Calling the initialization function ensures that the dummy lwIP library is used instead of the real lwIP, even if the esp_wifi module for esp8266 is not used.
The documentation had to be changed due to the relation of module `esp_now` to `esp_wifi` module. In addition, a number of corrections have been made. In the case of documentation, it is impossible to do this in various commits.
Usually, all .rodata sections are placed in RAM by the Espressif SDK since IROM (flash) access requires 32-bit word aligned reads. thanks to the LoadStoreError exception handler from esp-open-rtos which is used now in RIOT-OS, it is also possible to place .rodata sections in IROM (flash) to save RAM resources.
Usually, the access to the IROM (flash) memory requires 32-bit word aligned reads. Attempts to access data in the IROM (flash) memory less than 32 bits in size triggers a LoadStoreError exception. With the exception handler from esp-open-rtos it becomes possible to access data in IROM (flash) with a size of less than 32 bits and thus to place .rodata sections in the IROM (flash).
Checking by the send function that at least two maximum size Ethernet frames fit in the remaining heap before the LwIP packet buffer is allocated seems to increase stability. This can be caused by the fact that WLAN hardware interrupts allocate additional memory when receiving a frame during the send attempt.
The situation where the firmware `lwIP` packet buffer is exhausted is an important indication that the traffic sent to and sent from the esp8266 is more than the esp8266 is able to handle. Therefore, it should be an error message.
It is not necessary to realize timeout handling in send function or to disconnect from AP if lwIP packet buffer is exhausted. Waiting that the frame allocated in lwIP packet buffer is freed by MAC layer led to the complete blockage of send function on heavy network load. Disconnecting from AP is counterproductive since reconnecting usually fails on heavy network load.
Disconnecting from the AP in the send function if the lwIP packet buffer is exhausted is counterproductive since reconnecting usually fails on heavy network load. A better strategy is to slow down the sending of MAC frames from netif a bit to wait for flushing the buffer in the MAC layer.
Defines a number of lwIP functions that are required as symbols by Espressif's SDK libraries. These functions are only dummies without real functionality. Using these functions instead of real lwIP functions provided with the SDK saves arround 4 kBytes of RAM.
Since _esp_wifi_recv_cb is not executed in interrupt context but in the context of the `ets` thread, it is not necessary to pass the`NETDEV_EVENT_ISR` event first. Instead, the receive function can be called directly which result in much faster handling, a less frame lost rate and more robustness.
Since _esp_wifi_recv_cb is not executed in interrupt context but in the context of the `ets` thread, the receive function can be called directly. There is no need for a mutex anymore to synchronize the access to the receive buffer between _esp_wifi_recv_cb and _recv function.
When the size of a received frame is checked, always the total length should be used instead of the length of the first lwIP pbuf in the pbuf chain. Otherwise, the check that the length does not exceed ETHERNET_MAX_LEN will always be true since the maximum size of one lwIP pbuf in a pbuf chain is 512 bytes.
Although only the station interface is needed, the WiFi interface has to be used in SoftAP + Station mode. Otherwise the send function blocks sporadically. Since the SoftAP interface is not used, it is configured with a hidden SSID and a long beacon interval. Connections from other stations are not allowed.
Some SDK interrupt service routines obviously use malloc/free in the interrupt context. Because the rmutex-based lock/unlock approach of the malloc/free function suite of the newlib does not work in the interrupt context, the SDK memory management functions MUST therefore be used. To use the same memory management functions in RIOT as in the SDK, the malloc/free function suite has to be replaced by wrapper functions.
Fixes sporadic blocking of the wifi thread in esp_wifi_recv_cb function under heavy network load conditions when frames are coming in faster than they can be processed. Since esp_wifi_recv_cb function is not executed in interrupt context, the msg_send function used for ISR event can block when the message queue is full. With this change esp_wifi can be flooded with icmpv6 packets of maximum size without any problems over hours.
During flash write access, the IROM cache cannot be used and is disabled therefore. During that time, ets_post crashes if a functions is called which is not in IRAM. Therefore thread_flags_set must not be called if IROM cache is disabled.
Changes of ETS task handling require the context switch by software interrupt. The context switch based on interrupt is therefore enabled by default. Furthermore, the number of priority levels are increased due to the new additional thread.
cpu/esp8266/include/periph_cpu.h overrides the default definition of adc_res_t from periph/adc with a definition which contains only one resolution. This gives compilation errorss if an application uses other resolutions. According to the documentation, adc_sample should return -1 if the resolution is not supported. All other CPUs override adc_res_t either to add new resolutions or to mark resolutions as unsupported. But they all allow to use them at the interface. Therefore, esp8266 uses now the default definition of adc_res_t and returns -1 if a solution is used in adc_sample that is not supported.
The commit
- improves the timing of the SDA and SCL signals that fixes communication problems with some slaves (#10115),
- introduces the internal function _i2c_clear which clears the bus when SDA line is locked at LOW, and
- renames internal _i2c_*_sda and _i2c_*_scl functions to function names that are more clear, e.g., _i2c_clear_sda to _i2c_sda_low.
