Constructing a FlashLayout for implementing on eMMC only

[DMårt]

I need som help about constructing a FlashLayout file for CubeProgrammer. I have a template of a FlashLayout for the STM32MP1 processor.

 

#opt	Id	Name		Type		Device	Offset		Binary
-	0x01	fsbl-boot	Binary		none	0x00000000	tf-a-usb.stm32
-	0x03	fip-boot	FIP		none	0x00000000	fip.bin
P	0x04	fsbl1		Binary		mmc0	0x00004400	tf-a-sdcard.stm32
P	0x05	fsbl2		Binary		mmc0	0x00044400	tf-a-sdcard.stm32
P	0x06	metadata1	FWU_MDATA	mmc0	0x00084400	metadata.bin
P	0x07	metadata2	FWU_MDATA	mmc0	0x000C4400	metadata.bin
P	0x08	fip-a		FIP		mmc0	0x00104400	fip.bin
PED	0x09	fip-b		FIP		mmc0	0x00504400	none
PED	0x09	u-boot-env	ENV		mmc0	0x00904400	none
P	0x10	bootfs		System		mmc0	0x00984400	bootfs.ext4
P	0x11	vendorfs	FileSystem	mmc0	0x04984400	vendorfs.ext4
P	0x12	rootfs		FileSystem	mmc0	0x05984400	rootfs.ext4
P	0x13	userfs		FileSystem	mmc0	0x33984400	userfs.ext4

 

I have installed the SDK and Sources inside CubeIDE. I have two questions in this thread:

1. If I want to flash my eMMC, which is connected to SDEMMC2 in CubeIDE. Should I then rename mmc0 to mmc2 inside the FlashLayout? I don't have a SD slot soldered to my custom board. My goal is just flashing the eMMC directly via USB and then boot from eMMC (BOOT pins = [0 1 0])

2. If I want to the create tf-a-usb.stm32 file. Is this the correct way to build it with.

 

make -f $PWD/../Makefile.sdk TF_A_DEVICETREE=stm32mpX-<project name>-mx TF_A_CONFIG=usb FIP_CONFIG=optee-emmc stm32

 

 

I'm reading the "HOW TO.txt" file: https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/meta-st-stm32mp/blob/mickledore/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-stm32mp/README.HOW_TO.txt about building the tf-a. But it does not explain which command/parameter I should use to achieve a specific output file. Also, both u-boot and tf-a can produce a .bin file with the same name. So there are a lot of confusions here.

I my case, I don't have a SD-card slot and I want to boot from eMMC and flashing the eMMC with the USB. 

Yes, I have read the Wiki(STM32MPU Developer Package - stm32mpu) many times. The good news that I can now build tf-a, linux, op-tee, u-boot in CubeIDE without errors. 

 

[PatrickF]

Hi @DMårt 

the eMMC flashlayout example if here https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/STM32CubeProgrammer_flashlayout#e-E2-80-A2MMC

it is almost the same we are using in Starter Package for STM32MP157F-EV1 board  (FlashLayout_emmc_stm32mp157f-ev1-optee.tsv)

 

Notice that numbering of peripheral with Linux is not always aligned with physical numbering of IPs (e.g. in most cases, mmc0 is SDMMC1 and mmc1 is SDMMC2). This is because Linux assign automatically the instance numbers. starting from 0.

 

Regards.

[DMårt]

@PatrickFThank you for your reply.

 

The build commands for STM32MP157F-EV1 board. Can I just use the same build commands as for my processor when I build?

I can see that both U-boot and tf-a can build fip.bin files. So which one should I use?

Is there any specific order how I run the build artifacts?

[DMårt]

Hi @PatrickF 

Here is an example where I'm trying to build with "optee-emmc" instead of "optee-sdcard". You can see that there is no rule for "optee-emmc", even if "optee-emmc" is written inside the Make.sdk file.

So why does this occurs?

18:45:07 **** Build of configuration Default for project STM32-Computer-Firmware_CA7_tf-a-2.8.15-r2 ****
make -f ../Makefile.sdk.ide TF_A_DEVICETREE=stm32mp151a-stm32-computer-firmware-mx TF_A_CONFIG=optee-emmc stm32 metadata 
Wrapper for /opt/st/stm32cubeide_1.16.0/plugins/com.st.stm32cube.ide.mpu.linux.toolchain_2.1.0.202305092038/tools/bin/make
FIP_DEPLOYDIR_ROOT: /home/lubuntu/Dokument/GitHub/STM32-Computer/Firmware/STM32-Computer-Firmware/CA7/tf-a-2.8.15-r2/tf-a-stm32mp-v2.8.15-stm32mp-r2/../../FIP_artifacts
+ case "$command" in
+ exec make -f ../Makefile.sdk.ide TF_A_DEVICETREE=stm32mp151a-stm32-computer-firmware-mx TF_A_CONFIG=optee-emmc stm32 metadata
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/lubuntu/Dokument/GitHub/STM32-Computer/Firmware/STM32-Computer-Firmware/CA7/tf-a-2.8.15-r2/tf-a-stm32mp-v2.8.15-stm32mp-r2'
Including bl32/optee/optee.mk
Trusted Firmware-A built for OP-TEE payload support
PSA_FWU_SUPPORT is an experimental feature
make[1]: *** No rule to make target '/home/lubuntu/Dokument/GitHub/STM32-Computer/Firmware/STM32-Computer-Firmware/CA7/tf-a-2.8.15-r2/tf-a-stm32mp-v2.8.15-stm32mp-r2/../build/optee-emmc-stm32mp15-stm32mp151a-stm32-computer-firmware-mx/fdts/stm32mp151a-stm32-computer-firmware-mx-bl2.pre.dts', needed by '/home/lubuntu/Dokument/GitHub/STM32-Computer/Firmware/STM32-Computer-Firmware/CA7/tf-a-2.8.15-r2/tf-a-stm32mp-v2.8.15-stm32mp-r2/../build/optee-emmc-stm32mp15-stm32mp151a-stm32-computer-firmware-mx/fdts/stm32mp151a-stm32-computer-firmware-mx-bl2.dtb'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/lubuntu/Dokument/GitHub/STM32-Computer/Firmware/STM32-Computer-Firmware/CA7/tf-a-2.8.15-r2/tf-a-stm32mp-v2.8.15-stm32mp-r2'
make: *** [../Makefile.sdk:232: tf-optee-emmc-stm32mp15] Error 1
"make -f ../Makefile.sdk.ide TF_A_DEVICETREE=stm32mp151a-stm32-computer-firmware-mx TF_A_CONFIG=optee-emmc stm32 metadata" terminated with exit code 2. Build might be incomplete.

18:45:11 Build Failed. 2 errors, 0 warnings. (took 3s.637ms)

[darenluie]

I actually tried to use cube programmer to flash the optee file into the EMMC, but it gave me the error "EMMC device 0 not found." Could you please help me with this?

[DMårt]

@darenluie 

Search for STM32-Computer at my Github.

See my links below. They are using eMMC, flashed over USB OTG.