NAND Boot Issue

NAND Boot Issue

[Kamel BOUHARA]

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Hi all,

Im working on my own imx27 designed board and wanted to try barebox on
it.Actually I'm trying it with the phytec board config and it seems to work
fine booting on my nfs kernel and rootfs.
But when Im trying to boot from my 128MiB NAND memory then it doesn't work
and there is no decompression stage from the kernel.
Here is what Im getting :

Board: Phytec phyCard-i.MX27
registered netconsole as cs1
cfi_probe: cfi_flash base: 0xc0000000 size: 0x02000000
NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x2c, Chip ID: 0xac (Micron NAND 512MiB 1,8V
8-bit)
Bad block table found at page 262080, version 0x01
Bad block table found at page 262016, version 0x01
Before PHY reset
After PHY reset
ULPI Vendor ID 0xffffff92    Product ID 0xffffff92
No ISP1504 found
ehci@ehci0: USB EHCI 1.00
ULPI Vendor ID 0xffffff92    Product ID 0xffffff92
No ISP1504 found
ehci@ehci1: USB EHCI 1.00
Malloc space: 0xa7a00000 -> 0xa7f00000 (size  5 MB)
Stack space : 0xa79f8000 -> 0xa7a00000 (size 32 kB)
running /env/bin/init...

Hit any key to stop autoboot:  1
booting kernel of type uImage from /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
barebox:/ bootu /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
commandline: console=ttymxc0,115200 video=imxfb:Chimei-LW700AT9003
arch_number: 1698

It seems I'm getting some issues with my nand since when I tried to flash it
and the erase task failed :

erasing partition /dev/nand0.kernel.bb

erase: Invalid argument

flashing uImage-apf27 to /dev/nand0.kernel.bb

TFTP from server 192.168.0.2 ('uImage-apf27' -> '/dev/nand0.kernel.bb')
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How can I fix that ?
Thanks for the help.



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Re: NAND Boot Issue

[Sascha Hauer]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 06:03:56PM +0200, Kamel BOUHARA wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Im working on my own imx27 designed board and wanted to try barebox on
> it.Actually I'm trying it with the phytec board config and it seems to work
> fine booting on my nfs kernel and rootfs.
> But when Im trying to boot from my 128MiB NAND memory then it doesn't work
> and there is no decompression stage from the kernel.
> Here is what Im getting :
> 
> Board: Phytec phyCard-i.MX27
> registered netconsole as cs1
> cfi_probe: cfi_flash base: 0xc0000000 size: 0x02000000
> NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x2c, Chip ID: 0xac (Micron NAND 512MiB 1,8V
> 8-bit)
> Bad block table found at page 262080, version 0x01
> Bad block table found at page 262016, version 0x01
> Before PHY reset
> After PHY reset
> ULPI Vendor ID 0xffffff92    Product ID 0xffffff92
> No ISP1504 found
> ehci@ehci0: USB EHCI 1.00
> ULPI Vendor ID 0xffffff92    Product ID 0xffffff92
> No ISP1504 found
> ehci@ehci1: USB EHCI 1.00
> Malloc space: 0xa7a00000 -> 0xa7f00000 (size  5 MB)
> Stack space : 0xa79f8000 -> 0xa7a00000 (size 32 kB)
> running /env/bin/init...
> 
> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  1
> booting kernel of type uImage from /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
> barebox:/ bootu /dev/nand0.kernel.bb

bootu is for starting raw kernel images. Do you have such an image?
Normally you have an uImage (bootm) or a zImage (bootz)

> commandline: console=ttymxc0,115200 video=imxfb:Chimei-LW700AT9003
> arch_number: 1698
> 
> It seems I'm getting some issues with my nand since when I tried to flash it
> and the erase task failed :
> 
> erasing partition /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
> 
> erase: Invalid argument

Works here. I can't see how erase could return -EINVAL. can you please
post the output of 'ls /dev/nand0*'?

Sascha



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Re: NAND Boot Issue

[Kamel BOUHARA]

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> bootu is for starting raw kernel images. Do you have such an image?
> Normally you have an uImage (bootm) or a zImage (bootz)


Ok so that maybe the solution because I didn't tried with the bootm .... my
bad ! But why did I don't have the "Bad magic number" error like when I
tried the boot command ???

