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Entry  Sun Jan 31 23:52:15 2010, Hao Huan, Failure In Flashing Xilinx PROM 
    Reply  Mon Feb 1 08:30:42 2010, Stefan Ritt, Failure In Flashing Xilinx PROM DRS.cppDRS.hdrs4_eval1.mcs
Message ID: 32     Entry time: Mon Feb 1 08:30:42 2010     In reply to: 31
Author: Stefan Ritt 
Subject: Failure In Flashing Xilinx PROM 

Hao Huan wrote:

Hi Stefan,

    I have an old-version DRS4 evaluation board which doesn't have the latest firmware. I tried to flash the drs_eval1.ipf boundary scan chain into the XCF02S PROM with Xilinx IMPACT, and the firmware seemed to go through into the PROM. However, when I started the DRS command line interface to test the firmware it kept on reporting errors like

musb_write: requested 10, wrote -116, errno 0 (No error)

musb_read error -116

musb_write: requested 10, wrote -22, error 0 (No error)

musb_read error -116

and so on. Finally the program made a dumb recognition of the board as

Found mezz. board 0 on USB, serial #0, firmware revision 0

Do you have any idea which caused this problem? Thanks!

A firmware update requires a power cycle of the evaluation board. Have you tried that? I attached for you reference the current drs_eval1.mcs file, which is meant to go into the XCF02S PROM. There were recent changes also in the DRS library, and I'm not sure if yous if recent enough. So I put also the current C files which go with the firmware. They contain also some improvements which should reduce the intrinsic noise of the board.  

Attachment 1: DRS.cpp  205 kB  | Hide | Hide all | Show all
/********************************************************************

  Name:         DRS.cpp
  Created by:   Stefan Ritt, Matthias Schneebeli

  Contents:     Library functions for DRS mezzanine and USB boards

  $Id: DRS.cpp 14602 2009-11-27 11:47:36Z ritt $

\********************************************************************/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include "strlcpy.h"

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma warning(disable:4996)
#   include <windows.h>
#   include <direct.h>
#else
#   include <unistd.h>
#   include <sys/time.h>
inline void Sleep(useconds_t x)
{
   usleep(x * 1000);
}
#endif

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#include <conio.h>
#define drs_kbhit() kbhit()
#else
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
int drs_kbhit()
{
   int n;

   ioctl(0, FIONREAD, &n);
   return (n > 0);
}
static inline int getch()
{
   return getchar();
}
#endif

#include <DRS.h>

#ifdef _MSC_VER
extern "C" {
#endif

#include <mxml.h>

#ifdef _MSC_VER
}
#endif

/*---- minimal FPGA firmvare version required for this library -----*/
const int REQUIRED_FIRMWARE_VERSION_DRS2 = 5268;
const int REQUIRED_FIRMWARE_VERSION_DRS3 = 6981;
const int REQUIRED_FIRMWARE_VERSION_DRS4 = 13191;

/*---- calibration methods to be stored in EEPROMs -----------------*/

#define VCALIB_METHOD  1
#define TCALIB_METHOD  1

/*---- VME addresses -----------------------------------------------*/
#ifdef HAVE_VME
/* assuming following DIP Switch settings:

   SW1-1: 1 (off)       use geographical addressing (1=left, 21=right)
   SW1-2: 1 (off)       \
   SW1-3: 1 (off)        >  VME_WINSIZE = 8MB, subwindow = 1MB
   SW1-4: 0 (on)        /
   SW1-5: 0 (on)        reserverd
   SW1-6: 0 (on)        reserverd
   SW1-7: 0 (on)        reserverd
   SW1-8: 0 (on)       \
                        |
   SW2-1: 0 (on)        |
   SW2-2: 0 (on)        |
   SW2-3: 0 (on)        |
   SW2-4: 0 (on)        > VME_ADDR_OFFSET = 0
   SW2-5: 0 (on)        |
   SW2-6: 0 (on)        |
   SW2-7: 0 (on)        |
   SW2-8: 0 (on)       /

