STM32F7 Bootloader unable to jump to application

Question

My problem is that my bootloader is not jumping to the application, or maybe it is but then jumps back to the bootloader because of an interrupt. To give you something to work with here are some info:

The code that jumps to the application

typedef void (*pFunction)(void);

pFunction Jump_To_Firmware;

void JumpToInternalFlashImage()
{
    Jump_To_Firmware = (pFunction) (*(uint32_t *)(0x08008000 + 4));

    __set_MSP(*(uint32_t*) 0x08008000);

    Jump_To_Firmware();

}

How main looks in the application

int main(void)
{
    // Copy ISRs to RAM
    memcpy((uint8_t *)&_isr_vector_ram_start, (uint8_t *)&_isr_vector_flash_start, &_isr_vector_flash_end - &_isr_vector_flash_start);

    // Relocate the vector table
    SCB->VTOR = (uint32_t) &_isr_vector_ram_start;

    HAL_Init();

    SystemClock_Config();

    MX_GPIO_Init();
    MX_DMA_Init();
    MX_USART2_UART_Init();

    while (1)
    {
        HAL_UART_Transmit_DMA(&huart2, "hello", 5);

        uint32_t i =0;
        for(;i<1000000;i++);
}

It should perhaps be pointed out that this program works fine if I program it through ST link without any bootloader code. Also the important parts of this code should be the first lines where I copy the ISRs to RAM and then relocate the vector

The linkerscript looks like the following to give you an idea of where the addresses come from ( it looks the same in both bootloader and application )

/* Entry Point */
ENTRY(Reset_Handler)

/* Highest address of the user mode stack */
_estack = 0x20050000;    /* end of SRAM2 */

/* Generate a link error if heap and stack don't fit into RAM */
_Min_Heap_Size = 0;      /* required amount of heap  */
_Min_Stack_Size = 0x400; /* required amount of stack */

// There are more areas but these should be the only relevant ones
MEMORY
{
   FLASH (rx)      : ORIGIN = 0x08000000, LENGTH = 1024K
   RAM_ISR (xrw)   : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 512
   RAM (xrw)   : ORIGIN = 0x20000200, LENGTH = 64K - 512
}

SECTIONS
{
    /* The startup code goes first into FLASH */
    .isr_vector :
    {
        . = ALIGN(4);
        _isr_vector_flash_start = .;
        KEEP(*(.isr_vector)) /* Startup code */
        _isr_vector_flash_end = .;
        . = ALIGN(4);
    } >FLASH

   ._isr_vector_ram (NOLOAD) :
   {
       . = ALIGN(4);
       _isr_vector_ram_start = .;
       KEEP(*(._isr_vector_ram)) /* Startup code */
       . = ALIGN(4);
   }>RAM_ISR
}

So my problem is that when I try to jump to the application it doesn't work

The first addresses from 0x8008000 ( application start address ) looks like

And at the address 0x08004DD1 it looks like

What happens is that I always end up stuck when the program counter points at(it does not move from this address when trying to step further )

0x8007770

and MSP

0x2004ffe0

in the output.map for the bootloader I can see that 0x08007770 is

.text.Default_Handler
            0x08007770        0x2 startup/startup_stm32f746xx.o
            0x08007770                RTC_Alarm_IRQHandler
            0x08007770                EXTI2_IRQHandler
            0x08007770                TIM8_CC_IRQHandler
            0x08007770                DebugMon_Handler
            0x08007770                UART8_IRQHandler
            0x08007770                SPI4_IRQHandler
            0x08007770                TIM1_CC_IRQHandler
            0x08007770                DMA2_Stream5_IRQHandler
            0x08007770                HardFault_Handler
 and so on (the rest of the handlers )

Does anyone know what my problem is and how to solve it ? Please feel free to ask questions if you feel like I've missed to tell you something

Answer 1

You should adjust your linker scripts to reflect the fact that the programs are to be loaded to separate flash areas. So, for the bootloader you need

FLASH (rx)      : ORIGIN = 0x08000000, LENGTH = 32K

and for the application:

FLASH (rx)      : ORIGIN = 0x08008000, LENGTH = 992K /* (992 = 1024 - 32 */