buildtime.h now contains the compilation time, fixing broken start times in JTAG-programmed boards. Close #106.

bin/buildtime.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python2
+
+
+## This is a quick and dirty script for placing the build time into
+## the GoodWatch's source code, much as we put the git tag.
+## Previously, we just wrote the compile time to memory at 0xff00, but
+## that left it out of the ELF file, causing some confusion.
+
+import time, sys;
+
+
+lt=time.localtime()
+#See firmware/rtc.c for the format.
+timestr=(
+    #Hour, Minute, Second first.
+    chr(lt.tm_hour)+chr(lt.tm_min)+chr(lt.tm_sec)+"\xFF"+
+    #u16 Year, u8 Month, u8 Day
+    chr(lt.tm_year&0xFF)+chr(lt.tm_year>>8)+chr(lt.tm_mon)+chr(lt.tm_mday)
+);
+
+sys.stdout.write("#define BUILDTIME \"");
+for b in timestr:
+    sys.stdout.write("\\x%02x"%ord(b));
+sys.stdout.write("\"\n");
+

bin/cc430-bsl.py

@@ -336,8 +336,6 @@ if __name__=='__main__':
                         help='Prints the dmesg.',action='count');
     parser.add_argument('-u','--unlock',
                         help='Unlock BSL.',action='count');
-    parser.add_argument('-t','--time',
-                        help='Set the Time.',action='count');
     parser.add_argument('-r','--rate',
                         help='Baud Rate', default=9600);
     
@@ -371,16 +369,22 @@ if __name__=='__main__':
     if args.file!=None:
         print "Writing %s as Intel hex." % args.file
         bsl.writeihexfile(args.file);
-    if args.time!=None:
-        lt=time.localtime()
-        #See firmware/rtc.c for the format.
-        timestr=(
-            #Hour, Minute, Second first.
-            chr(lt.tm_hour)+chr(lt.tm_min)+chr(lt.tm_sec)+"\xFF"+
-            #u16 Year, u8 Month, u8 Day
-            chr(lt.tm_year&0xFF)+chr(lt.tm_year>>8)+chr(lt.tm_mon)+chr(lt.tm_mday)
-            );
-        bsl.write(0xFF00,timestr);
+
+    ## Peviously, we manually wrote the time to 0xFF00.  This is now
+    ## handled by buildtime.h, but I wouldn't object to writing the
+    ## time to SRAM. --Travis
+    
+    # if args.time!=None:
+    #     lt=time.localtime()
+    #     #See firmware/rtc.c for the format.
+    #     timestr=(
+    #         #Hour, Minute, Second first.
+    #         chr(lt.tm_hour)+chr(lt.tm_min)+chr(lt.tm_sec)+"\xFF"+
+    #         #u16 Year, u8 Month, u8 Day
+    #         chr(lt.tm_year&0xFF)+chr(lt.tm_year>>8)+chr(lt.tm_mon)+chr(lt.tm_mday)
+    #         );
+    #     bsl.write(0xFF00,timestr);
+    
     if args.dump!=None:
         coredump(bsl);
     if args.dmesg!=None:

firmware/.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 config.h
+buildtime.h
 libs/assembler

firmware/Makefile

@@ -87,10 +87,13 @@ apps= $(APPS_OBJ)
 
 all: goodwatch.hex
 
-*.c: githash.h
+*.c: githash.h buildtime.h
 
 githash.h:
 	echo "#define GITHASH" 0x`git rev-parse HEAD | head -c7` > githash.h
+buildtime.h:
+	../bin/buildtime.py >buildtime.h
+
 goodwatch.elf: $(modules) $(apps) *.h  
 	$(CC) -T msp430.x -o goodwatch.elf $(modules) $(apps)
 	../bin/printsizes.py goodwatch.elf || echo "Please install python-pyelftools."
@@ -99,14 +102,14 @@ goodwatch.hex: goodwatch.elf
 	msp430-objcopy -O ihex goodwatch.elf goodwatch.hex
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf *~ */*~ *.hex *.elf *.o */*.o goodwatch githash.h html latex goodwatch.elf energytrace.png energytrace.txt
+	rm -rf *~ */*~ *.hex *.elf *.o */*.o goodwatch githash.h buildtime.h html latex goodwatch.elf energytrace.png energytrace.txt
 erase:
 	$(BSL) -e
 sbwflash: goodwatch.hex codeplug.hex
 	mspdebug tilib "prog goodwatch.elf" "load codeplug.hex"
 
 flash: goodwatch.hex
-	$(BSL) -etf goodwatch.hex
+	$(BSL) -ef goodwatch.hex
 dmesg:
 	$(BSL) -P goodwatch.hex -uD
 sbwdmesg:

firmware/rtc.c

@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@
 #include "api.h"
 #include "apps/calibrate.h"
 
+//Automatically generated, not a part of the git repo.
+#include "buildtime.h"
+
 //! If this is 0xdeadbeef, the ram time is good.
 static unsigned long magicword __attribute__ ((section (".noinit")));
 //! Time and date, in case of a reboot.
 static unsigned char ramsavetime[8] __attribute__ ((section (".noinit")));
 //! ROM copy of the manufacturing time.
-unsigned char *romsavetime=(unsigned char*) 0xFF00;
+unsigned char *romsavetime=(unsigned char*) BUILDTIME;
 // Alarm tone status
 static unsigned int alarm_ringing = 0;