Message ID | 1357237473-1401-1-git-send-email-fabio.estevam@freescale.com |
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State | Awaiting Upstream |
Delegated to: | Stefano Babic |
Headers | show |
On 03.01.2013 19:24, Fabio Estevam wrote: > In order to mx53 ROM to properly load the U-boot image, its header size should > be multiple of 512 bytes. > ... > Signed-off-by: Troy Kisky <troy.kisky@boundarydevices.com> > Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com> > --- > Changes since v1: > - Improvec commit log > include/image.h | 3 +++ > tools/imximage.c | 9 ++++++++- > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h > index f54d983..e1e83b4 100644 > --- a/include/image.h > +++ b/include/image.h > @@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ > #define IH_MAGIC 0x27051956 /* Image Magic Number */ > #define IH_NMLEN 32 /* Image Name Length */ > > +/* Reused from common.h */ > +#define ROUND(a, b) (((a) + (b) - 1) & ~((b) - 1)) > + > /* > * Legacy format image header, > * all data in network byte order (aka natural aka bigendian). > diff --git a/tools/imximage.c b/tools/imximage.c > index 63f88b6..a93d7eb 100644 > --- a/tools/imximage.c > +++ b/tools/imximage.c > @@ -515,7 +515,14 @@ static void imximage_set_header(void *ptr, struct stat *sbuf, int ifd, > > /* Set the imx header */ > (*set_imx_hdr)(imxhdr, dcd_len, params->ep, imxhdr->flash_offset); > - *header_size_ptr = sbuf->st_size + imxhdr->flash_offset; > + > + /* > + * ROM bug alert > + * mx53 only loads 512 byte multiples. Is this i.MX53 specific or is this valid for i.MX6, too? Best regards Dirk
On 04/01/2013 07:20, Dirk Behme wrote: > On 03.01.2013 19:24, Fabio Estevam wrote: >> In order to mx53 ROM to properly load the U-boot image, its header >> size should be multiple of 512 bytes. >> Hi Dirk, > ... >> Signed-off-by: Troy Kisky <troy.kisky@boundarydevices.com> >> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com> >> --- >> Changes since v1: >> - Improvec commit log >> include/image.h | 3 +++ >> tools/imximage.c | 9 ++++++++- >> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h >> index f54d983..e1e83b4 100644 >> --- a/include/image.h >> +++ b/include/image.h >> @@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ >> #define IH_MAGIC 0x27051956 /* Image Magic Number */ >> #define IH_NMLEN 32 /* Image Name Length */ >> >> +/* Reused from common.h */ >> +#define ROUND(a, b) (((a) + (b) - 1) & ~((b) - 1)) >> + >> /* >> * Legacy format image header, >> * all data in network byte order (aka natural aka bigendian). >> diff --git a/tools/imximage.c b/tools/imximage.c >> index 63f88b6..a93d7eb 100644 >> --- a/tools/imximage.c >> +++ b/tools/imximage.c >> @@ -515,7 +515,14 @@ static void imximage_set_header(void *ptr, struct >> stat *sbuf, int ifd, >> >> /* Set the imx header */ >> (*set_imx_hdr)(imxhdr, dcd_len, params->ep, imxhdr->flash_offset); >> - *header_size_ptr = sbuf->st_size + imxhdr->flash_offset; >> + >> + /* >> + * ROM bug alert >> + * mx53 only loads 512 byte multiples. > > Is this i.MX53 specific or is this valid for i.MX6, too? It seems that i.MX6 is not afflicted by this issue. For i.MX6 it adds only some padding to the resulting image. Best regards, Stefano Babic
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de> wrote: >> Is this i.MX53 specific or is this valid for i.MX6, too? > > It seems that i.MX6 is not afflicted by this issue. For i.MX6 it adds > only some padding to the resulting image. Correct, I also tested this change on mx25/mx51/mx6 and they all boot fine. It is safe to apply this patch into 2012.01. Regards, Fabio Estevam
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de> wrote: > >>> Is this i.MX53 specific or is this valid for i.MX6, too? >> >> It seems that i.MX6 is not afflicted by this issue. For i.MX6 it adds >> only some padding to the resulting image. > > Correct, I also tested this change on mx25/mx51/mx6 and they all boot fine. > > It is safe to apply this patch into 2012.01. Sorry, I meant 2013.01
On 03/01/2013 19:24, Fabio Estevam wrote: > In order to mx53 ROM to properly load the U-boot image, its header size should > be multiple of 512 bytes. > > This issue was observed with gcc 4.6.2/4.7.3, which caused data aborts: > > U-Boot 2013.01-rc2-00172-gf8cfcf1-dirty (Dec 26 2012 - 13:13:28) > > Board: MX53 LOCO > I2C: ready > DRAM: 1 GiB > MMC: FSL_SDHC: 0, FSL_SDHC: 1 > In: serial > Out: serial > Err: serial > CPU: Freescale i.MX53 family rev2.1 at 1000 MHz > Reset cause: WDOG > Net: FEC > Warning: FEC using MAC address from net device > > Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 > data abort > > MAYBE you should read doc/README.arm-unaligned-accesses > > pc : [<aff72220>] lr : [<aff721fc>] > sp : af565e20 ip : af566918 fp : 00000000 > r10: 00000003 r9 : affabb5b r8 : af565f58 > r7 : 00000000 r6 : 36747fff r5 : af5668e8 r4 : 36747fff > r3 : af5668ec r2 : af5668eb r1 : 00000000 r0 : af5668e8 > Flags: NzcV IRQs off FIQs off Mode SVC_32 > Resetting CPU ... > > resetting ... > > ,and this patch fixes it. > > Also, even though the ROUND macro is already defined in common.h, > the reason for redefining it in image.h is explained by Stefano Babic: > > "I will remark a previous comment - even if including common.h seems a > good idea to avoid duplications, it makes tools like mkimage to depend > on the selected board, because <board>_config must run. Even if this is > not a problem for us u-boot developers, it becomes an issue when these > tools are included in distros (like u-boot-tools in Ubuntu) and cannot > be packaged." > > Signed-off-by: Troy Kisky <troy.kisky@boundarydevices.com> > Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com> > --- Applied to u-boot-imx, thanks. Best regards, Stefano Babic
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h index f54d983..e1e83b4 100644 --- a/include/image.h +++ b/include/image.h @@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ #define IH_MAGIC 0x27051956 /* Image Magic Number */ #define IH_NMLEN 32 /* Image Name Length */ +/* Reused from common.h */ +#define ROUND(a, b) (((a) + (b) - 1) & ~((b) - 1)) + /* * Legacy format image header, * all data in network byte order (aka natural aka bigendian). diff --git a/tools/imximage.c b/tools/imximage.c index 63f88b6..a93d7eb 100644 --- a/tools/imximage.c +++ b/tools/imximage.c @@ -515,7 +515,14 @@ static void imximage_set_header(void *ptr, struct stat *sbuf, int ifd, /* Set the imx header */ (*set_imx_hdr)(imxhdr, dcd_len, params->ep, imxhdr->flash_offset); - *header_size_ptr = sbuf->st_size + imxhdr->flash_offset; + + /* + * ROM bug alert + * mx53 only loads 512 byte multiples. + * The remaining fraction of a block bytes would + * not be loaded. + */ + *header_size_ptr = ROUND(sbuf->st_size + imxhdr->flash_offset, 512); } int imximage_check_params(struct mkimage_params *params)