void *pvPortMalloc( size_t xWantedSize )       xWantedSize is in bytes, but gets compared to configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE which is in words: /* Check there is enough room left for the allocation. */ if( ( ( xNextFreeByte + xWantedSize ) < configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE )) &&             ( ( xNextFreeByte + xWantedSize ) > xNextFreeByte )    )/* Check for overflow. */ My change is: if( ( ( xNextFreeByte + xWantedSize ) < (configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE * sizeof( portSTACK_TYPE ))) && George

configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE is also in bytes? Line 104 unsigned portCHAR ucHeap[ configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE ];

Thank you! Is there another forum to which this error should be sent or will the author pick it up from here? I don’t have my application running yet under the rtos; still trying to figure why at startup it never comes out of the idle task. Cheers, George

I cannot see that there is a problem.  The wanted size is specified in bytes (the stack size * the size in bytes of each stack item) and configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE is used to dimension a char array, so is also in bytes.  It would appear to be a bytes for bytes comparison.  Am I missing something? Regards.

Greetings Richard, My bad. configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE is indeed in bytes. I had been looking at the heap arguments for the createTask which is in words. One other note on the FreeRTOSconfig.h: #define configCPU_CLOCK_HZ       should be, for the ATM7, the peripheral clock.  Often, but not necessarily, the same as the CPU clock. Its great having the source to work with, but I confess I have still not got the RTOS to go. It dies when it calls vPortStartFirstTask(). Cheers, George

Make sure the processor is in Supervisor mode when main() is called.  It must be in supervisor mode when vPortStartFirstTask() is executed. Regards.