Re: [PATCH] scripts: imx-image: don't pad the final binary for i.MX8M devices

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On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 02:33:58PM +0100, Marco Felsch wrote:
> If the padding was required the follwing error may appear:
> 
> | found i.MX8MP USB device [1fc9:0146]
> | No dcd table in this ivt
> | dl_command err=-1, last_trans=-1
> | 4 in err=-4, last_trans=0  00 00 00 00
> 
> The error is triggered since the target request only the required size
> of bytes and move on as soon as all bytes are received while, on the other
> hand, host tools like imx-usb-loader and uuu try to send the complete
> file size.
> 
> The alignment was introduced long time ago by commit 7cb4778e7f49
> ("imx-image: pad generated image to 4k") and may be required for HAB
> boot on older SoCs like i.MX6/7. On these SoCs the CSF data is placed
> behind the whole barebox image including the optional padding. On newer
> SoCs like the i.MX8M* this isn't the case anymore. On these SoCs the CSF
> is placed behind the barebox-pbl (aligned to 0x1000). So the final padding
> isn't required anymore on these SoCs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marco Felsch <m.felsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  scripts/imx/imx-image.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks

Sascha

> 
> diff --git a/scripts/imx/imx-image.c b/scripts/imx/imx-image.c
> index 1f96b383901f..a5639d696931 100644
> --- a/scripts/imx/imx-image.c
> +++ b/scripts/imx/imx-image.c
> @@ -1100,12 +1100,21 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  
>  	xwrite(outfd, infile, insize);
>  
> -	/* pad until next 4k boundary */
> -	now = 4096 - (insize % 4096);
> -	if (data.csf && now) {
> -		memset(buf, 0x5a, now);
> +	/*
> +	 * The alignment may be required on ARMv7 SoCs like i.MX6/7 for HAB
> +	 * boot. On newer SoCs like i.MX8MP/N this cause libusb communication
> +	 * errors while uploading images because these machines request the
> +	 * exact amount of required bytes and move on afterwards while the host
> +	 * tool still try to send the whole (padded) file size.
> +	 */
> +	if (!cpu_is_mx8m(&data)) {
> +		/* pad until next 4k boundary */
> +		now = 4096 - (insize % 4096);
> +		if (data.csf && now) {
> +			memset(buf, 0x5a, now);
>  
> -		xwrite(outfd, buf, now);
> +			xwrite(outfd, buf, now);
> +		}
>  	}
>  
>  	ret = close(outfd);
> -- 
> 2.39.2
> 
> 
> 

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