DDR tuning fails Bit Deskew and Eye Training

[TStru.1]

I'm DDR tuning a custom STM32MP157F board with 4GB DDR3. All DDR tests are passing however I get the following tuning failure for Bit Deskew: Failed [Cannot Deskew lines, there is no PASS region] and Eye Training: [Cannot DQS timings, there is no PASS region]

What exactly does this mean? How can it fail tuning but pass testing?

DDR>test 0
...
loop 1: 0/17 test failed
 
Result: Pass [loop 1: 17 tests passed]
DDR>tuning 1
execute 1:Bit de-skew
Result: Failed [Cannot Deskew lines, there is no PASS region]
Result: Failed [Cannot Deskew lines, there is no PASS region]
Result: Failed [error = 2]
DDR>tuning 2
execute 2:Eye Training
Result: Failed [Cannot DQS timings, there is no PASS region]
Byte 1, DQS unit = 3, phase = 3
Result: Failed [error = 1]
DDR>tuning 3
execute 3:Display registers
Byte 0 Dekew result, bit0 delay, bit1 delay...bit8 delay
  2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
dxndllcr: [5a0041cc] val:400a0000
dxnqdstr: [5a0041d4] val:3db02001
dxndqtr: [5a0041d0] val:aaaaaaaa
Byte 1 Dekew result, bit0 delay, bit1 delay...bit8 delay
  2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
dxndllcr: [5a00420c] val:40000000
dxnqdstr: [5a004214] val:3db02001
dxndqtr: [5a004210] val:aaaaaaaa
Result: Pass []
DDR>tuning 4
execute 4:Bist config
Bist.nbErr = 1
Bist.Seed = 0x1234abcd
Result: Pass []

[OlivierK · Accepted solution]

Hello ​TStru.1 (Community Member) 

An issue has been identified regarding DQS Gating (function call missing) and will be corrected in next release of CubeMx/DDR tool (v6.3)

You still can run DDR tool and apply the calibration values from the test, but you'll need to update 4 registers manually if you want to include the DQS values in the DT.

https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/DDRCTRL_and_DDRPHYC_device_tree_configuration

In my case (16-bit DDR)

DDR>step 3         

current step is 3:DDR_READY             

DDR>tuning 0                                  

execute 0:Read DQS gating                            

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 2, R0DGPS = 0                         

Byte 1, R0DGSL = 2, R0DGPS = 0                         

Result: Pass []

-> According to the DQS gating above and the corresponding table (shown below), I need to update manually DX0DQSTR, DX1DQSTR as follow

DX0DQSTR 0x3DB00002  

DX1DQSTR 0x3DB00002 

For a 32-bit DDR (in your case) you will have also Byte2, Byte3 showing values.

update manually the 4 registers : DX0DQSTR/DX1DQSTR/DX2DQSTR/DX3DQSTR

Here's the corresponding table to update the registers according to DQS values:

Example for Byte 0 with all combinations from DQS Gating,

( same table for Byte1 = DX1DQSTR, Byte2 = DX2DQSTR, Byte3 =DX3DQSTR)  

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 0, R0DGPS = 0 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB00000

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 0, R0DGPS = 1 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB01000

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 0, R0DGPS = 2 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB02000

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 0, R0DGPS = 3 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB03000

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 1, R0DGPS = 0 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB00001

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 1, R0DGPS = 1 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB01001

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 1, R0DGPS = 2 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB02001

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 1, R0DGPS = 3 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB03001

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 2, R0DGPS = 0 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB00002

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 2, R0DGPS = 1 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB01002

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 2, R0DGPS = 2 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB02002

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 2, R0DGPS = 3 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB03002

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 3, R0DGPS = 0 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB00003

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 3, R0DGPS = 1 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB01003

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 3, R0DGPS = 2 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB02003

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 3, R0DGPS = 3 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB03003

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 4, R0DGPS = 0 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB00004

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 4, R0DGPS = 1 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB01004

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 4, R0DGPS = 2 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB02004

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 4, R0DGPS = 3 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB03004

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 5, R0DGPS = 0 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB00005

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 5, R0DGPS = 1 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB01005

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 5, R0DGPS = 2 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB02005

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 5, R0DGPS = 3 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB03005

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 6, R0DGPS = 0 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB00006

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 6, R0DGPS = 1 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB01006

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 6, R0DGPS = 2 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB02006

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 6, R0DGPS = 3 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB03006

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 7, R0DGPS = 0 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB00007

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 7, R0DGPS = 1 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB01007

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 7, R0DGPS = 2 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB02007

Byte 0, R0DGSL = 7, R0DGPS = 3 => DX0DQSTR = 0x3DB03007