[U-Boot] [mips][cfi] Unable to write into flash under qemu

Alon Bar-Lev alon.barlev at gmail.com
Tue Jul 5 14:04:08 CEST 2016


Hi,

Found the debug setting.

When I try to erase flash under qemu I get the following error, the
erase actually succeeds in the backed file, I see sector as 0xff.

Can anyone check if problem is within u-boot or qemu?

Thanks!

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malta # erase BE230000 BE23FFFF

fwc addr be230000 cmd 50 00000050 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be230000 cmd 20 00000020 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be230000 cmd d0 000000d0 32bit x 32 bit
flash_is_busy: 0
is= cmd 80(?) addr be230000 is= 00800080 00000080
Flash erase error at address be230000
fwc addr be230000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
 done

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user1 at localhost ~/linux-course/embedded/qemu $ qemu-system-mips -M
malta -nographic -net nic,netdev=eth0 -netdev
tap,id=eth0,ifname=vm0,script=/bin/true -drive
if=pflash,file=/tmp/flash,format=raw -m 256


U-Boot 2016.05 (Jul 04 2016 - 19:22:36 +0000)

Board: MIPS Malta CoreLV
DRAM:  256 MiB
Flash: flash detect cfi
fwc addr be000000 cmd f0 f0 8bit x 8 bit
fwc addr be000000 cmd ff ff 8bit x 8 bit
fwc addr be000055 cmd 98 98 8bit x 8 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000010 is= 0 51
fwc addr be000555 cmd 98 98 8bit x 8 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000010 is= 0 51
fwc addr be000000 cmd f0 f0f0 16bit x 8 bit
fwc addr be000000 cmd ff ffff 16bit x 8 bit
fwc addr be0000aa cmd 98 9898 16bit x 8 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000020 is= 0000 5151
fwc addr be000aaa cmd 98 9898 16bit x 8 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000020 is= 0000 5151
fwc addr be000000 cmd f0 00f0 16bit x 16 bit
fwc addr be000000 cmd ff 00ff 16bit x 16 bit
fwc addr be0000aa cmd 98 0098 16bit x 16 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000020 is= 0000 0051
fwc addr be000aaa cmd 98 0098 16bit x 16 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000020 is= 0000 0051
fwc addr be000000 cmd f0 f0f0f0f0 32bit x 8 bit
fwc addr be000000 cmd ff ffffffff 32bit x 8 bit
fwc addr be000154 cmd 98 98989898 32bit x 8 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000040 is= 00000051 51515151
fwc addr be001554 cmd 98 98989898 32bit x 8 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000040 is= 00000051 51515151
fwc addr be000000 cmd f0 00f000f0 32bit x 16 bit
fwc addr be000000 cmd ff 00ff00ff 32bit x 16 bit
fwc addr be000154 cmd 98 00980098 32bit x 16 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000040 is= 00000051 00510051
fwc addr be001554 cmd 98 00980098 32bit x 16 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000040 is= 00000051 00510051
fwc addr be000000 cmd f0 000000f0 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be000000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be000154 cmd 98 00000098 32bit x 32 bit
is= cmd 51(Q) addr be000040 is= 00000051 00000051
is= cmd 52(R) addr be000044 is= 00000052 00000052
is= cmd 59(Y) addr be000048 is= 00000059 00000059
device interface is 2
found port 4 chip 4 port 32 bits chip 32 bits
00 : 51 52 59 01 00 31 00 00 00 00 00 45 55 00 00 07  QRY..1.....EU...
10 : 07 0a 00 04 04 04 00 16 02 00 0b 00 01 3f 00 00  .............?..
20 : 01 50 52 49 31 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .PRI10..........
fwc addr be000000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be000000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be000000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be000154 cmd 98 00000098 32bit x 32 bit
manufacturer is 1
manufacturer id is 0x0
device id is 0x0
device id2 is 0x0
cfi version is 0x3130
size_ratio 1 port 32 bits chip 32 bits
found 1 erase regions
erase region 0: 0x0100003f
erase_region_count = 64 erase_region_size = 65536
fwc addr be000000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be000000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be010000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be010000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be020000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be020000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be030000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be030000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be040000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be040000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be050000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be050000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be060000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be060000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be070000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be070000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be080000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be080000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be090000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be090000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0a0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0a0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0b0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0b0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0c0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0c0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0d0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0d0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0e0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0e0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0f0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be0f0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be100000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be100000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be110000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be110000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be120000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be120000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be130000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be130000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be140000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be140000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be150000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be150000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be160000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be160000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be170000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be170000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be180000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be180000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be190000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be190000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1a0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1a0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1b0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1b0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1c0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1c0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1d0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1d0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1e0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1e0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1f0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be1f0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be200000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be200000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be210000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be210000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be220000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be220000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be230000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be230000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be240000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be240000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be250000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be250000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be260000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be260000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be270000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be270000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be280000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be280000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be290000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be290000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2a0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2a0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2b0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2b0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2c0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2c0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2d0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2d0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2e0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2e0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2f0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be2f0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be300000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be300000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be310000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be310000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be320000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be320000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be330000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be330000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be340000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be340000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be350000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be350000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be360000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be360000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be370000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be370000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be380000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be380000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be390000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be390000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3a0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3a0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3b0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3b0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3c0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3c0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3d0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3d0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3e0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3e0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3f0000 cmd 90 00000090 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be3f0000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be000000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
4 MiB
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   pcnet#0
IDE:   Bus 0: not available
malta # flinfo

