Need help to make my programs start automatically on boot

[MSele.1]

I designed my robot control system using STM32MP157f-K2 board I use the M4 core to read an IMU through SPI, read encoders and generate PWM for controlling the motors by using timers. I use A7 to read USB vision cameras, read a radar by using CAN bus, and read a lidar using ethernet. After processing the data, it sends the results to M4 for fusing with encoder and gyrometer data to make better control decisions.

I have the M4 firmware created using STM32CubeMx, and a A7 application compiled in linux. I expect them to communicate one way from A7 to M4 through virtul_uart0. I haven't been able to test the codes since I don't know how to start the Me firmware, When I loaded it directly from STM32CubeMx, I got into problems I had to reflush the board. My questions are two, and I will appreciate any advice

(1) How can I open the Linux shell on the on-board LCD screen instead of mapping it to my computer using STLink

(2) How can I start both the A7 application and M4 firmware automatically and disable the demo. I have read How to start the coprocessor from the bootloader - stm32mpu and implemented Section 2 and Section 3.2.1, but not success at all

[PatrickF]

Hi,

for point 2), this post could help you : https://community.st.com/s/question/0D53W00000wxp8dSAA

Regards.

[MSele.1]

That thread does not seem to be helpful, may be since I am a novice.

I put my .elf firmware at Board $> lib/firmware/ and my Linux userland application is at Board $>usr/local/

Then my Linux userland application starts with these commands (here my firmware is Board2_CM4.elf)

	strcpy(command,"echo -n /../../lib/firmware/Board2_CM4.elf >/../../sys/class/remoteproc/remoteproc0/firmware");
	system(command);
	strcpy(command,"echo start >/../../sys/class/remoteproc/remoteproc0/state");
	system(command);

Fortunately by running the userland application , the firmware also starts satisfactorily. So at this moment, all I need is to automatically start the Linux Userland application

[OlivierK]

Hi MSele.1 (Community Member)

For point 1) you can open a linux shell on the board LCD by typing the command from an existing console.

root@stm32mp1:~# weston-terminal

located in /usr/bin/weston-terminal

If you don't want STLINK then you can plug a keyboard on the board USB ports an access the board console directly though LCD.