[flashrom] Re: adding part #

[Vlim]

Hi, Anastasia,

It was due to the ch341a_spi not stable after my modification.
The on-board controller was powered by a 5V supply, and output signals are 5V.
I changed the power to 3V, since then, it was not stable sometimes.
After adding a cap to the 3V line close to the controller, it is ok now.

I have almost finished verification for the new part #s to be added.
Expecting to submit the patch in a few days.
Do you have any advice for me about submitting the patch?

Files I have modified are Flashchip.c and .h.

Regards,

Victor

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From: Anastasia Klimchuk 
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2024 02:25
To: Vlim ; Nikolai Artemiev ; [e-mail] ; Peter Marheine 
Subject: Re: [flashrom] Re: adding part #

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This looks like timeout might be happening because of how your
programmer device is set up, not necessarily because the chip
definition is wrong. I remember often people say about ch341a_spi
"check the wires are not too long", maybe this applies to you?

Also, you need to give more info:

the exact command you ran
and full verbose logs (-VVV gives you super verbose mode)
also what are your current local changes? I assume you run it on your
local commit? you can push a patch and mark it "work in progress" so
that we know what is the actual code that you are running.

On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 3:04 PM Vlim  wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> Another question.
> I am getting the following message, please advise what is the possible issue?
>
> Using clock_gettime for delay loops (clk_id: 1, resolution: 1ns).
> Found GigaDevice flash chip "GD25F64F" (8192 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
> Reading old flash chip contents... done.
>
> cb_in: error: LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT
> ch341a_spi_spi_send_command: Failed to read 3 bytes
> Register read failed!
> write_flash: failed to write (0x66b200..0x66b7ff).
> Write failed at 0x5, Abort.
> Erase/write done from 0 to 7fffff
> Write Failed!Uh oh. Erase/write failed. Checking if anything has changed.
> Reading current flash chip contents...
> cb_out: error: LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT
>
> cb_in: error: LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT
>
> cb_in: error: LIBUSB_TRANSFER_TIMED_OUT
>
> Regards,
>
> Victor
>
> From: Anastasia Klimchuk 
> Sent: Monday, April 8, 2024 06:00
> To: Vlim ; Nikolai Artemiev ; [e-mail] ; Peter Marheine 
> Subject: Re: [flashrom] Re: adding part #
>
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> If I understand your question correctly, `–wp-status` command should
> give you the info:
> Prints the flash’s current status register protection mode and write
> protection range.
>
> Probably you have looked at that already, but just in case all
> available commands are in the man page, or also can be read here:
> https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fflashrom.o...https://flashrom.org/classic_cli_manpage.html
>
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 7:55 AM Vlim  wrote:
> > Looked at it further and understood that it is determined by the BPx bits, tb bit.
> > Is there a way I can read the status registers to make sure that all these bits match with the datasheet?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Victor
> >
> > From: Vlim 
> > Sent: Friday, April 5, 2024 20:37
> > To: Nikolai Artemiev ; Anastasia Klimchuk 
> > Cc: [e-mail] ; Peter Marheine 
> > Subject: Re: [flashrom] Re: adding part #
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > How are the protection ranges defined?
> > My device has ½ to 1/512.
> > So I am missing 1/128, 1/256, 1/512.
> > And I am getting some extra from 1/1024 to 1/8192.
> >
> > Please advise.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Victor
> >
> > From: Nikolai Artemiev 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 18:54
> > To: Anastasia Klimchuk 
> > Cc: Vlim ; [e-mail] ; Peter Marheine 
> > Subject: Re: [flashrom] Re: adding part #
> >
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> > Hi Victor,
> >
> > One thing to note with the printlock and unlock functions you mentioned earlier, i.e.:
> >
> > .printlock  = SPI_PRETTYPRINT_STATUS_REGISTER_BP4_SRWD,
> > .unlock     = SPI_DISABLE_BLOCKPROTECT_BP4_SRWD,
> >
> > These functions basically just allow flashrom to remove memory protection before writing to the chip. They can (and should) be omitted if you define reg_bits and decode_range in the chip entry, because that will enable full writeprotect support for the chip.
> >
> > The reason we still have unlock and printlock functions is for older chips that don't have reg_bits and decode_range defined.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nik
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 4:32 PM Anastasia Klimchuk  wrote:
> >
> > I will try to answer to everything in one message, but feel free to
