U-Boot version issue

ba_f ba_f at rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de
Tue Oct 27 17:34:40 CET 2015


Am 2015-10-16 00:22, schrieb Adam Lackorzynski:
> On Tue Oct 13, 2015 at 16:52:16 +0200, ba_f wrote:
>> Am 2015-10-12 00:01, schrieb Adam Lackorzynski:
>> >On Wed Oct 07, 2015 at 18:59:17 +0200, ba_f wrote:
>> >>i have an issue with different U-Boot versions, and i have no clue
>> >>what's
>> >>the problem.
>> >>Maybe someone's got an idea?
>> >>
>> >>Working on Xilinx' ARM Platform i use U-Boot version
>> >>u-boot-xlnx-xilinx-v14.6.01, and it's all good with that one and lower
>> >>versions.
>> >>But, using u-boot-xlnx-xilinx-v14.7 or higher results in serious CPU
>> >>errors:
>> >>
>> >>uboot> fatload mmc 0 0x00ffffc0 bootstrap.uimage
>> >>reading bootstrap.uimage
>> >>6139968 bytes read in 528 ms (11.1 MiB/s)
>> >>uboot> go 0x01000000
>> >>## Starting application at 0x01000000 ...
>> >>undefined instruction
>> >>pc : [<01000004>]	   lr : [<3ff74bc0>]
>> >>sp : 3fb51e08  ip : 00002802	 fp : 00000000
>> >>r10: 3fb572d8  r9 : 00000002	 r8 : 3fb51f40
>> >>r7 : 3ffaff50  r6 : 01000000	 r5 : 3fb572dc  r4 : 00000002
>> >>r3 : 01000000  r2 : 3fb572dc	 r1 : 3fb572dc  r0 : 00000001
>> >>Flags: nZCv  IRQs off  FIQs off  Mode SVC_32
>> >>Resetting CPU ...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Unfortunately, the DIFF between v14.6 and v14.7 is 60'000 lines...
>> >>
>> >>Is there any chance to fix that?
>> >
>> >The pc where it traps is (shall be) a NOP and definitely not an
>> >undefined instruction. You could check after the fatload whether the
>> >contents in memory (via md in u-boot) and in the binary are the same at
>> >that location (0x01000004).
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Adam
>> 
>> 
>> The newer u-boot got dcache support for certain ARMs.
>> So, i have to do 'u-boot> dcache off' to make it run successful.
> 
> Interesting, and thanks for the info.
> Given that it seems to reject the second instruction in bootstrap it
> looks like the icache is stale. Could you try an 'icache flush' and see
> if that works too?
> 
> 
> 
> Adam


No, it crashes with only 'icache flush'.
Still need 'dcache off'.



Greets,

ba_f




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