unknown flash! could someone help me ?

nanjifeng

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Wednesday, January 12th 2011, 2:52pm

with the help of the new version nas_flash_tool, my board has been recognized with the following information.

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Testing cabletype 1 
JTAG-IDCODE: 0x00526fa1 - OK 
Bypass-test: 0xaaab5554 - OK 

Testing cabletype 2 
JTAG-IDCODE: 0xffffffff - not OK 
Expected: 0x00526fa1 
Bypass-test: 0xffffffff - not OK 
Expected: 0xaaab5554 

Cable type 1 detected. 
Device is in debug-mode - OK 

Reading CPU-Type (SL3516) 
CPU-ID: 0x003512 - OK 
CPU-Rev.: 0xc3 

Flash-Manufacturer: 0xffff 
Flash-Device-ID: 227e-2221-2201 
Flash type - unknown! 

Some errors detected!

yes, the flash may be strange to the nas_flash_tool.Does it matter ?

and I try to write boot to the flash ,but it progresses very slowly. here is output ;

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Filesize: 126kB (129900 Bytes)
Bootblock: 128kB (131072 Bytes)
Erasing Flash. Please wait
Sector 0x30000000: Erase time: 380 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffff: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffffe: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffffd: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffffc: Erase time: 9300 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffffb: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffffa: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffff9: Erase time: 1260 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffff8: Erase time: 510 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffff7: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffff6: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffff5: Erase time: 10 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffff4: Erase time: 10 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffff3: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffff2: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffff1: Erase time: 10 [ms]
Sector 0x2ffffff0: Erase time: 10 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffef: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffee: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffed: Erase time: 230 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffec: Erase time: 80 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffeb: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffea: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffe9: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffe8: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffe7: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffe6: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffe5: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffe4: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffe3: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffe2: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffe1: Erase time: 10 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffe0: Erase time: 10 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffdf: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffde: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffdd: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffdc: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffdb: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffda: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffd9: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffd8: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffd7: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffd6: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffd5: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffd4: Erase time: 10000 [ms]
Sector 0x2fffffd3: Erase time: 10000 [ms]

it seems to it will take a very long time to end it .i think there must be something wrong .

could anyone help me?

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snoopy

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Wednesday, January 12th 2011, 9:26pm

You are absolutely right! It takes a very long time. All You can do is wait and :coffee:

And when finished:

Greetz
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Wednesday, January 12th 2011, 9:31pm

Hi,
no, waiting for a long time will not solve the problem

1. What hardware are you using?
2. What type of flash is on the board?

It could be an electrical problem with your adapter, too - because this message is not good:

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1	Flash-Manufacturer: 0xffff

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nanjifeng

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Thursday, January 13th 2011, 4:00am

Quoted from "HWguru"
Hi,
no, waiting for a long time will not solve the problem ;-)

1. What hardware are you using?
2. What type of flash is on the board?

It could be an electrical problem with your adapter, too - because this message is not good:
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Flash-Manufacturer: 0xffff 
HWguru

thanks for your reply and excuse me for my replying so late.

I'm a newbie .

I've read your previous post, it said that it would take about 8 minutes . My experiment obviously takes much longer time .

the hardware is a NAS demo borad . it uses cortina 3512 cpu (previously known as stormlink).
the flash's cover has been abrased. type info can't be read.

I can see something like

ST

NAND010W332BN6

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1	Flash-Manufacturer: 0xffff

before I operate the erase boot, the above info is 0x20.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "nanjifeng" (Jan 13th 2011, 6:17am)

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nanjifeng

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Thursday, January 13th 2011, 8:33am

http://www.flexcomm.com.cn/products/TinaGarden-EB.html
this is the provider's website,but I find nothing about flash .

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HWguru

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Thursday, January 13th 2011, 8:52am

Ok, I see.

If you run "JTAG Test" you must receive a valid Flash-Manufacturer!
Flash_tool knows the flash size and sector organization from the type.
There are 8M or 16M devices with top, bottom or no boot sector organization being used.

There seems to be a software bug because the sector addresses in the log are wrong.

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1 2 3	Erasing Flash. Please wait Sector 0x30000000: Erase time: 380 [ms] Sector 0x2fffffff: Erase time: 10000 [ms]

And "10000 [ms]" is the maximum time which equals to a timeout.

It should look like this:

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1 2	Sector 0x30000000: Erase time: 810 [ms] Sector 0x30010000: Erase time: 780 [ms]

There has been a similar Problem in the past. A user received "Flash-Manufacturer: 0xffff" sometimes if he ran "JTAG Test".
In this case there was a problem with the adapter.

Check your GND connection. If it is too long you will run into troubles.
As there are 4 signals (TCK, TMS, TDI, TDO) toggling a good GND return path is required.

If you are using a LPT adapter with a Printer cable between you have to use more (best=all available) than one GND pin from the connector.
Otherwise the signal quality may be too bad.

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nanjifeng

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Thursday, January 13th 2011, 3:39pm

i will try a new jtag adapter tommorow and then feedback here. wish me good luck

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Thursday, January 13th 2011, 10:24pm

ok.

good luck 2 u

snoopy

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nanjifeng

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Monday, January 17th 2011, 7:12am

it seems that my hardware's flash consists of two pieces of flash; one is nand flash .the other is a nor flash.

maybe this was different from what is common in the market.

I think this is a great challenge

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