[ECOS] using threads causes exceptions

[Stefan Sommerfeld]

Hi,
>>
>> I'm using eCos on an XScale PXA270 and i have a problem using threads. 
>> My
>> program does only start a thread from main() and after this function 
>> calls
>> from thread causes ABORT DATA exceptions (MMU info: Imprecise External 
>> Data
>> Abort). Even a printf causes this exception. The strange thing is, the 
>> eCos
>> thread tests are working, even the stress test. Do i have to do some
>> initialisation? Should i better use cyg_start() instead of main()?
>
> Using main() is just fine.  Most likely, you've not created the
> stack for the thread correctly.  Or perhaps it's something within
> your thread itself.

I tried a static and a dynamically allocated stack with different sizes. 
Now i reduced the whole program to just the thread starting, a printf and 
the thread exit. But now the program crashes after thread exit. So there 
must be something wrong.

 > Have you tried running the program using GDB?  Then you can catch
> the culprit and know where to start looking.

I'm working on it, but it's quite slow ...

Bye... 


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