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MMWCAS-DSP-EVM: FPGA Error during initialization phase

Part Number: MMWCAS-DSP-EVM

Tool/software:

Hi,

I'm working with the boards MMWCAS-DSP-EVM and MMWCAS-RF-EVM.

it happens sometime, randomly, that during the initialization phase I receive an FPGA error.

the only way to recover the correct status is to have a power cycle, that not all the time works at first.

Any suggestion on how to fix this issue?

Thanks in advace for your support.

Regards

  • Hi Marco,

    Can you please share the error log that you have observed?

    Regards,

    Samhitha

  • Hi Samhitha

    the message into the log file is:

    [IPU1-0] 226.722961 s: FPGA BOOT ERROR: power cycle the board

    this is the only message I receive

    Regards,

    Marco

  • Hi Marco,

    Currently the support for 4 chip cascade solution is limited. I suggest you to proceed with the solution that you have been using i.e power cycle the board. You can also search across the E2E forums to check if there is similar issue addressed earlier.

    Regards,

    Samhitha

  • I add some more details from the logs:

    [IPU1-0]      0.342951 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.354419 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [DSP1] event 15...
    [IPU1-0]      0.354572 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE2] event 15...
    [IPU1-0]      0.354663 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE3] event 15...
    [IPU1-0]      0.354755 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE4] event 15...
    [IPU1-0]      0.354846 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init DONE !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.354907 s:  SYSTEM: Notify init done !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.356615 s:  SYSTEM: MsgQ init done !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.357378 s:  SYSTEM: Work Queue init done !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.357469 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init DONE !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.361404 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init Done !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.361526 s:  SYSTEM: System Init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.361587 s:  SYSTEM: BSP Common Init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.361709 s:  SYSTEM: BSP Common Init Done !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.361770 s:  SYSTEM: BSP Platform Init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.361922 s:  SYSTEM: BSP Platform Init Done !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.361983 s:  SYSTEM: FVID2 Init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.362136 s:  SYSTEM: FVID2 Init Done !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.362227 s:  SYSTEM: VPS Init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.362288 s:  SYSTEM: VPDMA Descriptor Memory Address translation ENABLED [0xa0000000 -> 0x80000000]
    [IPU1-0]      0.365491 s: *** VPDMA Firmware Loading... ***
    [IPU1-0]      0.365643 s: VPDMA Firmware Address = 0x9fc8a500
    [IPU1-0]      0.365765 s: VPDMA Load Address     = 0x4897d004
    [IPU1-0]      0.365887 s: VPDMA Firmware Version = 0x4d0001b8
    [IPU1-0]      0.365979 s: VPDMA List Busy Status = 0x00000000
    [IPU1-0]      0.366040 s: *** VPDMA Firmware Load Success ***
    [IPU1-0]      0.366406 s: *** VPDMA Firmware Loading... ***
    [IPU1-0]      0.366497 s: VPDMA Firmware Address = 0x9fc8a500
    [IPU1-0]      0.366558 s: VPDMA Load Address     = 0x4899d004
    [IPU1-0]      0.366680 s: VPDMA Firmware Version = 0x4d0001b8
    [IPU1-0]      0.366772 s: VPDMA List Busy Status = 0x00000000
    [IPU1-0]      0.366863 s: *** VPDMA Firmware Load Success ***
    [IPU1-0]      0.367199 s: *** VPDMA Firmware Loading... ***
    [IPU1-0]      0.367290 s: VPDMA Firmware Address = 0x9fc8a500
    [IPU1-0]      0.367382 s: VPDMA Load Address     = 0x489bd004
    [IPU1-0]      0.367473 s: VPDMA Firmware Version = 0x4d0001b8
    [IPU1-0]      0.367565 s: VPDMA List Busy Status = 0x00000000
    [IPU1-0]      0.367626 s: *** VPDMA Firmware Load Success ***
    [IPU1-0]      0.422710 s:  SYSTEM: VPS Init Done !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.423564 s:  UTILS: DMA: HWI Create for INT34 !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.423808 s:  SYSTEM: SW Message Box Msg Pool, Free Msg Count = 1024
    [IPU1-0]      0.423930 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = LOCAL_DDR            @ 0x00000000, Total size = 262144 B (256 KB), Free size = 261576 B (255 KB)
    [IPU1-0]      0.424083 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = SR_OCMC              @ 0x00000000, Total size = 0 B (0 KB), Free size = 0 B (0 KB)
    [IPU1-0]      0.424235 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = SR_DDR_CACHED        @ 0x8a783000, Total size = 355979264 B (339 MB), Free size = 355979264 B (339 MB)
    [IPU1-0]      0.424418 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = SR_DDR_NON_CACHED    @ 0x00000000, Total size = 0 B (0 MB), Free size = 0 B (0 MB)