> > ask more questions
> > > Can you point me to the file that defines the commands?
> >
> > Most of them will be in include/spi.h
> >
> > It is a longer way if you want to trace implementation from, for
> > example SPI_CHIP_READ, to the place where command is sent, but in case
> > you would need it:
> >
> > you would need to go through the sequence of function calls, starting
> > from `spi_chip_read` in spi.c and then look into the programmer code
> > (for whichever is the programmer you are using) and see how that
> > programmer implements spi read and send commands. Specifically look
> > for `static const struct spi_master` in the programmer source code
> > file.
> >
> > Default functions are in spi.c and spi25.c files.
> > > How is Dual IO and Quad IO supported here?
> >
> > Currently not implemented, however it would be really great to
> > implement it in the future (contributions are very welcome).
> > We do have those aspirational comments in flashchips.c , for example
> > (I am just copying from some chip)
> >
> > .write = SPI_CHIP_WRITE256, /* Dual I/O  (0xA2) supported */
> > .read = SPI_CHIP_READ, /* Fast read (0x0B), dual I/O  (0x3B) supported */
> >
> > So maybe you can add similar comments for the chip definition for now.
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 5:27 AM Vlim  wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Can you point me to the file that defines the commands?
> > > Like SPI_CHIP_READ being 0x0b.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Victor
> > >
> > > From: Anastasia Klimchuk 
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2024 23:32
> > > To: Vlim ; [e-mail] 
> > > Cc: Peter Marheine 
> > > Subject: Re: [flashrom] Re: adding part #
> > >
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> > >
> > > For these two (printlock and unlock), you need to pick the function
> > > which handles the highest BP bit that chip supports. In your example,
> > > if a chip supports bits BP0-BP4 the correct functions are those with
> > > BP4 in the name. So you did it all right.
> > >
> > > If the chip supports write protection, you also need to set .reg_bits
> > > in chip definition. For this you need to have a look at struct
> > > reg_bit_map in include/flash.h, it has comments on what each bit in
> > > the struct means.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 7:22 AM Vlim  wrote:
> > > > Thanks, Anastasia,
> > > >
> > > > Can you please explain this statement,
> > > >
> > > > .printlock  = SPI_PRETTYPRINT_STATUS_REGISTER_BP4_SRWD,
> > > > .unlock     = SPI_DISABLE_BLOCKPROTECT_BP4_SRWD,
> > > >
> > > > Looks like this is to support memory array protection. But it needs BP0-BP4.
> > > > Do I need to specify BP0 to BP3 as well?
> > > > Or I specify the setting when I initiate the flashrom programming command?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Victor
> > > >
> > > > From: Anastasia Klimchuk 
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2024 05:32
> > > > To: Vlim ; [e-mail] 
> > > > Cc: Peter Marheine 
> > > > Subject: [flashrom] Re: adding part #
> > > >
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> > > > Hello Victor,
> > > >
> > > > Various feature bits are defined as macros in include/flash.h , some of them have comments explaining what they do. If the feature name is not descriptive, and there is no comment, but you think you might need this feature: feel free to ask. I would try to add comments later.
> > > >
> > > > SPI_DISABLE_BLOCKPROTECT_BP4_SRWD and other unlock functions as in spi25_statusreg.c. Those functions have comments, hopefully this can help!
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 2:48 PM Vlim  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Peter,
> > > >
> > > > Where can I find the definition of terms like,
> > > >
> > > > .feature_bits     = FEATURE_WRSR_WREN | FEATURE_OTP | FEATURE_WRSR_EXT2,
> > > > SPI_DISABLE_BLOCKPROTECT_BP4_SRWD
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Victor
> > > >
> > > > From: Peter Marheine 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 15:42
> > > > To: Vlim 
> > > > Cc: [e-mail] 
> > > > Subject: Re: [flashrom] adding part #
> > > >
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> > > > Our "how to add a new chip" documentation should point you in the right direction: https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fflashrom.o...https://flashrom.org/contrib_howtos/how_to_add_new_chip.html
> > > >
> > > > But feel free to ask further questions if anything there doesn't seem sufficient for your needs.
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 6:31 AM Vlim  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi, FlashRom team,
> > > >
> > > > I am the FAE director in Gigadevice and I would like to add some part #s to the flashchip.c and flashchip.h.
> > > > Can you please provide some guidance?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Victor Lim
> > > > FAE Director
> > > > GigaDevice Semiconductor
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