[U-Boot] FPGA detection failure on Cyclone V soc development kit

Chin Liang See clsee at altera.com
Wed Jan 27 15:16:18 CET 2016


On Wed, 2016-01-27 at 13:46 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Chin Liang See <clsee at altera.com> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 10:35 -0600, Dinh Nguyen wrote:
> > > On 01/21/2016 10:31 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 05:20:33 PM, Måns Rullgård
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> writes:
> > > > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 08:31:30PM +0000, Måns Rullgård
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > I'm having a problem with u-boot 2016.01 failing to
> > > > > > > detect
> > > > > > > the FPGA on my Altera Cyclone V SoC Development Kit.  On
> > > > > > > startup, it simply prints "FPGA: Not Altera chip ID" (the
> > > > > > > ID
> > > > > > > having been read as all -zero).  No amount of messing
> > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > jumpers or switches makes a difference.  The software on
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > SD card included in the box appears to work, so on a whim
> > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > took the SPL pre-loader from this card and combined it
> > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > the main 2016.01 u-boot.  This makes the detection
> > > > > > > succeed,
> > > > > > > despite Marek baulking at this idea.  The "good" SPL
> > > > > > > identifies as "U-Boot SPL 2013.01.01 (Dec 04 2014 -
> > > > > > > 08:59:41)" which is a different build date than the main
> > > > > > > u-boot on the same SD card, so which source code version
> > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > was built from is anyone's guess.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > What's interesting is that Marek's board works with u
> > > > > > > -boot
> > > > > > > 2016.01 while mine fails even with the very same binary.
> > > > > > > The boards are different revisions (his 100-0321003-C1,
> > > > > > > mine
> > > > > > > -E1), and the main Cyclone V chips are also different
> > > > > > > (his
> > > > > > > 5CSXFC6D6F31C8NES, mine 5CSXFC6D6F31C6N).
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Any suggestions for what to try next?
> > > > > >  v2016.01 release or to of tree?  If top of tree, try
> > > > > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/570009/
> > > > >  Tried release, top of tree, and top of tree with that patch.
> > > > > Nothing works.
> > 
> > Both part number is different in speed grade. This is first time I
> > heard about this issue. A quick suspect might due to clock. Can you
> > try to copy pll_config.h that is passing (from 2013.01.01) and
> > replace
> > the one in 2016?
> 
> That doesn't work at all.  Now it fails to detect the FPGA, then
> hangs
> after printing the amount of DRAM.

Can you share with me the pll_config for 2013.01.01 that is working for
you? We would want to lower down the clock supplied to Scan Manager
which spi_m_clk and see whether that helps.

Thanks
Chin Liang



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