Still issues with i.MX6DL, 2x512MB RAM, U-Boot and Linux (DT)

steffendoster — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 10:00:27 GMT

Hello everyone,

slowly I'm running mad with this:

I have a new custom board with i.MX6DL connected to two RAM-Chips:

I created the U-Boot RAM-cfg with the LPDDR2-Script-Aid-v0.06. (See attached *.cfg-File and Script-Aid-XLS).

I tested several RAM-definitions in the U-Boot Header-File: (CFG-File and Header-File both with Interleaving and Non-Interleaving-RAM). The fat text seem to work with an i.MX6Quad.

/* RAM Configs */
#undef INTERLEAVING_RAM
#ifdef INTERLEAVING_RAM
/* RAM Configs interleaving */
#define PHYS_SDRAM MMDC0_ARB_BASE_ADDR
#define PHYS_SDRAM_SIZE (512u * 1024 * 1024)
#define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS 1
#define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE PHYS_SDRAM
#else
/* RAM Configs non interleaving */
/*#define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS 1
#define PHYS_SDRAM_1 MMDC0_ARB_BASE_ADDR
#define PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE (512u * 1024 * 1024)
#define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE PHYS_SDRAM_1
*/
#define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS 2
#define PHYS_SDRAM_1 MMDC0_ARB_BASE_ADDR
#define PHYS_SDRAM_2 MMDC1_ARB_BASE_ADDR
#define PHYS_SDRAM_1_SIZE (512u * 1024 * 1024)
#define PHYS_SDRAM_2_SIZE (512u * 1024 * 1024)
#define iomem_valid_addr(addr, size) (addr >= PHYS_SDRAM_1 && addr <= (PHYS_SDRAM_2 + PHYS_SDRAM_2_SIZE))
#define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE PHYS_SDRAM_1
#endif

And I tried to configure the <memory> entry in Devicetree with several configurations:

memory {
         device_type = "memory";
         reg = <0x10000000 0x40000000>; /* working with QUAD */
         /*reg = <0x10000000 0x20000000 0x80000000 0x20000000>;*/
};

Every Test ends in the same result: Linux boots, but when I run <memtester> the whole System freezes including a Heartbeat-LED.

Somewhere I do something terribly wrong, but where? Why does it work with the Quad-Core but not with DualLite?

I think I don't understand CS0_END-Parameter! (And some other things, too.)

PLEAAAAAAAASE HELP!!

I can provide more Information if this helps.

Re: Still issues with i.MX6DL, 2x512MB RAM, U-Boot and Linux (DT)

igorpadykov — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 01:16:14 GMT

Hi Steffen

was board able to pass latest ddr test

i.MX6/7 DDR Stress Test Tool V3.00

"memtester" issues may point to power supplies problems, like

instabilities, ripples, so may be recommended to check them using

IMX6DQ6SDLHDG, Hardware Development Guide for i.MX 6Quad, 6Dual, 6DualLite, 6Solo Families of Applications Processors

Best regards
igor
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