[PATCH RFC u-boot-mvebu 0/6] arm: mvebu: Fix boot mode detection

Pali Rohár pali at kernel.org
Mon Mar 20 22:32:58 CET 2023


On Monday 20 March 2023 18:45:01 Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Monday 20 March 2023 12:01:03 Martin Rowe wrote:
> > On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 at 18:20, Pali Rohár <pali at kernel.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sunday 19 March 2023 17:47:57 Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 19 March 2023 03:30:33 Martin Rowe wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 at 11:55, Pali Rohár <pali at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sunday 05 March 2023 04:21:42 Martin Rowe wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 at 10:51, Pali Rohár <pali at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Improve code for checking strapping pins which specifies boot
> > > mode
> > > > > > source.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Martin, could you test if Clearfog can be still configured into
> > > UART
> > > > > > > > booting mode via HW switches and if it still works correctly?
> > > First
> > > > > > > > patch is reverting UART related commit for Clearfog which I
> > > think it
> > > > > > not
> > > > > > > > needed anymore.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Clearfog the logic in the CONFIG_ARMADA_38X ifdef before the
> > > switch
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > > you refactored in cpu.c/get_boot_device is all that gets
> > > processed. It
> > > > > > > decides there is an error and returns BOOT_DEVICE_UART, probably
> > > because
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > the invalid boot workaround for broken UART selection that you
> > > > > > identified.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ok, so I figured out correctly how this invalid mode works.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > UART only works if I use the clearfog_spi_defconfig or if I select
> > > > > > > CONFIG_MVEBU_SPL_BOOT_DEVICE_UART=y. It does not work with the MMC
> > > or
> > > > > > SATA
> > > > > > > defconfigs. I get the same result without this patch series
> > > applied,
> > > > > > though.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The failed cases have the same output (other than kwboot header
> > > patching
> > > > > > > output) until after sending boot image data is complete. The
> > > output stops
> > > > > > > after:
> > > > > > > ================================
> > > > > > >  98 %
> > > [.................................................................
> > > > > > >   ]
> > > > > > > Done
> > > > > > > Finishing transfer
> > > > > > > [Type Ctrl-\ + c to quit]
> > > > > > > ================================
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is very strange because CONFIG_MVEBU_SPL_BOOT_DEVICE_UART just
> > > > > > instruct mkimage what to put into kwbimage header.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If I'm looking at the output correctly then SPL was booted, it
> > > correctly
> > > > > > trained DDR RAM, returned back to bootrom, kwboot continued sending
> > > main
> > > > > > u-boot and bootrom confirmed that transfer of both SPL and main
> > > u-boot
> > > > > > is complete. But then there is no output from main u-boot.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > It looks like an unrelated issue with kwboot.c, which I was sure
> > > was
> > > > > > > working after the last patches but I can no longer reproduce a
