modules in multiple ports less magic.
Ports are just expected to symlink 2 files into their scripts/modules
subdirs.
Unix port updated to use this and in general follow frozen modules setup
tested and tried on baremetal ports, where there's "scripts" predefined
dir (overridable with FROZEN_DIR make var), and a user just drops Python
files there.
At the WS2812 driver level, a 400ns value was used for T0H (time high to
send a 0 bit) but LED specification says it should be 350ns +- 150ns.
Due to loop overhead the 400ns value could lead to T0H close to 500ns
which is too close from the limit value and gave glitches (bad data to
pixels) in some cases. This patch makes the calculated T0H value 350ns.
Previously they used historical "pyb" affix causing confusion and
inconsistency (there's no "pyb" module in modern ports; but people
took esp8266 port as an example, and "pyb" naming kept proliferating,
while other people complained that source structure is not clear).
This helps to test floating point code on Cortex-M hardware.
As part of this patch the link-time-optimisation was disabled because it
wasn't compatible with software FP support. In particular, the linker
could not find the __aeabi_f2d, __aeabi_d2f etc functions even though they
were provided by lib/libm/math.c.
In both parse.c and qstr.c, an internal chunking allocator tidies up
by calling m_renew to shrink an allocated chunk to the size used, and
assumes that the chunk will not move. However, when MICROPY_ENABLE_GC
is false, m_renew calls the system realloc, which does not guarantee
this behaviour. Environments where realloc may return a different
pointer include:
(1) mbed-os with MBED_HEAP_STATS_ENABLED (which adds a wrapper around
malloc & friends; this is where I was hit by the bug);
(2) valgrind on linux (how I diagnosed it).
The fix is to call m_renew_maybe with allow_move=false.
Size 64 was incorrect and will lead to stack corruption. Size 88 was
verified empirically. Also, allow to skip defining it if MD5_CTX
preprocessor macro is already defined (to avoid header conflict).
ESP8266 SDK2.0 fixes (at least, I can't reproduce it) an infamous bug
with crash during scan. 36K seams to be a safe value based on a download
test (test_dl.py), over 1GB was downloaded. More testing is needed, but
let's have other people participate by committing it now.
There is no automatic reconnect after wlan.active(False);
wlan.active(True). This commit provide the possibility to run
wlan.connect() without parameter, to reconnect to the previously
connected AP.
resolve#2493