Here is the ls /dev result:

barebox:/ ls /dev/
zero                   defaultenv             mem
nor0                   nand0                  nand_oob0
ram0                   phy0                   self_raw
self0                  env_raw                env0
nor0.barebox           nor0.bareboxenv        nor0.kernel
nor0.root              nand0.barebox          nand0.bareboxenv
nand0.kernel           nand0.root             nand0.root.bb
nand0.kernel.bb        nand0.bareboxenv.bb    nand0.barebox.bb



2011/10/17 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>

> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 06:03:56PM +0200, Kamel BOUHARA wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Im working on my own imx27 designed board and wanted to try barebox on
> > it.Actually I'm trying it with the phytec board config and it seems to
> work
> > fine booting on my nfs kernel and rootfs.
> > But when Im trying to boot from my 128MiB NAND memory then it doesn't
> work
> > and there is no decompression stage from the kernel.
> > Here is what Im getting :
> >
> > Board: Phytec phyCard-i.MX27
> > registered netconsole as cs1
> > cfi_probe: cfi_flash base: 0xc0000000 size: 0x02000000
> > NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x2c, Chip ID: 0xac (Micron NAND 512MiB
> 1,8V
> > 8-bit)
> > Bad block table found at page 262080, version 0x01
> > Bad block table found at page 262016, version 0x01
> > Before PHY reset
> > After PHY reset
> > ULPI Vendor ID 0xffffff92    Product ID 0xffffff92
> > No ISP1504 found
> > ehci@ehci0: USB EHCI 1.00
> > ULPI Vendor ID 0xffffff92    Product ID 0xffffff92
> > No ISP1504 found
> > ehci@ehci1: USB EHCI 1.00
> > Malloc space: 0xa7a00000 -> 0xa7f00000 (size  5 MB)
> > Stack space : 0xa79f8000 -> 0xa7a00000 (size 32 kB)
> > running /env/bin/init...
> >
> > Hit any key to stop autoboot:  1
> > booting kernel of type uImage from /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
> > barebox:/ bootu /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
>
> bootu is for starting raw kernel images. Do you have such an image?
> Normally you have an uImage (bootm) or a zImage (bootz)
>
> > commandline: console=ttymxc0,115200 video=imxfb:Chimei-LW700AT9003
> > arch_number: 1698
> >
> > It seems I'm getting some issues with my nand since when I tried to flash
> it
> > and the erase task failed :
> >
> > erasing partition /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
> >
> > erase: Invalid argument
>
> Works here. I can't see how erase could return -EINVAL. can you please
> post the output of 'ls /dev/nand0*'?
>
> Sascha
>
>
>
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> Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686           | Fax:   +49-5121-206917-5555 |
>



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Re: NAND Boot Issue

[Sascha Hauer]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:31:38PM +0200, Kamel BOUHARA wrote:
> > bootu is for starting raw kernel images. Do you have such an image?
> > Normally you have an uImage (bootm) or a zImage (bootz)
> 
> 
> Ok so that maybe the solution because I didn't tried with the bootm .... my
> bad ! But why did I don't have the "Bad magic number" error like when I
> tried the boot command ???

A raw image does not have any magic number you could check, so the bootu
command relies on the user passing the correct image.

> 
> Here is the ls /dev result:
> 
> barebox:/ ls /dev/
> zero                   defaultenv             mem
> nor0                   nand0                  nand_oob0
> ram0                   phy0                   self_raw
> self0                  env_raw                env0
> nor0.barebox           nor0.bareboxenv        nor0.kernel
> nor0.root              nand0.barebox          nand0.bareboxenv
> nand0.kernel           nand0.root             nand0.root.bb
> nand0.kernel.bb        nand0.bareboxenv.bb    nand0.barebox.bb

Sorry, I meant the output of 'ls -l /dev/nand0.*' to check the sizes of
your partitions.

Sascha


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Re: NAND Boot Issue

[Kamel BOUHARA]

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I tried with a zImage, here is what I'm getting :

barebox:/ bootz /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
invalid magic 0x00002018

And here the ls -l /dev/nand0.* output :

 barebox:/ ls -l /dev/nand0.*
crw-------     393216 /dev/nand0.barebox.bb
crw-------     131072 /dev/nand0.bareboxenv.bb
crw-------    2883584 /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
crw-------  533200896 /dev/nand0.root.bb
crw-------  533667840 /dev/nand0.root
crw-------    2764800 /dev/nand0.kernel
crw-------     131072 /dev/nand0.bareboxenv
crw-------     307200 /dev/nand0.barebox

Here is how I did my kernel and root partitions, following this steps :

addpart /dev/nand0 300k(barebox)ro,128k(bareboxenv),2700k(kernel),-(root)
nand -a /dev/nand0.*
update -t kernel -d nand
update -t rootfs -d nand

Is there any specific command to erase the nand before flashing it ?