> > > successful
> > > > > > > boot.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can you check that you are using _both_ mkimage and kwboot from
> > > version
> > > > > > with applying _all_ my patches recently sent to ML? Because both
> > > mkimage
> > > > > > and kwboot have fixes for SATA and SDIO images.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I tested using the latest next branch which has those changes in it.
> > > Steps:
> > > > > - Set UART boot mode on device
> > > > > - make clean
> > > > > - make clearfog_defconfig
> > > > > - make
> > > > > - ./tools/kwboot -b u-boot-with-spl.kwb -t /dev/ttyUSB0
> > > > >
> > > > > For me it looks like that either mkimage generated incorrect image size
> > > > > > for SATA or SDIO image. Or kwboot incorrectly parsed that image size
> > > > > > from kwbimage header and sent smaller image.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > <MMC output>
> > > > > ./tools/kwboot -b u-boot-with-spl.kwb -t /dev/ttyUSB0
> > > > > kwboot version 2023.04-rc4-00339-gcefd0449d6
> > > > > Detected kwbimage v1 with SDIO boot signature
> > > > > Patching image boot signature to UART
> > > > > Aligning image header to Xmodem block size
> > > > > Sending boot message. Please reboot the target...\
> > > > > Sending boot image header (113408 bytes)...
> > > > >   0 %
> > > > >
> > > [......................................................................]
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > >  94 % [..............................................
> > > > >  ]
> > > > > Done
> > > > >
> > > > > U-Boot SPL 2023.04-rc4-00339-gcefd0449d6 (Mar 19 2023 - 12:57:31 +1000)
> > > > > High speed PHY - Version: 2.0
> > > > > EEPROM TLV detection failed: Using static config for Clearfog Pro.
> > > > > Detected Device ID 6828
> > > > > board SerDes lanes topology details:
> > > > >  | Lane # | Speed |  Type       |
> > > > >  --------------------------------
> > > > >  |   0    |   3   | SATA0 |
> > > > >  |   1    |   0   | SGMII1 |
> > > > >  |   2    |   5   | PCIe1 |
> > > > >  |   3    |   5   | USB3 HOST1 |
> > > > >  |   4    |   5   | PCIe2 |
> > > > >  |   5    |   0   | SGMII2 |
> > > > >  --------------------------------
> > > > > High speed PHY - Ended Successfully
> > > > > mv_ddr: 14.0.0
> > > > > DDR3 Training Sequence - Switching XBAR Window to FastPath Window
> > > > > mv_ddr: completed successfully
> > > > > Trying to boot from BOOTROM
> > > > > Returning to BootROM (return address 0xffff05c4)...
> > > > >
> > > > > Sending boot image data (474564 bytes)...
> > > > >   0 %
> > > > >
> > > [......................................................................]
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > >  98 %
> > > [....................................................................
> > > > >  ]
> > > > > Done
> > > > > Finishing transfer
> > > > > [Type Ctrl-\ + c to quit]
> > > > > </MMC output>
> > > > >
> > > > > <MMC sizes>
> > > > > du -b u-boot*
> > > > > 4996828 u-boot
> > > > > 474304 u-boot.bin
> > > > > 15155 u-boot.cfg
> > > > > 19496 u-boot.dtb
> > > > > 474304 u-boot-dtb.bin
> > > > > 474368 u-boot-dtb.img
> > > > > 474368 u-boot.img
> > > > > 1721 u-boot.lds
> > > > > 1069982 u-boot.map
> > > > > 454808 u-boot-nodtb.bin
> > > > > 1307712 u-boot.srec
> > > > > 198841 u-boot.sym
> > > > > 588288 u-boot-with-spl.kwb
> > > > > </MMC sizes>
> > > > >
> > > > > If I make menuconfig and set the boot mode to UART before making I get:
> > > > >
> > > > > <UART output>
