[U-Boot] U-boot: Erase/read/write issue with S25fl256S flash device

Sourav Poddar sourav.poddar at ti.com
Mon Jun 17 09:11:23 CEST 2013


On Monday 17 June 2013 12:35 PM, Jagan Teki wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Sourav Poddar<sourav.poddar at ti.com>  wrote:
>> HI Jagan,
>>
>> On Monday 17 June 2013 12:17 PM, Jagan Teki wrote:
>>> Hi Sourav,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Sourav Poddar<sourav.poddar at ti.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi Jagan,
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday 15 June 2013 09:47 PM, Jagan Teki wrote:
>>>>> On 14-06-2013 20:13, Sourav Poddar wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Jagan,
>>>>>> On Friday 14 June 2013 08:08 PM, Jagan Teki wrote:
>>>>>>> On 14-06-2013 20:03, Sourav Poddar wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday 12 June 2013 01:00 PM, Sourav Poddar wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am working on qspi flash device S25FL256S at u-boot level. I am
>>>>>>>>> trying to
>>>>>>>>> make use of the existing spi_flash.c framework available at u-boot
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> erasing/reading/writing
>>>>>>>>> into the flash device.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There are several issues(mentioned below), which I faced while using
>>>>>>>>> S25FL256s flash device
>>>>>>>>> with my dra7xx board which has a qspi controller to which the above
>>>>>>>>> mentioned flash device is attached.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. Erase (spi_flash_cmd_erase)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Issuing a command something like this..
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> sf erase 0x0 0x50000
>>>>>>>>>    - erases only first 0x20000 bytes of flash device, anything above
>>>>>>>>> that is not erase. I need to
>>>>>>>>>      issue separate commands after 0x20000 for every 0x10000 bytes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Am i missing anything here?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2. read
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> sf read 81000000 0 0x10000
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Read is not happening properly. The last few byte along the 4k
>>>>>>>>> boundary always shows zero.
>>>>>>>>> Above 4k bytes, read is not happening.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For ex:
>>>>>>>>>    DRA752 EVM # md 81000f00
>>>>>>>>> 81000f00: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000f10: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000f20: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000f30: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000f40: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000f50: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000f60: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000f70: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000f80: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000f90: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000fa0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000fb0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000fc0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000fd0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000fe0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>>>>>>>>> 81000ff0: ffffffff ffffffff 00ffffff 00000000    ................
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In this dump, if you see 81000ff0 the last column shows 000000 which
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> not expected. and it happens along every 4k bytes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, to get rid of the above issue, I switched to page read with the
>>>>>>>>> below patch[1],
>>>>>>>>> which is giving me the correct result.
>>>>>>>>> [1]:
>>>>>>>>> @@ -147,17 +153,40 @@ int spi_flash_read_common(struct spi_flash
>>>>>>>>> *flash, const u8 *cmd,
>>>>>>>>>    int spi_flash_cmd_read_fast(struct spi_flash *flash, u32 offset,
>>>>>>>>>                   size_t len, void *data)
>>>>>>>>>    {
>>>>>>>>> -       u8 cmd[5];
>>>>>>>>> +       unsigned long page_addr, byte_addr, page_size;
>>>>>>>>> +       size_t chunk_len, actual;
>>>>>>>>> +       int ret = 0;
>>>>>>>>> +       u8 cmd[4];
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>           /* Handle memory-mapped SPI */
>>>>>>>>>           if (flash->memory_map)
>>>>>>>>>                   memcpy(data, flash->memory_map + offset, len);
>>>>>>>>> +       page_size = flash->page_size;
>>>>>>>>> +       page_addr = offset / page_size;
>>>>>>>>> +       byte_addr = offset % page_size;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +       cmd[0] = CMD_READ_ARRAY_SLOW;
>>>>>>>>> +       for (actual = 0; actual<   len; actual += chunk_len) {
>>>>>>>>> +               chunk_len = min(len - actual, page_size -
>>>>>>>>> byte_addr);
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +               cmd[1] = page_addr>>   8;
>>>>>>>>> +               cmd[2] = page_addr;
>>>>>>>>> +               cmd[3] = byte_addr;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +               ret = spi_flash_read_common(flash, cmd, sizeof(cmd),
>>>>>>>>> data + actual, chunk_len);
>>>>>>>>> +               if (ret<   0) {
>>>>>>>>> +                       debug("SF: read failed");
>>>>>>>>> +                       break;
>>>>>>>>> +               }
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -       cmd[0] = CMD_READ_ARRAY_FAST;
>>>>>>>>> -       spi_flash_addr(offset, cmd);
>>>>>>>>> -       cmd[4] = 0x00;
>>>>>>>>> +               byte_addr += chunk_len;
>>>>>>>>> +               if (byte_addr == page_size) {
>>>>>>>>> +                       page_addr++;
