Hi Saket, On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Saket Sinha <saket.sinh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bin, > > If you can have a look at this issue. > > I am currently stuck on this issue with u-boot.rom not giving me any > output on the serial. > > When I am flashing MinnowBoard.MAX.X64.080.D01.bin I get the all the > UEFI prompt and the booting messages but when I flash u-boot.rom, I do > not get anything on the serial port. > > Let me know if I am missing out something in the build process of u-boot.rom > > While running the following commands, I seem to get the errors- > >>> c) ./tools/ifdtool -x BayleyBay/SPI.bin >>> root@saket-HP-PC:# /u-boot-x86/tools/ifdtool -x BayleyBay/SPI.bin >>> Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor): 00000000 - 00000fff >>> Flash Region 1 (BIOS): 00500000 - 007fffff >>> Flash Region 2 (Intel ME): 00001000 - 004fffff >>> Flash Region 3 (GbE): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused) >>> Error while writing: Bad address >>> Flash Region 4 (Platform Data): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused) >>> Error while writing: Bad address > > AND > >> >>> a)./tools/ifdtool -x MNW2MAX1.X64.0073.R02.1409160934.bin >>> root@saket-PC:# /u-boot-x86/tools/ifdtool -x >>> MNW2MAX1.X64.0073.R02.1409160934.bin >>> Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor): 00000000 - 00000fff >>> Flash Region 1 (BIOS): 00500000 - 007fffff >>> Flash Region 2 (Intel ME): 00001000 - 004fffff >>> Flash Region 3 (GbE): 00000000 - 00000fff >>> Flash Region 4 (Platform Data): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused) >>> Error while writing: Bad address >>> > > > These may be the reason for the u-boot.rom not getting built properly. > > I have described the entire build process for u-boot.rom int my > previous mail below - > >> >> I am building u-boot.rom for MinnowboardMax as per the steps mentioned >> in the README.x86. >> >> 1. Downloading BAY_TRAIL_FSP_KIT_GOLD3.tgz >> >> a) copying BAYTRAIL_FSP_GOLD_003_16-SEP-2014.fd as >> board/intel/minnowmax/fsp.bin >> >> b) copying Vga.dat as board/intel/minnowmax/vga.bin >> >> c) ./tools/ifdtool -x BayleyBay/SPI.bin >> >> From the generted files, copying flashregion_2_intel_me.bin as >> board/intel/minnowmax/me.bin >> >> Though the o/p files are generated, I get the following error after >> this command - >> root@saket-HP-PC:# /u-boot-x86/tools/ifdtool -x BayleyBay/SPI.bin >> Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor): 00000000 - 00000fff >> Flash Region 1 (BIOS): 00500000 - 007fffff >> Flash Region 2 (Intel ME): 00001000 - 004fffff >> Flash Region 3 (GbE): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused) >> Error while writing: Bad address >> Flash Region 4 (Platform Data): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused) >> Error while writing: Bad address
I've seen this error before. It is a bug of the ifdtool, but I think it can be ignored. I have a patch sent out. Please check http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/478590/ >> >> 2. Downloading 2014-WW42.4-MinnowBoardMax.73-64-bit.bin_Release.zip >> >> a)./tools/ifdtool -x MNW2MAX1.X64.0073.R02.1409160934.bin >> From the generted files, copying flashregion_0_flashdescriptor.bin as >> board/intel/minnowmax/descriptor.bin >> >> Though the o/p files are generated, I get the following error after >> this command - >> root@saket-PC:# /u-boot-x86/tools/ifdtool -x >> MNW2MAX1.X64.0073.R02.1409160934.bin >> Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor): 00000000 - 00000fff >> Flash Region 1 (BIOS): 00500000 - 007fffff >> Flash Region 2 (Intel ME): 00001000 - 004fffff >> Flash Region 3 (GbE): 00000000 - 00000fff >> Flash Region 4 (Platform Data): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused) >> Error while writing: Bad address >> >> 3. Building u-boot.rom >> export BUILD_ROM=y >> make minnowmax_defconfig >> make all >> Looks that your instructions are correct according to README.x86 >> 4. Flashing u-boot.rom to Minnowmax by desiprog sf100 >> ./flashrom -p dediprog -w u-boot.rom >> Can you confirm that you have setup the flashrom tool correctly? I don't use flashrom on Linux as I normally do the SPI flash programming on a Windows machine. Can you dump the whole SPI flash image back after you program the u-boot.rom and compare the dumped file with the u-boot.rom you generated to see whether they are exactly the same? >> 5. Now when I am powering Minnowmax and collecting the output on serial - >> Nothing appears. >> >> Kindly let me know, if I am missing something here. >> Sorry but I don't have a MinnowMax board here, so cannot try it on my side. Regards, Bin _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
