[U-Boot] Newbie SPL question for socfpga_sockit

Stefan Roese
2016-04-12T16:09:43Z

On 12.04.2016 18:00, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 04/12/2016 05:53 PM, Dinh Nguyen wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 04/07/2016 06:31 PM, George Broz wrote:
>>> On 7 April 2016 at 13:39, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
>>>> On 04/07/2016 03:14 PM, George Broz wrote:
>>>>> On 6 April 2016 at 19:05, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
>>>>>> On 04/07/2016 03:42 AM, George Broz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> U-Boot SPL 2016.03 (Apr 05 2016 - 17:57:23)
>>>>>>>>> drivers/ddr/altera/sequencer.c: Preparing to start memory calibration
>>>>>>>>> drivers/ddr/altera/sequencer.c: CALIBRATION PASSED
>>>>>>>>> drivers/ddr/altera/sequencer.c: Calibration complete
>>>>>>>>> Trying to boot from MMC1
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> First time that an SPL built from a recent version has run successfully
>>>>>>>>> on that board.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Will try it out on de0 tomorrow morning...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is great news, thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This patch also fixes the intermittent SDRAM calibration failures on my
>>>>>>> de0_nano_soc board. Thanks so much!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Great
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now with up-to-date versions of SPL and image... I have some
>>>>>>> USB questions/news/observations:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When using an OTG cable between USB port and mass storage
>>>>>>> device, the de0_nano_soc board is able to detect and access some USB
>>>>>>> sticks. The detection with these is almost immediate from when 'usb start'
>>>>>>> is entered. If the same (working) USB stick is used with a non-OTG cable,
>>>>>>> I get the timeout messages from before:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dwc_otg_core_host_init: Timeout!
>>>>>>> dwc_otg_core_host_init: Timeout!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and this is true even if I add 'dr_mode = "host" '
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think the driver supports the dr_mode property yet. Patch is
>>>>>> welcome.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to the dts for usb1
>>>>>>> of the de0
>>>>>>> (and rebuild/reload). The older SPL/image that ships from the Terasic factory
>>>>>>> detects USB sticks with a non-OTG cable, (the cable that ships with the unit).
>>>>>>> What is the correct "expected" behavior here?? Is an OTG cable required or
>>>>>>> not?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The DWC2 driver tests the value of the OTG ID pin, so if you don't use
>>>>>> OTG cable with correct ID pin setup, the host won't work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Even with the OTG cable, some USB sticks "fail" in a not-so-great way.
>>>>>>> I have a Kingston stick and the sequence goes like this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> => usb reset
>>>>>>> resetting USB...
>>>>>>> USB0: Core Release: 2.93a
>>>>>>> scanning bus 0 for devices...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <<< 1 minute, 41 seconds pass before >>>
>>>>>>> ... Device NOT ready
>>>>>>> Request Sense returned 00 00 00
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <<< then another 24 seconds pass before >>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2 USB Device(s) found
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It was able to read some information about the stick:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> => usb info
>>>>>>> :
>>>>>>> 2: Mass Storage, USB Revision 2.0
>>>>>>> - Kingston DataTraveler SE9 0014857749E5ECB0173000D3
>>>>>>> - Class: (from Interface) Mass Storage
>>>>>>> - PacketSize: 64 Configurations: 1
>>>>>>> - Vendor: 0x0930 Product 0x6545 Version 1.0
>>>>>>> Configuration: 1
>>>>>>> - Interfaces: 1 Bus Powered 200mA
>>>>>>> Interface: 0
>>>>>>> - Alternate Setting 0, Endpoints: 2
>>>>>>> - Class Mass Storage, Transp. SCSI, Bulk only
>>>>>>> - Endpoint 1 In Bulk MaxPacket 512
>>>>>>> - Endpoint 2 Out Bulk MaxPacket 512
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BUT, the stick cannot be accessed otherwise, for example:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> => usb part 0
>>>>>>> ## Unknown partition table type 0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there any feature of the USB stick that would indicate
>>>>>>> whether or not it is "compatible" with u-boot?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you do "dcache off" before you do "usb reset" and see if that fixes
>>>>>> the problem ?
>>>>>
>>>>> The behavior is unchanged if "dcache off" done before "usb reset".
>>>>
>>>> Try with the attached patch (and probably with dcache off)
>>>
>>> The patch applied cleanly. The behavior is unchanged with both
>>> dcache on and off. The "good" sticks still work, and "bad" sticks still don't.
>>>
>>
>> Not sure if this helps, but with this patch and dcache off, my "bad"
>> stick (SanDisk Cruzer U 4C530200250418114310) is now working.
>
> You mean the revert is needed on SoCFPGA, right ? I tried bashing Stefan
> about the patch a bit and I am tempted to just revert it for now, since
> there seems to be no time to repair it proper :(

Hmmmm. My priorities seem to have shifted a bit just now. ;)

I'll definitely try to fix this issue on SoCFPGA with the USB
scanning patches in this release. As we don't want to go back
to USB scanning times in the range of more than 20 seconds!
Please give me something like 1 week for this.

Marek, how can I reproduce this issue? Can I use the SoCrates
board for this? Could you perhaps double-check this on this
board? Which USB sticks are known to fail?

Thanks,
Stefan