> > > > > ./tools/kwboot -b u-boot-with-spl.kwb -t /dev/ttyUSB0
> > > > > kwboot version 2023.04-rc4-00339-gcefd0449d6
> > > > > Detected kwbimage v1 with UART boot signature
> > > > > Aligning image header to Xmodem block size
> > > > > Sending boot message. Please reboot the target...\
> > > > > Sending boot image header (113408 bytes)...
> > > > >   0 %
> > > > >
> > > [......................................................................]
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > >  94 % [..............................................
> > > > >  ]
> > > > > Done
> > > > >
> > > > > U-Boot SPL 2023.04-rc4-00339-gcefd0449d6 (Mar 19 2023 - 13:20:48 +1000)
> > > > > High speed PHY - Version: 2.0
> > > > > EEPROM TLV detection failed: Using static config for Clearfog Pro.
> > > > > Detected Device ID 6828
> > > > > board SerDes lanes topology details:
> > > > >  | Lane # | Speed |  Type       |
> > > > >  --------------------------------
> > > > >  |   0    |   3   | SATA0 |
> > > > >  |   1    |   0   | SGMII1 |
> > > > >  |   2    |   5   | PCIe1 |
> > > > >  |   3    |   5   | USB3 HOST1 |
> > > > >  |   4    |   5   | PCIe2 |
> > > > >  |   5    |   0   | SGMII2 |
> > > > >  --------------------------------
> > > > > High speed PHY - Ended Successfully
> > > > > mv_ddr: 14.0.0
> > > > > DDR3 Training Sequence - Switching XBAR Window to FastPath Window
> > > > > mv_ddr: completed successfully
> > > > > Trying to boot from BOOTROM
> > > > > Returning to BootROM (return address 0xffff05c4)...
> > > > >
> > > > > Sending boot image data (474404 bytes)...
> > > > >   0 %
> > > > >
> > > [......................................................................]
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > >  98 %
> > > [...................................................................
> > > > >   ]
> > > > > Done
> > > > > Finishing transfer
> > > > > [Type Ctrl-\ + c to quit]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > U-Boot 2023.04-rc4-00339-gcefd0449d6 (Mar 19 2023 - 13:20:48 +1000)
> > > > > </UART output>
> > > > >
> > > > > <UART sizes>
> > > > > du -b u-boot*
> > > > > 4997204 u-boot
> > > > > 474400 u-boot.bin
> > > > > 15103 u-boot.cfg
> > > > > 19496 u-boot.dtb
> > > > > 474400 u-boot-dtb.bin
> > > > > 474464 u-boot-dtb.img
> > > > > 474464 u-boot.img
> > > > > 1721 u-boot.lds
> > > > > 1070068 u-boot.map
> > > > > 454904 u-boot-nodtb.bin
> > > > > 1307988 u-boot.srec
> > > > > 198886 u-boot.sym
> > > > > 587904 u-boot-with-spl.kwb
> > > > > </UART sizes>
> > > > >
> > > > > The difference is very small somewhere if that is the cause. Let me
> > > know if
> > > > > there's other data I can get to help with this one.
> > > >
> > > > Difference should be only in the kwbimage header plus some aligning. It
> > > > just proves what I wrote before "mkimage generated incorrect image size
> > > > for SDIO image. Or kwboot incorrectly parsed that image size
> > > > from kwbimage header and sent smaller image.".
> > > >
> > > > I will try to find a bug in mkimage or kwboot tool. Or you can try it
> > > > too. As mmc booting is working fine from mmc I have felling that bug is
> > > > in kwboot code which parses mmc images.
> > >
> > > Ok, I think I found 3 bugs, all are UART related (not mmc). Could you try
> > > these changes?
> > >
> > 
> > Dedicated UART still works, patching an MMC for UART with kwboot still
> > hangs after finishing transfer; no change.
> 
> Bah :-( So there is still another bug. I will look at the code again...