   which gives
     VME base address = SlotNo * VME_WINSIZE + VME_ADDR_OFFSET
                      = SlotNo * 0x80'0000
*/
#define GEVPC_BASE_ADDR           0x00000000
#define GEVPC_WINSIZE               0x800000
#define GEVPC_USER_FPGA   (GEVPC_WINSIZE*2/8)
#define PMC1_OFFSET                  0x00000
#define PMC2_OFFSET                  0x80000
#define PMC_CTRL_OFFSET              0x00000    /* all registers 32 bit */
#define PMC_STATUS_OFFSET            0x10000
#define PMC_FIFO_OFFSET              0x20000
#define PMC_RAM_OFFSET               0x40000
#endif                          // HAVE_VME
/*---- USB addresses -----------------------------------------------*/
#define USB_TIMEOUT                     1000    // one second
#ifdef HAVE_USB
#define USB_CTRL_OFFSET                 0x00    /* all registers 32 bit */
#define USB_STATUS_OFFSET               0x40
#define USB_RAM_OFFSET                  0x80
#define USB_CMD_IDENT                      0    // Query identification
#define USB_CMD_ADDR                       1    // Address cycle
#define USB_CMD_READ                       2    // "VME" read <addr><size>
#define USB_CMD_WRITE                      3    // "VME" write <addr><size>
#define USB_CMD_READ12                     4    // 12-bit read <LSB><MSB>
#define USB_CMD_WRITE12                    5    // 12-bit write <LSB><MSB>

#define USB2_CMD_READ                      1
#define USB2_CMD_WRITE                     2
#define USB2_CTRL_OFFSET             0x00000    /* all registers 32 bit */
#define USB2_STATUS_OFFSET           0x10000
#define USB2_FIFO_OFFSET             0x20000
#define USB2_RAM_OFFSET              0x40000
#endif                          // HAVE_USB

/*------------------------------------------------------------------*/

using namespace std;

#ifdef HAVE_USB
#define USB2_BUFFER_SIZE (1024*1024+10)
unsigned char static *usb2_buffer = NULL;
#endif

/*------------------------------------------------------------------*/

DRS::DRS()
:  fNumberOfBoards(0)
#ifdef HAVE_VME
    , fVmeInterface(0)
#endif
{
#ifdef HAVE_USB
   MUSB_INTERFACE *usb_interface;
#endif

#if defined(HAVE_VME) || defined(HAVE_USB)
   int index = 0, i = 0;
#endif

   memset(fError, 0, sizeof(fError));

#ifdef HAVE_VME
   unsigned short type, fw, magic, serial, temperature;
   mvme_addr_t addr;

   if (mvme_open(&fVmeInterface, 0) == MVME_SUCCESS) {

      mvme_set_am(fVmeInterface, MVME_AM_A32);
      mvme_set_dmode(fVmeInterface, MVME_DMODE_D16);

      /* check all VME slave slots */
      for (index = 2; index <= 21; index++) {

         /* check PMC1 */
         addr = GEVPC_BASE_ADDR + index * GEVPC_WINSIZE;        // VME board base address
         addr += GEVPC_USER_FPGA;       // UsrFPGA base address
         addr += PMC1_OFFSET;   // PMC1 offset

         mvme_set_dmode(fVmeInterface, MVME_DMODE_D16);
         i = mvme_read(fVmeInterface, &magic, addr + PMC_STATUS_OFFSET + REG_MAGIC, 2);
         if (i == 2) {
            if (magic != 0xC0DE) {
               printf("Found old firmware, please upgrade immediately!\n");
               fBoard[fNumberOfBoards] = new DRSBoard(fVmeInterface, addr, (index - 2) << 1);
               fNumberOfBoards++;
            } else {

               /* read board type */
               mvme_read(fVmeInterface, &type, addr + PMC_STATUS_OFFSET + REG_BOARD_TYPE, 2);
               type &= 0xFF;
               if (type == 2 || type == 3 || type == 4) {    // DRS2 or DRS3 or DRS4

                  /* read firmware number */
                  mvme_read(fVmeInterface, &fw, addr + PMC_STATUS_OFFSET + REG_VERSION_FW, 2);

                  /* read serial number */
                  mvme_read(fVmeInterface, &serial, addr + PMC_STATUS_OFFSET + REG_SERIAL_BOARD, 2);

                  /* read temperature register to see if CMC card is present */
                  mvme_read(fVmeInterface, &temperature, addr + PMC_STATUS_OFFSET + REG_TEMPERATURE, 2);

                  /* LED blinking */
#if 0
                  do {
                     data = 0x00040000;
                     mvme_write(fVmeInterface, addr + PMC_CTRL_OFFSET + REG_CTRL, &data, sizeof(data));
                     mvme_write(fVmeInterface, addr + PMC2_OFFSET + PMC_CTRL_OFFSET + REG_CTRL, &data,
                                sizeof(data));

