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

Chin Liang See clsee at altera.com
Wed Jan 27 15:20:37 CET 2016


On Wed, 2016-01-27 at 14:18 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Chin Liang See <clsee at altera.com> writes:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> I don't know that it is.  The only thing I've found to work is the
> unidentified SPL on the SD card that came with the dev kit.

Oh ok, that mean no modification from your side. Let me take a look
then on the pll_config. 

> 


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