[U-Boot] Does U-boot supports Spansion S29GL512P NOR Flash?

[prakash bedge <prakash.bedge@gmail.com>]

Hi All,

At last all is done. There were plattform specific changes in the board.

Now I am able to run the CFI driver for flash chip S29GL512P.

Thanks for your help so far.

Regards,
Prakash



On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 8:08 PM, prakash bedge <prakash.bedge@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> I removed the changes as you suggested and now it is working without
> modifying the code.
>
> Only thing is that I had to add a flag *CONFIG_SYS_WRITE_SWAPPED_DATA* and
> it works.
>
>
>
> But here I am getting the error in erasing the sector as well in saveenv.
>
>
>
> U-Boot $  *saveenv*
>
> Saving Environment to Flash...
>
> copy old content: sect_addr: FFFA0000  env_addr: FFFA0000  offset:
> 00000000
>
> Protect off FFFA0000 ... FFFBFFFF
>
> Un-Protecting sectors 509..509 in bank 1
>
> Un-Protected 1 sectors
>
> Erasing Flash...Erase Flash from 0xfffa0000 to 0xfffbffff in Bank # 1
>
> fwc addr fffa0aaa cmd aa aa00 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fffa0554 cmd 55 5500 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fffa0aaa cmd 80 8000 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fffa0aaa cmd aa aa00 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fffa0554 cmd 55 5500 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fffa0000 cmd 30 3000 16bit x 16 bit
>
> *flash_is_busy: 0*
>
> . done
>
> Erased 1 sectors
>
> *Writing to Flash... Flash not Erased*
>
> Protecting sectors 509..509 in bank 1
>
> Protected 1 sectors
>
>
>
> Here the data is not erase but the last erase sector command data is
> displayed instead of environment parameters.
>
> U-Boot $  md 0xfffa0000
>
> fffa0000: 3000ffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    0...............
>
> fffa0010: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>
>
>
> I tired to program the word and erase the sector but here again erase
> failed.
>
> U-Boot $  mw.w 0xfdfa0000 0xfc00
>
>  U-Boot $  mw.w 0xfdfa0aaa 0xaa00
>
>  U-Boot $  mw.w 0xfdfa0554 0x5500
>
>  U-Boot $  mw.w 0xfdfa0aaa 0xa000
>
>  U-Boot $  mw.w 0xfdfa0000 0x3132
>
>  U-Boot $  md.w 0xfdfa0000
>
> fdfa0000: 3132 ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    12..............
>
> fdfa0010: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
> fdfa0020: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
> fdfa0030: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
> fdfa0040: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
> fdfa0050: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
> fdfa0060: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
> fdfa0070: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
>  U-Boot $  erase 0xfdfa0000 +0x20000
>
> Erase Flash from 0xfdfa0000 to 0xfdfbffff in Bank # 1
>
> fwc addr fdfa0aaa cmd aa aa00 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fdfa0554 cmd 55 5500 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fdfa0aaa cmd 80 8000 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fdfa0aaa cmd aa aa00 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fdfa0554 cmd 55 5500 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fdfa0000 cmd 30 3000 16bit x 16 bit
>
> flash_is_busy: 0
>
> . done
>
> Erased 1 sectors
>
>  U-Boot $  erase 0xfdfa0000 +0x20000
>
>  U-Boot $   md.w 0xfdfa0000
>
> fdfa0000: *3000* ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    0...............
>
> fdfa0010: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
>
> But, when I program the 0xfcfa0000 address and tried to erase the sector
> then I am able to erase the sector.
>
>
> U-Boot $  mw.w 0xfcfa0000 0xfc00
>
> U-Boot $  mw.w 0xfcfa0aaa 0xaa00
>
> U-Boot $  mw.w 0xfcfa0554 0x5500
>
> U-Boot $  mw.w 0xfcfa0aaa 0xa000
>
> U-Boot *$ mw.w 0xfcfa0000 0x3132*
>
> U-Boot $  md.w 0xfcfa0000
>
> fcfa0000: *3132* ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    12..............
>
> fcfa0010: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
>
>
> U-Boot $  *erase 0xfcfa0000 0x20000*
>
> Erase Flash from 0xfcfa0000 to 0xfcfbffff in Bank # 1
>
> fwc addr fcfa0aaa cmd aa aa00 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fcfa0554 cmd 55 5500 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fcfa0aaa cmd 80 8000 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fcfa0aaa cmd aa aa00 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fcfa0554 cmd 55 5500 16bit x 16 bit
>
> fwc addr fcfa0000 cmd 30 3000 16bit x 16 bit
>
> flash_is_busy: 1
>
> flash_is_busy: 1
>
> flash_is_busy: 1
>
> .
>
> .
>
> .
>
> flash_is_busy: 1
>
> flash_is_busy: 1
>
> flash_is_busy: 0
>
> . done
>
> Erased 1 sectors
>
>  U-Boot $  md 0xfcfa0000
>
> *fcfa0000: ffffffff ffffffff* ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>
> fcfa0010: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff    ................
>
> fcfa0020: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
> fcfa0030: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff    ................
>
>
>
> I am able to erase 128 sector from flash base i.e. I am able to erase the
> flash from flash base 0xfc000000 upto 16 MB size.
>
> But I am not able to erase the remaining 384 sectors from 0xFD000000
> onwards.
>
>
>
> My current flash settings
>
> /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  * FLASH related
>
>  *----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI
>
> #define CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_EMPTY_INFO                  /* print 'E' for
> empty sector on flinfo */
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE                 0xfc000000        /* start