                     Sleep(500);

                     data = 0x00000000;
                     mvme_write(fVmeInterface, addr + PMC_CTRL_OFFSET + REG_CTRL, &data, sizeof(data));
                     mvme_write(fVmeInterface, addr + PMC2_OFFSET + PMC_CTRL_OFFSET + REG_CTRL, data,
                                sizeof(data));

                     Sleep(500);

                  } while (1);
#endif

                  if (temperature == 0xFFFF) {
                     printf("Found VME board in slot %d, fw %d, but no CMC board in upper slot\n", index, fw);
                  } else {
                     printf("Found DRS%d board %2d in upper VME slot %2d, serial #%d, firmware revision %d\n", type, fNumberOfBoards, index, serial, fw);

                     fBoard[fNumberOfBoards] = new DRSBoard(fVmeInterface, addr, (index - 2) << 1);
                     if (fBoard[fNumberOfBoards]->HasCorrectFirmware())
                        fNumberOfBoards++;
                     else
                        sprintf(fError, "Wrong firmware version: board has %d, required is %d\n",
                                fBoard[fNumberOfBoards]->GetFirmwareVersion(),
                                fBoard[fNumberOfBoards]->GetRequiredFirmwareVersion());
                  }
               }
            }
         }

         /* check PMC2 */
         addr = GEVPC_BASE_ADDR + index * GEVPC_WINSIZE;        // VME board base address
         addr += GEVPC_USER_FPGA;       // UsrFPGA base address
         addr += PMC2_OFFSET;   // PMC2 offset

         mvme_set_dmode(fVmeInterface, MVME_DMODE_D16);
         i = mvme_read(fVmeInterface, &fw, addr + PMC_STATUS_OFFSET + REG_MAGIC, 2);
         if (i == 2) {
            if (magic != 0xC0DE) {
               printf("Found old firmware, please upgrade immediately!\n");
               fBoard[fNumberOfBoards] = new DRSBoard(fVmeInterface, addr, (index - 2) << 1 | 1);
               fNumberOfBoards++;
            } else {

               /* read board type */
               mvme_read(fVmeInterface, &type, addr + PMC_STATUS_OFFSET + REG_BOARD_TYPE, 2);
               type &= 0xFF;
               if (type == 2 || type == 3 || type == 4) {    // DRS2 or DRS3 or DRS4

                  /* read firmware number */
                  mvme_read(fVmeInterface, &fw, addr + PMC_STATUS_OFFSET + REG_VERSION_FW, 2);

                  /* read serial number */
                  mvme_read(fVmeInterface, &serial, addr + PMC_STATUS_OFFSET + REG_SERIAL_BOARD, 2);

                  /* read temperature register to see if CMC card is present */
                  mvme_read(fVmeInterface, &temperature, addr + PMC_STATUS_OFFSET + REG_TEMPERATURE, 2);

                  if (temperature == 0xFFFF) {
                     printf("Found VME board in slot %d, fw %d, but no CMC board in lower slot\n", index, fw);
                  } else {
                     printf("Found DRS%d board %2d in lower VME slot %2d, serial #%d, firmware revision %d\n", type, fNumberOfBoards, index, serial, fw);

                     fBoard[fNumberOfBoards] = new DRSBoard(fVmeInterface, addr, ((index - 2) << 1) | 1);
                     if (fBoard[fNumberOfBoards]->HasCorrectFirmware())
                        fNumberOfBoards++;
                     else
                        sprintf(fError, "Wrong firmware version: board has %d, required is %d\n",
                                fBoard[fNumberOfBoards]->GetFirmwareVersion(),
                                fBoard[fNumberOfBoards]->GetRequiredFirmwareVersion());
                  }
               }
            }
         }
      }
   } else
      printf("Cannot access VME crate, check driver, power and connection\n");
#endif                          // HAVE_VME

#ifdef HAVE_USB
   unsigned char buffer[512];
   int found, one_found, usb_slot;

   one_found = 0;
   usb_slot = 0;
   for (index = 0; index < 127; index++) {
      found = 0;

      /* check for USB-Mezzanine test board */
      if (musb_open(&usb_interface, 0x10C4, 0x1175, index, 1, 0) == MUSB_SUCCESS) {

         /* check ID */
         buffer[0] = USB_CMD_IDENT;
         musb_write(usb_interface, 2, buffer, 1, USB_TIMEOUT);

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