    [IPU1-0]      0.424540 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.588604 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links ... DONE !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.355639 s:  ***** IPU1_1 Firmware build time 13:01:38 Nov  9 2023
    [IPU1-1]      0.355822 s:  *** SYSTEM: CPU Frequency <ORG = 212800000 Hz>, <NEW = 212800000 Hz>
    [IPU1-1]      0.358964 s:  UTILS: DMA: HWI Create for INT25 !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.359909 s:  QSPI Init Started
    [IPU1-1]      0.360123 s:  MID - 20
    [IPU1-1]      0.360184 s:  DID - 21
    [IPU1-1]      0.360245 s:  QSPI Init Completed Sucessfully
    [IPU1-1]      0.360336 s:  NETWORK_CONS_TX: Starting TX (port=9000) !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.360733 s:  QSPI Read Started, please wait!
    [IPU1-1]      0.360977 s:  QSPI Read Completed Sucessfully
    [IPU1-1]      0.361068 s:  NDK STACK INIT: IP Address read from QSPI: 0x5100A8C0 --> 192.168.0.1  
    [IPU1-1]      0.391295 s:  NETWORK_CONS_TX: Starting TX ... DONE (port=9000) !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.391478 s:  NETWORK_CONS_RX: Starting RX (port=9001) !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.391844 s:  NETWORK_CONS_RX: Starting RX ... DONE (port=9001) !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.392027 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.392362 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.392454 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.392911 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [IPU1-0] event 15...
    [IPU1-1]      0.393033 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [DSP1] event 15...
    [IPU1-1]      0.393125 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE1] event 15...
    [IPU1-1]      0.393247 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE2] event 15...
    [IPU1-1]      0.393338 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE3] event 15...
    [IPU1-1]      0.393491 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE4] event 15...
    [IPU1-1]      0.393582 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init DONE !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.393704 s:  SYSTEM: Notify init done !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.395534 s:  SYSTEM: MsgQ init done !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.396388 s:  SYSTEM: Work Queue init done !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.396480 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init DONE !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.400506 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init Done !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.400597 s:  SYSTEM: System IPU1_1 Init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.400750 s:  SYSTEM: SW Message Box Msg Pool, Free Msg Count = 1024
    [IPU1-1]      0.400872 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = LOCAL_DDR            @ 0x00000000, Total size = 655360 B (640 KB), Free size = 629384 B (614 KB)
    [IPU1-1]      0.401055 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.546025 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links ... DONE !!!
    [IPU1-1]      0.579332 s:  SYSTEM: System IPU1_1 Init Done !!!
    [DSP1  ]      0.345391 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links ... DONE !!!
    [DSP1  ]      0.345421 s:  SYSTEM: System DSP Init Done !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.350301 s:  ***** EVE Firmware build time 12:59:26 Nov  9 2023
    [EVE1  ]      0.351888 s:  *** SYSTEM: CPU Frequency <ORG = 267500000 Hz>, <NEW = 267500000 Hz>
    [EVE1  ]      0.354328 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init in progress !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.355365 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init in progress !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.356097 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init in progress !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.357530 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [IPU1-0] event 15...
    [EVE1  ]      0.358537 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [IPU1-1] event 15...
    [EVE1  ]      0.359513 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [DSP1] event 15...
    [EVE1  ]      0.360580 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE2] event 15...
    [EVE1  ]      0.361648 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE3] event 15...
    [EVE1  ]      0.362654 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE4] event 15...
    [EVE1  ]      0.363630 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init DONE !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.364454 s:  SYSTEM: Notify init done !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.366009 s:  SYSTEM: MsgQ init done !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.367199 s:  SYSTEM: Work Queue init done !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.367992 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init DONE !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.381534 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init Done !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.382327 s:  SYSTEM: System EVE Init in progress !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.383608 s:  UTILS: DMA: HWI Create for INT8 !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.384676 s:  SYSTEM: SW Message Box Msg Pool, Free Msg Count = 1024