Bank # 1: CFI conformant flash (32 x 32)  Size: 4 MB in 64 Sectors
  Intel Extended command set, Manufacturer ID: 0x00, Device ID: 0x00
  Erase timeout: 16384 ms, write timeout: 3 ms
  Buffer write timeout: 3 ms, buffer size: 2048 bytes

  Sector Start Addresses:
  BE000000   RO   BE010000   RO   BE020000   RO   BE030000   RO   BE040000
  BE050000        BE060000        BE070000        BE080000        BE090000
  BE0A0000        BE0B0000        BE0C0000        BE0D0000        BE0E0000
  BE0F0000        BE100000        BE110000        BE120000        BE130000
  BE140000        BE150000        BE160000        BE170000        BE180000
  BE190000        BE1A0000        BE1B0000        BE1C0000        BE1D0000
  BE1E0000        BE1F0000        BE200000        BE210000        BE220000
  BE230000        BE240000        BE250000        BE260000        BE270000
  BE280000        BE290000        BE2A0000        BE2B0000        BE2C0000
  BE2D0000        BE2E0000        BE2F0000        BE300000        BE310000
  BE320000        BE330000        BE340000        BE350000        BE360000
  BE370000        BE380000        BE390000        BE3A0000        BE3B0000
  BE3C0000        BE3D0000        BE3E0000   RO   BE3F0000   RO
malta # erase BE230000 BE23FFFF

fwc addr be230000 cmd 50 00000050 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be230000 cmd 20 00000020 32bit x 32 bit
fwc addr be230000 cmd d0 000000d0 32bit x 32 bit
flash_is_busy: 0
is= cmd 80(?) addr be230000 is= 00800080 00000080
Flash erase error at address be230000
fwc addr be230000 cmd ff 000000ff 32bit x 32 bit
 done
malta #




On 5 July 2016 at 03:08, Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am using malta board within qemu. I tried recent releases and master of both.
> Two years ago in qemu-1.5 and qemu-1.6 I could use erase and cp.b in order to erase and write to the flash.
> Now when I try to erase flash I get an error suggesting the erase failed, however, I do see 0xff all over in the device backed file (-pflash).
> When I try to write I also receive a failure message.
>
> I am unsure how to debug this, I went back in time and tried the qemu-1.6 and got same error. I suspect it is has something to do with u-boot CFI driver.
>
> Can anyone help determine if issue is at qemu side or at u-boot side? How can I debug this?
>
> Thanks,
> Alon


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