I do not see anything wrong there :-(

Could you try to normally build mmc image and then run following
commands to manually generate uart image u-boot-with-spl.uart.kwb?

  sed 's/^BOOT_FROM.*/BOOT_FROM uart/' ./arch/arm/mach-mvebu/kwbimage.cfg > kwbimage.uart.cfg
  ./tools/mkimage -n kwbimage.uart.cfg -T kwbimage -a 0x00800000 -e 0x00800000 -d u-boot.bin u-boot-with-spl.uart.kwb

I would like to know if this UART image is bootable or not.

Also it would be interesting to enable CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_ANNOUNCE option
and check if you see early announce message on UART.

> Meanwhile could you do following tests?
> 
> 1) The one which you done with patched kwboot and kwbimage, but send
> output (sizes and aligning information from kwboot is useful there).
> 
> 2) Use kwboot only for sending magic packet (-b without image) and then
> use "sx" program for transferring kwb image over UART (instead of
> kwboot). "sx" should work only with dedicated UART image type.
> 
> These commands would do it (replace ttyX by correct UART device)
> 
>   $ ./tools/kwboot -b /dev/ttyX
>   $ sh -c 'exec 0<>/dev/ttyX 1>&0; sx u-boot-with-spl.kwb'
> 
> > 
> > > diff --git a/tools/kwbimage.c b/tools/kwbimage.c
> > > index 309657a5637b..177084adf825 100644
> > > --- a/tools/kwbimage.c
> > > +++ b/tools/kwbimage.c
> > > @@ -1231,6 +1231,16 @@ static size_t image_headersz_v1(int *hasext)
> > >         if (count > 0)
> > >                 headersz += sizeof(struct register_set_hdr_v1) + 8 * count
> > > + 4;
> > >
> > > +       /*
> > > +        * For all images except UART, headersz stored in header itself
> > > should
> > > +        * contains header size without padding. For UART image BootROM
> > > rounds
> > > +        * down headersz to multiply of 128 bytes. Therefore align UART
> > > headersz
> > > +        * to multiply of 128 bytes to ensure that remaining UART header
> > > bytes
> > > +        * are not ignored by BootROM.
> > > +        */
> > > +       if (image_get_bootfrom() == IBR_HDR_UART_ID)
> > > +               headersz = ALIGN(headersz, 128);
> > > +
> > >         return headersz;
> > >  }
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/kwboot.c b/tools/kwboot.c
> > > index 1844d7291fe0..b40800c108fc 100644
> > > --- a/tools/kwboot.c
> > > +++ b/tools/kwboot.c
> > > @@ -2079,6 +2079,8 @@ kwboot_img_patch(void *img, size_t *size, int
> > > baudrate)
> > >                         goto err;
> > >                 }
> > >                 kwboot_img_grow_data_right(img, size, sizeof(uint32_t));
> > > +               /* Update the 32-bit data checksum */
> > > +               *kwboot_img_csum32_ptr(img) = kwboot_img_csum32(img);
> > >         }
> > >
> > >         if (!kwboot_img_has_ddr_init(img) &&
> > > @@ -2168,6 +2170,17 @@ kwboot_img_patch(void *img, size_t *size, int
> > > baudrate)
> > >
> > >                 kwboot_printv("Aligning image header to Xmodem block
> > > size\n");
> > >                 kwboot_img_grow_hdr(img, size, grow);
> > > +
> > > +               /*
> > > +                * kwbimage v1 contains header size field and for UART
> > > type it
> > > +                * must be set to the aligned xmodem header size because
> > > BootROM
> > > +                * rounds header size down to xmodem block size.
> > > +                */
> > > +               if (kwbimage_version(img) == 1) {
> > > +                       hdrsz += grow;
> > > +                       hdr->headersz_msb = hdrsz >> 16;
> > > +                       hdr->headersz_lsb = cpu_to_le16(hdrsz & 0xffff);
> > > +               }
> > >         }
> > >
> > >         hdr->checksum = kwboot_hdr_csum8(hdr) - csum;
> > >
> > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Also could you check if SATA booting is still working correctly?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > SATA works correctly.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Perfect!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Tony, should address problems with SPI booting when it is
> > > configured to
> > > > > > > > different configuration. In fourth commit I added all possible
> > > boot
> > > > > > mode
> > > > > > > > strapping pin configurations which are recognized by A385
> > > bootrom (and
> > > > > > > > not the only one described in the HW spec, which is incomplete).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Stefan, do you have some AXP board with SATA boot source?
> > > Because I'm
> > > > > > > > adding it for completeness in the last sixth patch.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Pali Rohár (6):
> > > > > > > >   arm: mvebu: Remove A38x BOOT_FROM_UART_ALT 0x3f constant
> > > > > > > >   arm: mvebu: Remove A38x BOOT_FROM_SATA 0x22 constant
> > > > > > > >   arm: mvebu: Convert BOOT_FROM_* constants to function macros
> > > > > > > >   arm: mvebu: Define all options for A38x BOOT_FROM_* macros
> > > > > > > >   arm: mvebu: Define all BOOTROM_ERR_MODE_* macros
> > > > > > > >   arm: mvebu: Define all options for AXP BOOT_FROM_* macros
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >  arch/arm/mach-mvebu/cpu.c              | 20 ++++++-------
> > > > > > > >  arch/arm/mach-mvebu/include/mach/soc.h | 41
> > > ++++++++++++++++----------
> > > > > > > >  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > 2.20.1
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > >


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