arduino-esp32/tools/sdk/include/esp32/esp_spiram.h

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#ifndef __ESP_SPIRAM_H
#define __ESP_SPIRAM_H

#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include "esp_err.h"

/**
 * @brief Initialize spiram interface/hardware. Normally called from cpu_start.c.
 *
 * @return ESP_OK on success
 */
esp_err_t esp_spiram_init();


/**
 * @brief Memory test for SPI RAM. Should be called after SPI RAM is initialized and
 * (in case of a dual-core system) the app CPU is online. This test overwrites the 
 * memory with crap, so do not call after e.g. the heap allocator has stored important
 * stuff in SPI RAM.
 *
 * @return true on success, false on failed memory test
 */
bool esp_spiram_test();


/**
 * @brief Add the initialized SPI RAM to the heap allocator.
 */
esp_err_t esp_spiram_add_to_heapalloc();


/**
 * @brief Get the size of the attached SPI RAM chip selected in menuconfig
 *
 * @return Size in bytes, or 0 if no external RAM chip support compiled in.
 */
size_t esp_spiram_get_size();


/**
 * @brief Force a writeback of the data in the SPI RAM cache. This is to be called whenever
 * cache is disabled, because disabling cache on the ESP32 discards the data in the SPI
 * RAM cache.
 *
 * This is meant for use from within the SPI flash code.
 */
void esp_spiram_writeback_cache();



#endif