How to enter DDR interactive mode by defining CONFIG_STM32MP1_DDR_INTERACTIVE ?

Arnas Celkys · ‎2021-12-14

I am using stm32MP157F-DK eval board (on windows) and I would like to try the DDR testing tool on cubeMX. But this is my first time trying to do so - I try to follow steps in "U-Boot SPL: DDR interactive mode" (url: https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/U-Boot_SPL:_DDR_int). It states i should define this mode under CONFIG_STM32MP1_DDR_INTERACTIVE - but I dont understand when or how should I do that? Should this be done on full flashlayout_st-image-*** or should i just have boot running?

Kevin HUBER · ‎2021-12-14

Hello @Arnas Celkys

Regarding the end of you question, it seems that you do not have the U-Boot sources in your developer package.

Anyway, I will help you ��.

Download Developer Package and U-Boot sources

The first step to be able to modify the configuration of U-Boot, is to get the Developer package. Please follow this page: https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/STM32MP1_Developer_Package

The part related to the install of U-Boot is: https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/STM32MP1_Developer_Package#Installing_the_U-Boot

Follow the steps and untar the sources.

Build U-Boot

Once you got the sources, you have to go in the extracted folder and follow the “README_HOWTO.txt�? to build the sources.

Modify configuration and enable DDR_INTERACTIVE

Firstly, to modify the configuration you have to use in the U-Boot folder, the command “make menuconfig�? as explained on the wiki: https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/Menuconfig_or_how_to_configure_kernel

CONFIG_STM32MP1_DDR_INTERACTIVE is not the easiest configuration to enable because it implies to have already enabled other configurations.

The first things to do is search “DDR_INTERACTIVE�?. To realize a search in the menuconfig, you have to hit “/�? key and type the text that you search.

A window like this appears:

As you can see, “STM32MP1_DDR�? is set to [=n] because you have to enable “STM32MP1_DDR�? before being able to enable DDR_INTERACTIVE.

So search “STM32MP1_DDR�? .

You see that you have to enable "OF_CONTROL" and "ARCH_STM32MP" before enabling your configuration

So one more search, search for “OF_CONTROL�?

You can hit the key “1�? to directly go where the config is located or you can search it inside "-> Device Tree Control"

Enable the configuration.

Then to enable "ARCH_STM32MP", you have to change the architecture type from Sandbox to ARM.

This can be done at the root of the menu:

Select ARM architecture in the list.

Now, a new menu appears “ARM Architecture�?. Go inside and looks at “Target select�?.

Modify it to select “Support STMicroelectonics STM32MP Socs with cortex A�?

Finally, you can search again “DDR_INTERACTIVE�? and you will see that you enabled the needed “STM32MP1_DDR�? !

Hit the key “1�? to go directly in the correct submenu or go in:

Location: │

│ -> Device Drivers │

│ -> STM32MP1 DDR driver (STM32MP1_DDR [=y])

And enable it.

The CONFIG_STM32MP1_DDR_INTERACTIVE configuration is now activated.

Be careful to save your modifications.

You can now rebuild the U-Boot sources with these configurations enabled, by following the "README.HOW_TO.txt".

BUT doesn't apply again the default configuration by doing: make stm32mp15_<config>_defconfig

Otherwise you will lose your modifications.

Hope it helps you,

Regards,

Kevin

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Kevin HUBER · ‎2021-12-14

Hello @Arnas Celkys

Regarding the end of you question, it seems that you do not have the U-Boot sources in your developer package.

Anyway, I will help you ��.

Download Developer Package and U-Boot sources

The first step to be able to modify the configuration of U-Boot, is to get the Developer package. Please follow this page: https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/STM32MP1_Developer_Package

The part related to the install of U-Boot is: https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/STM32MP1_Developer_Package#Installing_the_U-Boot

Follow the steps and untar the sources.

Build U-Boot

Once you got the sources, you have to go in the extracted folder and follow the “README_HOWTO.txt�? to build the sources.

Modify configuration and enable DDR_INTERACTIVE

Firstly, to modify the configuration you have to use in the U-Boot folder, the command “make menuconfig�? as explained on the wiki: https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/Menuconfig_or_how_to_configure_kernel

CONFIG_STM32MP1_DDR_INTERACTIVE is not the easiest configuration to enable because it implies to have already enabled other configurations.

