QProcess & NVRAM

jastmc

I am running Qt4.8 on a Beaglebone. The problem is that I can change the NVRAM in the RTC from the console but cannot do the same thing from Qt with the QProcess command. It seems I cannot write to hardware. What is the issue?

Regards,
James

I can change the contents of the NVRAM on the Beaglebone by running:
@root@med:~# echo "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" > /sys/devices/platform/omap/omap_i2c.3/i2c-3/3-0068/nvram@
and verify that it has changed with:
@root@med:~# od -Ax -tx1z -v /sys/devices/platform/omap/omap_i2c.3/i2c-3/3-0068/nvram
000000 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a >zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz<
000010 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 0a 39 63 31 32 >zzzzzzzzzzz.9c12<
000020 24 20 08 14 00 02 30 10 20 49 10 00 98 00 20 41 >$ ....0. I.... A<
000030 ac 05 12 04 48 2a 00 00 >....H*..<
000038@

However, using QProcess the NVRAM does not seem to be writable to - here is the code:
@ rtc.start("find /sys -name nvram");
rtc.waitForStarted();
rtc.waitForFinished();
rtcAddr = rtc.readAllStandardOutput().trimmed();
qDebug() << "RTC File Name = " << QString(rtcAddr).toUtf8();

    rtcString = "echo \"UUUUUUUUUUUUU\" > " + QString(rtcAddr).toUtf8();
    qDebug() << "Clear NVRAM with " << rtcString;
    rtc.start(rtcString);
    rtc.waitForStarted();
    rtc.waitForFinished();
    rtcData = rtc.readAllStandardOutput();
    qDebug() << "RTC Response = " << QString(rtcData).toUtf8();

    rtcString = "od -Ax -tx1z -v " + QString(rtcAddr).toUtf8();
    qDebug() << "Verify NVRAM by reading " << rtcString;
    rtc.start(rtcString);
    rtc.waitForStarted();
    rtc.waitForFinished();
    rtcData = rtc.readAllStandardOutput();
    qDebug() << "RAM Contents =  "; qDebug() << rtcData;

    rtcString = "echo \"Test String\" > " + QString(rtcAddr).toUtf8();
    qDebug() << "Write RAM with " << rtcString;
    rtc.start(rtcString);
    rtc.waitForStarted();
    rtc.waitForFinished();
    rtcData = rtc.readAllStandardOutput();
    qDebug() << "RTC Response = " << QString(rtcData).toUtf8();

    rtcString = "od -Ax -tx1z -v " + QString(rtcAddr).toUtf8();
    qDebug() << "Verify RAM by reading " << rtcString;
    rtc.start(rtcString);
    rtc.waitForStarted();
    rtc.waitForFinished();
    rtcData = rtc.readAllStandardOutput();
    qDebug() << "RTC Response = "; qDebug() << QString(rtcData).toUtf8();
    rtc.close();

@

And this is what appears on the Output Application window:

@RTC File Name = "/sys/devices/platform/omap/omap_i2c.3/i2c-3/3-0068/nvram"
Clear NVRAM with "echo "UUUUUUUUUUUUU" > /sys/devices/platform/omap/omap_i2c.3/i2c-3/3-0068/nvram"
RTC Response = "UUUUUUUUUUUUU > /sys/devices/platform/omap/omap_i2c.3/i2c-3/3-0068/nvram
"
Verify NVRAM by reading "od -Ax -tx1z -v /sys/devices/platform/omap/omap_i2c.3/i2c-3/3-0068/nvram"
RAM Contents =
"000000 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a >zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz<
000010 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 0a 39 63 31 32 >zzzzzzzzzzz.9c12<
000020 24 20 08 14 00 02 30 10 20 49 10 00 98 00 20 41 >$ ....0. I.... A<
000030 ac 05 12 04 48 2a 00 00 >....H*..<
000038
"
Write RAM with "echo "Test String" > /sys/devices/platform/omap/omap_i2c.3/i2c-3/3-0068/nvram"
RTC Response = "Test String > /sys/devices/platform/omap/omap_i2c.3/i2c-3/3-0068/nvram
"
Verify RAM by reading "od -Ax -tx1z -v /sys/devices/platform/omap/omap_i2c.3/i2c-3/3-0068/nvram"
RTC Response =
"000000 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a >zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz<
000010 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 0a 39 63 31 32 >zzzzzzzzzzz.9c12<
000020 24 20 08 14 00 02 30 10 20 49 10 00 98 00 20 41 >$ ....0. I.... A<
000030 ac 05 12 04 48 2a 00 00 >....H*..<
000038
" @

I also tried writing to a file but that did not work either - no file was created. I did that with:
@ rtcString = "echo "UUUUUUUUUUUUU" > /home/root/echotest";
qDebug() << "Test ECHO with " << rtcString;
rtc.start(rtcString);
rtc.waitForStarted();
rtc.waitForFinished();
rtcData = rtc.readAllStandardOutput();
qDebug() << "RTC Response = " << QString(rtcData).toUtf8();

@

Jeroentjehome

Hi,
Move this post to the embedded forum! It's not real a desktop issue now is it?

SGaist

Hi,

I would say you are not building the command properly. See "QProcess":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qprocess.html#details details for an example of a command with parameter call.