>>>>>>>>> +                       byte_addr = 0;
>>>>>>>>> +               }
>>>>>>>>> +       }
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -       return spi_flash_read_common(flash, cmd, sizeof(cmd), data,
>>>>>>>>> len);
>>>>>>>>> +       return ret;
>>>>>>>>>    }
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any idea about this?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 3.  write (spi_flash_cmd_write_multi)
>>>>>>>>>     write not happening properly.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> observations: only able to write single page, anything after a page
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> not getting
>>>>>>>>>           written.
>>>>>>>>> Workaround:
>>>>>>>>> I did a write disable latch at the end of every write cycle(page
>>>>>>>>> program) and enable it
>>>>>>>>> again for the next loop. With this, I see I get rid of the above
>>>>>>>>> issue.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    @@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ int spi_flash_cmd_write_multi(struct
>>>>>>>>> spi_flash
>>>>>>>>> *flash, u32 offset,
>>>>>>>>>                   if (ret)
>>>>>>>>>                           break;
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> +               ret = spi_flash_cmd_write_disable(flash);
>>>>>>>>> +               if (ret<   0) {
>>>>>>>>> +                       printf("SF: disabling write failed\n");
>>>>>>>>> +                       break;
>>>>>>>>> +               }
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Have anyone seen the above mentioned issues regarding
>>>>>>>>> read/write/erase? OR is there any
>>>>>>>>> configurations that I might be missing ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any Input on this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please wait, I am pushing some changes tonight or so.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We will continue this thread, after testing your part with these new
>>>>>>> changes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I will intimate you once the push done.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Jagan.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks a lot for the reply.
>>>>>> Sure, will wait for your changes to go in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Will take some time go these changes on master.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please checkout master-work branch in u-boot-spi repo
>>>>> git://git.denx.de/u-boot-spi.git
>>>>>
>>>>> and try to test 256S parts, fyi: I tested the same part got the
>>>>> +ve result.
>>>>>
>>>> Tested the above tree on my board.
>>>> But, still the issues remain the same for me in all the three
>>>> cases(erase/read/write).
>>>>
>>>> Here is the short log of the read command..
>>>> DRA752 EVM # sf probe 0
>>>> SF: Detected S25FL256S_64K with page size 64 KiB, total 32 MiB
>>>> SF: Warning - Only lower 16MiB accessible, Full access #define
>>>> CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_BAR
>>>> DRA752 EVM # sf erase 0x0 0x10000
>>>> SF: 65536 bytes @ 0x0 Erased: OK
>>>> DRA752 EVM # mw.b 0x81000100 0xff 0x10000
>>>> DRA752 EVM # sf read 0x81003000 0x0 0x10000
>>>> SF: 65536 bytes @ 0x0 Read: OK
>>>> DRA752 EVM # cmp.b 0x81003000  0x81000100  0x10000
>>>> byte at 0x81003ffb (0x0) != byte at 0x810010fb (0xff)
>>>> Total of 4091 byte(s) were the same
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Erase: not able to do with a single command, need to issue for every
>>>> 0x10000
>>>> bytes.
>>>>
>>>> Write: Need to disable latch after every write to make it properly work.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible for you to  give me  basic commands which you might have
>>>> ran
>>>> to confirm
>>>> the read/write and erase ??
>>> I tested the same part - for me i couldn't see the issues with SL256S
>>>
>>> OK! can enable the log on poll function, spi_flash_cmd_wait_ready()
>>> make debug ->   printf.
>>> Do the same test.! and send the log file.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jagan.
>> Here is the output log, no change..
>>
>>
>> DRA752 EVM # sf probe 0
>> SF: Detected S25FL256S_64K with page size 64 KiB, total 32 MiB
>> DRA752 EVM # sf erase 0x0 0x10000
>> SF: 65536 bytes @ 0x0 Erased: OK
>> DRA752 EVM # mw.b 0x81000100 0xff 0x10000
>> DRA752 EVM # sf read 0x81003000 0x0 0x10000
>> SF: 65536 bytes @ 0x0 Read: OK
>> DRA752 EVM # cmp.b 0x81003000  0x81000100  0x10000
>> byte at 0x81003ffb (0x0) != byte at 0x810010fb (0xff)
>> Total of 4091 byte(s) were the same
>> DRA752 EVM #
>>
>>
>> Code change: for above output.
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi/spi_flash.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi/spi_flash.c
>> @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int spi_flash_cmd_wait_ready(struct spi_flash *flash,
>> unsigned long timeout)
>>
>>          ret = spi_xfer(spi, 8,&cmd, NULL, SPI_XFER_BEGIN);
>>          if (ret) {
>> -               debug("SF: fail to read %s status register\n",
>> +               printf("SF: fail to read %s status register\n",
>>                          cmd == CMD_READ_STATUS ? "read" : "flag");
>>                  return ret;
>>          }
>> @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int spi_flash_cmd_wait_ready(struct spi_flash *flash,
>> unsigned long timeout)
>>                  return 0;
>>
>>          /* Timed out */
>> -       debug("SF: time out!\n");
>> +       printf("SF: time out!\n");
>>          return -1;
>>   }
>>
> Ohh..
>
> - What if you erase the entire flash and read back, same result is it?
Yes.
> - please send the paths for config file for this board?
include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h

> --
> Thanks,
> Jagan.



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