The first things to do is search “DDR_INTERACTIVE�?. To realize a search in the menuconfig, you have to hit “/�? key and type the text that you search.

A window like this appears:

As you can see, “STM32MP1_DDR�? is set to [=n] because you have to enable “STM32MP1_DDR�? before being able to enable DDR_INTERACTIVE.

So search “STM32MP1_DDR�? .

You see that you have to enable "OF_CONTROL" and "ARCH_STM32MP" before enabling your configuration

So one more search, search for “OF_CONTROL�?

You can hit the key “1�? to directly go where the config is located or you can search it inside "-> Device Tree Control"

Enable the configuration.

Then to enable "ARCH_STM32MP", you have to change the architecture type from Sandbox to ARM.

This can be done at the root of the menu:

Select ARM architecture in the list.

Now, a new menu appears “ARM Architecture�?. Go inside and looks at “Target select�?.

Modify it to select “Support STMicroelectonics STM32MP Socs with cortex A�?

Finally, you can search again “DDR_INTERACTIVE�? and you will see that you enabled the needed “STM32MP1_DDR�? !

Hit the key “1�? to go directly in the correct submenu or go in:

Location: │

│ -> Device Drivers │

│ -> STM32MP1 DDR driver (STM32MP1_DDR [=y])

And enable it.

The CONFIG_STM32MP1_DDR_INTERACTIVE configuration is now activated.

Be careful to save your modifications.

You can now rebuild the U-Boot sources with these configurations enabled, by following the "README.HOW_TO.txt".

BUT doesn't apply again the default configuration by doing: make stm32mp15_<config>_defconfig

Otherwise you will lose your modifications.

Hope it helps you,

Regards,

Kevin

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Arnas Celkys · ‎2021-12-14

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Arnas Celkys · ‎2021-12-14

Good afternoon, Kevin, - great answer finally got idea on how that "make menuconfig" works, thanks!

1. I have made changes to u-boot and menuconfig looks like this now:

2.I have created a custom ***.config file and named it RAMTEST.config and followed the readme.txt

$ make RAMTEST.config

$ make DEVICE_TREE=stm32mp157c-dk2 all

Is this correct so far ? :?

Kevin HUBER · ‎2021-12-14

Hi @Arnas Celkys ,

Great news!

How did you proceed to save your configuration in a RAMTEST.config?

Did you followed the chapter about savedefconfig? :https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/Menuconfig_or_how_to_configure_kernel#Menuconfig_and_Developer_Package

To be sure that "STM32MP1_DDR_INTERACTIVE" is enabled, before doing the "make DEVICE_TREE=stm32mp157c-dk2 all", you can open the file".config", in the U-Boot folder root and search the value of STM32MP1_DDR_INTERACTIVE .

It must be set to =Y

This file summarize all the configurations currently set that will be used during the build with the command "make DEVICE_TREE=stm32mp157c-dk2 all"

Regards,

Kevin

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Arnas Celkys · ‎2021-12-14

I just saved new file with the menuconfig UI at the bottom <Save>, and after opened created file RAMTEST.config with <Load>. And checked the values. Is this reasonable approach?

so after making the configuration changes, I tried to follow the "README_HOW_TO.txt" - 5.2 Compilation for several targets: use Makefile.sdk (with FIP). But ran into some issues when trying to create an image with "make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk all"

>>make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk help

<< /../

>>export FIP_DEPLOYDIR_ROOT=$PWD/../../FIP_artifacts

<</../

>>make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk help

>>/../

Missing u-boot-stm32mp157a-dk1-trusted.dtb file in folder: '$FIP_DEPLOYDIR_UBOOT' or '$FIP_DEPLOYDIR_ROOT/u-boot'

/stm32mpu_workspace/kernel_my/en.SOURCES-stm32mp1-openstlinux-5.10-dunfell-mp1-21-03-31/stm32mp1-openstlinux-5.10-dunfell-mp1-21-03-31/sources/arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi/u-boot-stm32mp-2020.10.r1-r0/u-boot-stm32mp-2020.10.r1/../Makefile.sdk:136: recipe for target 'fip' failed

make: *** [fip] Error 1

echo $FIP_DEPLOYDIR_ROOT/u-boot

/stm32mpu_workspace/kernel_my/en.SOURCES-stm32mp1-openstlinux-5.10-dunfell-mp1-21-03-31/stm32mp1-openstlinux-5.10-dunfell-mp1-21-03-31/sources/arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi/u-boot-stm32mp-2020.10.r1-r0/u-boot-stm32mp-2020.10.r1/../../FIP_artifacts/u-boot

