Petalinux 2014.4 u-boot XILSPI error: spi_xfer: Xf...

btbtbt · ‎04-29-2015

Hi,

I have some troubles loading the flash idcode from an spi-flash in u-boot.

Setup: fpga is on a custom pcb. hw system with microblaze 100MHz, axi qspi module running standard mode, transaction-width 8, ratio 16x1, and with fifo with 16 depth.

When booting (with petalinux-boot --jtag --u-boot) I first get a XILSPI error: XILSPI error: spi_xfer: Xfer timeout when trying to fetch the id-code. This is probably from the following lines in the xilinx_spi.c driver: spi_xfer () function

while (timeout && readl(&xilspi->regs->spisr)
						& SPISR_RX_EMPTY) {
			timeout--;
			udelay(1);
		}

		if (!timeout) {
			printf("XILSPI error: %s: Xfer timeout\n", __func__);
			return -1;
		}

Later after "Hit any key to stop autoboot", the flash ID is successfully read. Here is the output:

U-Boot 2014.07 (Apr 29 2015 - 08:22:41)

SDRAM :
                Icache:ON
                Dcache:ON
        U-Boot Start:0xfff00000
XILSPI error: spi_xfer: Xfer timeout
SF: Failed to get idcodes
*** Warning - spi_flash_probe() failed, using default environment

In:    ttyUL0
Out:   ttyUL0
Err:   serial
Net:   aximac.40c00000
MAC:   00:0a:35:00:22:01
Warning: Your board does not use generic board. Please read
doc/README.generic-board and take action. Boards not
upgraded by the late 2014 may break or be removed.
U-BOOT for 2petalinuxtest

BOOTP broadcast 1
BOOTP broadcast 2
BOOTP broadcast 3
BOOTP broadcast 4
BOOTP broadcast 5

Retry count exceeded
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
SF: Detected MX25L25635F with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 64 KiB, total 32 MiB
SF: 6291456 bytes @ 0x460000 Read: OK
Wrong Image Format for bootm command
ERROR: can't get kernel image!

I had to add #define CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_MACRONIX in /subsystems/linux/configs/u-boot/platform-top.h to support the macronix flash.

Also I have a warning that my board does not use a generic board and refers me to README.generic-board that tells me to

arch/<arch>/config.mk file to include:

   __HAVE_ARCH_GENERIC_BOARD := y

and test it with a suitable board, as follows.


Adding Support for your Board
-----------------------------

To enable generic board for your board, define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD in
your board config header file.

Where is the board config header located, and is this something that is needed to be changed or a warning due to not getting read from the flash?

In advance, thanks for all the help!

Petalinux 2014.4 u-boot XILSPI error: spi_xfer: Xfer timeout