[U-Boot] Building u-boot.rom for Minnowboard

[Simon Glass]

Hi Saket,

On May 31, 2015 1:08 AM, "Bin Meng" <bmeng.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Saket,
>
> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Saket Sinha <saket.sinha89 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Hi Bin,
> >
> > If you can have a look at  this issue.
> >
> > I am currently stuck on this issue with u-boot.rom not giving me any
> > output on the serial.
> >
> > When I am flashing MinnowBoard.MAX.X64.080.D01.bin I get the all the
> > UEFI prompt and the booting messages but when I flash u-boot.rom, I do
> > not get anything on the serial port.
> >
> > Let me know if I am missing out something in the build process of
u-boot.rom
> >
> > While running the following commands, I seem to get the errors-
> >
> >>> c) ./tools/ifdtool -x BayleyBay/SPI.bin
> >>> root at saket-HP-PC:# /u-boot-x86/tools/ifdtool -x BayleyBay/SPI.bin
> >>>   Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor): 00000000 - 00000fff
> >>>   Flash Region 1 (BIOS): 00500000 - 007fffff
> >>>   Flash Region 2 (Intel ME): 00001000 - 004fffff
> >>>   Flash Region 3 (GbE): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused)
> >>> Error while writing: Bad address
> >>>   Flash Region 4 (Platform Data): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused)
> >>> Error while writing: Bad address
> >
> > AND
> >
> >>
> >>> a)./tools/ifdtool -x MNW2MAX1.X64.0073.R02.1409160934.bin
> >>> root at saket-PC:# /u-boot-x86/tools/ifdtool -x
> >>> MNW2MAX1.X64.0073.R02.1409160934.bin
> >>>   Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor): 00000000 - 00000fff
> >>>   Flash Region 1 (BIOS): 00500000 - 007fffff
> >>>   Flash Region 2 (Intel ME): 00001000 - 004fffff
> >>>   Flash Region 3 (GbE): 00000000 - 00000fff
> >>>   Flash Region 4 (Platform Data): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused)
> >>> Error while writing: Bad address
> >>>
> >
> >
> > These may be the reason for the u-boot.rom not getting built properly.
> >
> > I have  described the entire build process for u-boot.rom int my
> > previous mail below -
> >
> >>
> >> I am building u-boot.rom for MinnowboardMax as per the steps mentioned
> >> in the README.x86.
> >>
> >> 1. Downloading BAY_TRAIL_FSP_KIT_GOLD3.tgz
> >>
> >> a) copying BAYTRAIL_FSP_GOLD_003_16-SEP-2014.fd  as
> >> board/intel/minnowmax/fsp.bin
> >>
> >> b) copying Vga.dat as board/intel/minnowmax/vga.bin
> >>
> >> c) ./tools/ifdtool -x BayleyBay/SPI.bin
> >>
> >> From the generted files, copying flashregion_2_intel_me.bin as
> >> board/intel/minnowmax/me.bin
> >>
> >> Though the o/p files are generated, I get the following error  after
> >> this command -
> >> root at saket-HP-PC:# /u-boot-x86/tools/ifdtool -x BayleyBay/SPI.bin
> >>   Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor): 00000000 - 00000fff
> >>   Flash Region 1 (BIOS): 00500000 - 007fffff
> >>   Flash Region 2 (Intel ME): 00001000 - 004fffff
> >>   Flash Region 3 (GbE): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused)
> >> Error while writing: Bad address
> >>   Flash Region 4 (Platform Data): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused)
> >> Error while writing: Bad address
>
> I've seen this error before. It is a bug of the ifdtool, but I think
> it can be ignored. I have a patch sent out. Please check
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/478590/
>
> >>
> >> 2. Downloading 2014-WW42.4-MinnowBoardMax.73-64-bit.bin_Release.zip
> >>
> >> a)./tools/ifdtool -x MNW2MAX1.X64.0073.R02.1409160934.bin
> >> From the generted files, copying flashregion_0_flashdescriptor.bin  as
> >> board/intel/minnowmax/descriptor.bin
> >>
> >> Though the o/p files are generated, I get the following error  after
> >> this command -
> >> root at saket-PC:# /u-boot-x86/tools/ifdtool -x
> >> MNW2MAX1.X64.0073.R02.1409160934.bin
> >>   Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor): 00000000 - 00000fff
> >>   Flash Region 1 (BIOS): 00500000 - 007fffff
> >>   Flash Region 2 (Intel ME): 00001000 - 004fffff
> >>   Flash Region 3 (GbE): 00000000 - 00000fff
> >>   Flash Region 4 (Platform Data): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused)
> >> Error while writing: Bad address
> >>
> >> 3. Building u-boot.rom
> >>  export BUILD_ROM=y
> >>  make minnowmax_defconfig
> >>  make all
> >>
>
> Looks that your instructions are correct according to README.x86
>
> >> 4. Flashing u-boot.rom to Minnowmax by desiprog sf100
> >>  ./flashrom -p dediprog -w u-boot.rom
> >>
>
> Can you confirm that you have setup the flashrom tool correctly? I
> don't use flashrom on Linux as I normally do the SPI flash programming
> on a Windows machine. Can you dump the whole SPI flash image back
> after you program the u-boot.rom and compare the dumped file with the
> u-boot.rom you generated to see whether they are exactly the same?
>
> >> 5. Now when I am powering Minnowmax and collecting the output on
serial -
> >> Nothing appears.
> >>
> >> Kindly let me know, if I am missing something here.
> >>
>
> Sorry but I don't have a MinnowMax board here, so cannot try it on my
side.

I'm on holiday but should be able to try this on Monday or Tuesday.

Regards,
Simon