I have been able to integrate FreeRTOS into my application and all works fine except when I enable the UNALIGN_TRP bit in the System Control Block’s Configuration Control Register. This bit enables unaligned access traps as noted in the NXP LPC1758 tech reference (34.4.3.8 Configuration and Control Register).
Enables unaligned access traps:0 = do not trap unaligned halfword and word accesses
1 = trap unaligned halfword and word accesses. If this bit is set to 1, an unaligned access generates a usage fault.
Unaligned LDM, STM, LDRD, and STRD instructions always fault irrespective of whether UNALIGN_TRP is set to 1.
When I enable this bit, I get Hard Fault exceptions at different times in the operation. It appears that they occur within the kernel though the location is not always consistent. When I disable the bit, I see no anomalous behavior and all seems to works as I expect it. Is this a known issue for the Cortex M3 port? Any suggestions about how to handle it apart from disabling the bit? ThanksDoug Bailey