    [EVE1  ]      0.385835 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = LOCAL_L2             @ 0x40020000, Total size = 22528 B (22 KB), Free size = 22528 B (22 KB)
    [EVE1  ]      0.388000 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = LOCAL_DDR            @ 0x00000000, Total size = 262144 B (256 KB), Free size = 261952 B (255 KB)
    [EVE1  ]      0.390014 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.477154 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links ... DONE !!!
    [EVE1  ]      0.477947 s:  SYSTEM: System EVE Init Done !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.353626 s:  ***** EVE Firmware build time 12:59:47 Nov  9 2023
    [EVE2  ]      0.355273 s:  *** SYSTEM: CPU Frequency <ORG = 267500000 Hz>, <NEW = 267500000 Hz>
    [EVE2  ]      0.357713 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init in progress !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.358811 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init in progress !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.359604 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init in progress !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.361099 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [IPU1-0] event 15...
    [EVE2  ]      0.362105 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [IPU1-1] event 15...
    [EVE2  ]      0.363112 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [DSP1] event 15...
    [EVE2  ]      0.364210 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE1] event 15...
    [EVE2  ]      0.365247 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE3] event 15...
    [EVE2  ]      0.366314 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE4] event 15...
    [EVE2  ]      0.367321 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init DONE !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.368114 s:  SYSTEM: Notify init done !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.369669 s:  SYSTEM: MsgQ init done !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.370829 s:  SYSTEM: Work Queue init done !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.371622 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init DONE !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.385255 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init Done !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.386079 s:  SYSTEM: System EVE Init in progress !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.387390 s:  UTILS: DMA: HWI Create for INT8 !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.388427 s:  SYSTEM: SW Message Box Msg Pool, Free Msg Count = 1024
    [EVE2  ]      0.389526 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = LOCAL_L2             @ 0x40020000, Total size = 22528 B (22 KB), Free size = 22528 B (22 KB)
    [EVE2  ]      0.391722 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = LOCAL_DDR            @ 0x00000000, Total size = 262144 B (256 KB), Free size = 261952 B (255 KB)
    [EVE2  ]      0.393765 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.480448 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links ... DONE !!!
    [EVE2  ]      0.481241 s:  SYSTEM: System EVE Init Done !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.357073 s:  ***** EVE Firmware build time 13:00:08 Nov  9 2023
    [EVE3  ]      0.358689 s:  *** SYSTEM: CPU Frequency <ORG = 267500000 Hz>, <NEW = 267500000 Hz>
    [EVE3  ]      0.361038 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init in progress !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.362136 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init in progress !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.362898 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init in progress !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.364362 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [IPU1-0] event 15...
    [EVE3  ]      0.365399 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [IPU1-1] event 15...
    [EVE3  ]      0.366497 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [DSP1] event 15...
    [EVE3  ]      0.367504 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE1] event 15...
    [EVE3  ]      0.368510 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE2] event 15...
    [EVE3  ]      0.369608 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE4] event 15...