> of FLASH           */
>
> #define CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH     1
>
>
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_WRITE_SWAPPED_DATA
>
>
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI_WIDTH (FLASH_CFI_16BIT)
>
>
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BANKS_LIST    {CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE}
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS     1                            /*
> number of banks         */
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT         512                       /*
> sectors per device   */
>
> #define CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS    1
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT     300000  /* Timeout for Flash Erase
> (in ms)           */
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT      500       /* Timeout for Flash
> Write (in ms)            */
>
>
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE      0xFFFC0000            /* Start of
> U-Boot           */
>
> #define CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN         256
>
>
>
> #define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE         0x20000 /* size of one complete
> sector    */
>
> #define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR
> (CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE-CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE)
>
> #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE                         0x4000        /* Total
> Size of Environment Sector          */
>
>
>
>
>
> But when I give the ?erase all? command then the complete flash gets
> erased. I am little bit confused by this abnormal behavior.
>
> Is there something in code needs to check or there be an issue with chip
> address bus?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Prakash
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Prakash,
>>
>> On Wednesday 14 April 2010 07:03:59 prakash bedge wrote:
>> > Does the latest code supports S29GL512P chip, since I am not seeing any
>> > instance of this chip in 2010.03 uboot code.
>>
>> Yes. We have told you multiple times, that this chip is supported. You
>> can't
>> find it in the source though, since no code was needed to specifically
>> support
>> this chip. But its working!
>>
>> > >>So you have chipwidth *and* portwidth of 16! This is the most common
>> use
>> >
>> > case.
>> > But when flash is getting detected it shows the chipwidth is 8 and
>> > portwidth is 16. If you see the logs in earlier mail it is like
>> > *found port 2 chip 1 port 16 bits chip 8 bits. *Is it correct or wrong?
>> >
>> > >> Again, please use the mainline CFI driver and give it another try.
>> >
>> >  I can not use the current code as we have to use the present code for
>> some
>> > reason. I believe the uboot code 2009.08, I am using, must also support
>> the
>> > S29GL512P chip.
>>
>> Yes. 2009.08 already supported this chip. But you seem to be using a
>> special
>> patch for this driver, which might afflict this.
>>
>> > I replaced the cfi_flash.c with the new cfi_flash.c file from latest
>> uboot
>> > version 2010.03 and done relevant changes.
>>
>> Which changes? No changes to this driver are needed to support this
>> chip!!!
>>
>> > But still I didn't get the
>> > postive result. Is there anything else that I have to check, or by using
>> > only cfi_flash.c and cfi_flash.h from 2010.03 uboot code CFI flash
>> driver
>> > will work?
>> >
>> > I can not use the latest code but I want the CFI support for S29GL512P.
>> > Can you please tell that, what I need to do to make the CFI driver works
>> > for the S29GL512P chip?
>>
>> See above.
>>
>> > >> What kind of "utility"? Don't you use the BDI3000 for FLASH
>> programming?
>> >
>> > We have customized utility to flash the binary.
>>
>> Still not clear to me, what this "utility" is.
>>
>> > Using BDI3000 I tried to
>> > erase the flash but it didn't work.
>>
>> So the BDI FLASH commands ("erase", "prog" etc) don't work?
>>
>> > I followed the CFI erase command
>> > seuence but it fails to erase the flash.
>> > BDI3000>md 0xfe7c0000
>> > fe7c0000 : 27051956 552d426f 6f742032 3030392e  '..VU-Boot 2009.
>> > fe7c0010 : 30382028 41707220 31342032 30313020  08 (Apr 14 2010
>> > fe7c0020 : 2d203130 3a30313a 32392900 00000000  - 10:01:29).....
>> > fe7c0030 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c0040 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c0050 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c0060 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c0070 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c0080 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c0090 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c00a0 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c00b0 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c00c0 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c00d0 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c00e0 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > fe7c00f0 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
>> > *BDI3000>mmb 0xfc000000 0xf0
>> > BDI3000>mmb 0xfc000aaa 0xaa
>> > BDI3000>mmb 0xfc000555 0x55
>> > BDI3000>mmb 0xfc000aaa 0x80
>> > BDI3000>mmb 0xfc000aaa 0xaa
>> > BDI3000>mmb 0xfc000555 0x55
>> > BDI3000>mmb 0xfe7c0000 0x30
>> > *BDI3000>mmb 0xfc000000 0xf0
>> > BDI3000>md 0xfe7c0000 -- *sector data is not erased
>>
>> You are using byte access. You should be using word (16bit) access
>> instead!
>> And the word unlock addresses.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Stefan
>>
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