/stm32mpu_workspace/kernel_my/en.SOURCES-stm32mp1-openstlinux-5.10-dunfell-mp1-21-03-31/stm32mp1-openstlinux-5.10-dunfell-mp1-21-03-31/sources/arm-ostl-linux-gnueabi/FIP_artifacts/u-boot$ ls

u-boot-nodtb-stm32mp15.bin u-boot-stm32mp157d-dk1-trusted.dtb

u-boot-stm32mp157a-dk1-trusted.dtb u-boot-stm32mp157d-ev1-trusted.dtb

u-boot-stm32mp157a-ev1-trusted.dtb u-boot-stm32mp157f-dk2-trusted.dtb

u-boot-stm32mp157c-dk2-trusted.dtb u-boot-stm32mp157f-ed1-trusted.dtb

u-boot-stm32mp157c-ed1-trusted.dtb u-boot-stm32mp157f-ev1-trusted.dtb

u-boot-stm32mp157c-ev1-trusted.dtb

$FIP_DEPLOYDIR_UBOOT - is empty

did i miss something? :D

Kevin HUBER · ‎2021-12-14

Hi @Arnas Celkys ,

The recommanded way to generate the FIP is to create it automatically when you build your TF-A, please have a look to the README.HOW_TO.txt of the TF-A.

Please install it and build it by following this page if you do not have it yet: https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/STM32MP1_Developer_Package#Installing_the_TF-A

To learn more things about the FIP, you can read the ecosystem release note: https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/STM32MP15_ecosystem_release_note_-_v3.0.0#OpenSTLinux_-28Cortex-C2-AE-A7-29

or this part of the TF-A overview: https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/TF-A_overview#FIP

Regarding U-Boot

Since the ecosystem v3.0.0, two binaries are needed from u-boot:

https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/U-Boot_overview#Output_files

u-boot.dtb and u-boot-nodtb.bin

I recommand you to build with a command line like this: make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk DEVICE_TREE=stm32mp157c-dk2 uboot

u-boot instead of all in last parameter, to only generate u-boot binaries.

For what I know, you have too manually copy them from your U-Boot build directory to the FIP directory (FIP_artifacts/u-boot).

But before doing the copy I recommend you to rename the file u-boot-nodtb-stm32mp15.bin and u-boot-stm32mp157c-dk2-trusted.dtb to keep a copy of them.

The files that need to be copied from your build directory to the FIP directory are:

u-boot-nodtb.bin -> u-boot-nodtb-stm32mp15.bin

arch/arm/dts/<your-board-file>.dtb -> u-boot-stm32mp157c-dk2-trusted.dtb

Once you have copied the U-Boot files in the FIP directory, you will be able to generate the FIP when you build your TF-A.

Regards,

Kevin

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Arnas Celkys · ‎2021-12-15

Thank you. Kevin, its a great help! :)

Arnas Celkys · ‎2021-12-15

I have cleaned the project and started all over using the TF-A. And I believe i managed to build FIP according to my changes. My mistake was that when following README.HOW_TO.txt i was following "5.1 Compilation for one target (one defconfig, one device tree) - and no FIP" when I should have been using the "5.2 Compilation for several targets: use Makefile.sdk (with FIP)" because I have TF-A installed - atleast my this is my guess

so now I have successfully have generated all versions of ***.bin and ***.dtb (example: u-boot-stm32mp157c-dk2-trusted.dtb and fip-stm32mp157c-dk2-trusted.bin) files according to "myboot.config" content. Atleast I am guessing they follow my config file - no way to know untill I upload them right?

What should be the next step now, how should i upload them them now? Thanks!

Kevin HUBER · ‎2021-12-15

Hi @Arnas Celkys ,

Yes it seems ok now, but next time, you can specify the TF_A_DEVICETREE to only generate the needed fip for your board.

I advise you to follow the How to cross-compile with the Developer Package wiki page and especially the parts on U-Boot and TF-A. It is explained how to copy the binaries on the board using ums 0 mmc 0:

https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/How_to_cross-compile_with_the_Developer_Package#Modifying_the_U-Boot

Regards,

Kevin

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