2011/10/18 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>

> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:31:38PM +0200, Kamel BOUHARA wrote:
> > > bootu is for starting raw kernel images. Do you have such an image?
> > > Normally you have an uImage (bootm) or a zImage (bootz)
> >
> >
> > Ok so that maybe the solution because I didn't tried with the bootm ....
> my
> > bad ! But why did I don't have the "Bad magic number" error like when I
> > tried the boot command ???
>
> A raw image does not have any magic number you could check, so the bootu
> command relies on the user passing the correct image.
>
> >
> > Here is the ls /dev result:
> >
> > barebox:/ ls /dev/
> > zero                   defaultenv             mem
> > nor0                   nand0                  nand_oob0
> > ram0                   phy0                   self_raw
> > self0                  env_raw                env0
> > nor0.barebox           nor0.bareboxenv        nor0.kernel
> > nor0.root              nand0.barebox          nand0.bareboxenv
> > nand0.kernel           nand0.root             nand0.root.bb
> > nand0.kernel.bb        nand0.bareboxenv.bb    nand0.barebox.bb
>
> Sorry, I meant the output of 'ls -l /dev/nand0.*' to check the sizes of
> your partitions.
>
> Sascha
>
>
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>



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Re: NAND Boot Issue

[Sascha Hauer]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:35:38AM +0200, Kamel BOUHARA wrote:
> I tried with a zImage, here is what I'm getting :
> 
> barebox:/ bootz /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
> invalid magic 0x00002018
> 
> And here the ls -l /dev/nand0.* output :
> 
>  barebox:/ ls -l /dev/nand0.*
> crw-------     393216 /dev/nand0.barebox.bb
> crw-------     131072 /dev/nand0.bareboxenv.bb
> crw-------    2883584 /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
> crw-------  533200896 /dev/nand0.root.bb
> crw-------  533667840 /dev/nand0.root
> crw-------    2764800 /dev/nand0.kernel
> crw-------     131072 /dev/nand0.bareboxenv
> crw-------     307200 /dev/nand0.barebox
> 
> Here is how I did my kernel and root partitions, following this steps :
> 
> addpart /dev/nand0 300k(barebox)ro,128k(bareboxenv),2700k(kernel),-(root)

Ok, that puts some light into this. Please make sure your partitions are
aligned to eraseblock boundaries, usually 128k. so:

addpart /dev/nand0 512k(barebox)ro,128k(bareboxenv),3M(kernel),-(root)

barebox currently does not enforce this, it's probably time to change
this. Unaligned partitions are fine, but the partition code should mark
them as readonly.
Currently we have no way of passing the eraseblocksize through to the
partition code, so it's not trivial to enforce alignment.

Sascha


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Re: NAND Boot Issue

[Kamel BOUHARA]

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>
> Unaligned partitions are fine, but the partition code should mark
> them as readonly.
>
>
That's why I was unable to erase it getting -EINVAL, things are clear now

It works fine, my kernel is booting :) !

Thank you Sascha

2011/10/18 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>

> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:35:38AM +0200, Kamel BOUHARA wrote:
> > I tried with a zImage, here is what I'm getting :
> >
> > barebox:/ bootz /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
> > invalid magic 0x00002018
> >
> > And here the ls -l /dev/nand0.* output :
> >
> >  barebox:/ ls -l /dev/nand0.*
> > crw-------     393216 /dev/nand0.barebox.bb
> > crw-------     131072 /dev/nand0.bareboxenv.bb
> > crw-------    2883584 /dev/nand0.kernel.bb
> > crw-------  533200896 /dev/nand0.root.bb
> > crw-------  533667840 /dev/nand0.root
> > crw-------    2764800 /dev/nand0.kernel
> > crw-------     131072 /dev/nand0.bareboxenv
> > crw-------     307200 /dev/nand0.barebox
> >
> > Here is how I did my kernel and root partitions, following this steps :
> >
> > addpart /dev/nand0 300k(barebox)ro,128k(bareboxenv),2700k(kernel),-(root)
>
> Ok, that puts some light into this. Please make sure your partitions are
> aligned to eraseblock boundaries, usually 128k. so:
>
> addpart /dev/nand0 512k(barebox)ro,128k(bareboxenv),3M(kernel),-(root)
>
> barebox currently does not enforce this, it's probably time to change
> this. Unaligned partitions are fine, but the partition code should mark
> them as readonly.
> Currently we have no way of passing the eraseblocksize through to the
> partition code, so it's not trivial to enforce alignment.
>
> Sascha
>
>
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>



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