    [EVE3  ]      0.370615 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init DONE !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.371378 s:  SYSTEM: Notify init done !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.372933 s:  SYSTEM: MsgQ init done !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.374184 s:  SYSTEM: Work Queue init done !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.374977 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init DONE !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.388519 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init Done !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.389343 s:  SYSTEM: System EVE Init in progress !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.390624 s:  UTILS: DMA: HWI Create for INT8 !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.391661 s:  SYSTEM: SW Message Box Msg Pool, Free Msg Count = 1024
    [EVE3  ]      0.392820 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = LOCAL_L2             @ 0x40020000, Total size = 22528 B (22 KB), Free size = 22528 B (22 KB)
    [EVE3  ]      0.395077 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = LOCAL_DDR            @ 0x00000000, Total size = 262144 B (256 KB), Free size = 261952 B (255 KB)
    [EVE3  ]      0.397059 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.482919 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links ... DONE !!!
    [EVE3  ]      0.483712 s:  SYSTEM: System EVE Init Done !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.360306 s:  ***** EVE Firmware build time 13:00:28 Nov  9 2023
    [EVE4  ]      0.361861 s:  *** SYSTEM: CPU Frequency <ORG = 267500000 Hz>, <NEW = 267500000 Hz>
    [EVE4  ]      0.364118 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init in progress !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.365216 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init in progress !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.366070 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init in progress !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.367473 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [IPU1-0] event 15...
    [EVE4  ]      0.368510 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [IPU1-1] event 15...
    [EVE4  ]      0.369639 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [DSP1] event 15...
    [EVE4  ]      0.370646 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE1] event 15...
    [EVE4  ]      0.371652 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE2] event 15...
    [EVE4  ]      0.372689 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB: register to [EVE3] event 15...
    [EVE4  ]      0.373696 s:  SYSTEM: IPCLIB init DONE !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.374519 s:  SYSTEM: Notify init done !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.376105 s:  SYSTEM: MsgQ init done !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.377264 s:  SYSTEM: Work Queue init done !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.378027 s:  SYSTEM: IPC init DONE !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.391508 s:  SYSTEM: System Common Init Done !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.392332 s:  SYSTEM: System EVE Init in progress !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.393643 s:  UTILS: DMA: HWI Create for INT8 !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.394741 s:  SYSTEM: SW Message Box Msg Pool, Free Msg Count = 1024
    [EVE4  ]      0.395870 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = LOCAL_L2             @ 0x40020000, Total size = 22528 B (22 KB), Free size = 22528 B (22 KB)
    [EVE4  ]      0.398035 s:  SYSTEM: Heap = LOCAL_DDR            @ 0x00000000, Total size = 262144 B (256 KB), Free size = 261952 B (255 KB)
    [EVE4  ]      0.400018 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.485237 s:  SYSTEM: Initializing Links ... DONE !!!
    [EVE4  ]      0.486000 s:  SYSTEM: System EVE Init Done !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.694198 s:  BOARD: Board Init in progress !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.694747 s:  BOARD: Board Init Done !!!
    [DSP1  ]      0.619319 s:  SYSTEM: CACHE: L1P = 32 KB, L1D = 32 KB, L2 = 32 KB ... after boot !!!
    [DSP1  ]      0.619349 s:  SYSTEM: CACHE: L1P = 32 KB, L1D = 32 KB, L2 = 32 KB ... after update by APP !!!
    [IPU1-0]      0.705880 s:  EEPROM Base Board Name: [DRA74CAS]
    [IPU1-0]      0.706216 s:
    [IPU1-0]      0.706246 s:  Vision SDK Version    : [REL_VISION_SDK_03_08_00_00]
    [IPU1-0]      0.706338 s:  FVID2 Version         : [FVID_02_01_00_01]
    [IPU1-0]      0.706399 s:  BSP Version           : [PDK_01_10_04__xx]
    [IPU1-0]      0.706460 s:  Platform              : [EVM]
    [IPU1-0]      0.706521 s:  SOC                   : [TDA2XX]
    [IPU1-0]      0.706582 s:  SOC Revision          : [ES2.0]
    [IPU1-0]      0.706673 s:  Board Detected        : [TDA2XX CASCADE RADAR]
    [IPU1-0]      0.706734 s:  Base Board Revision   : [REV E]
    [IPU1-0]      0.706826 s:  Daughter Card Revision: [REV A]
    [IPU1-0]      0.706887 s:  
    [IPU1-0]      0.711645 s:  QSPI Init Started
    [IPU1-0]      0.711889 s:  MID - 20
    [IPU1-0]      0.711919 s:  DID - 21
    [IPU1-0]      0.711980 s:  QSPI Init Completed Sucessfully
    [IPU1-0]      0.717135 s:  
    [IPU1-0]      0.717287 s: CHAINS_COMMON_CASCADE AR12xx Initializing FPGA ...
    [IPU1-0]      2.316873 s: CHAINS_COMMON_CASCADE AR12xx Initializing FPGA Done...
    [IPU1-1]      2.758006 s:  NSP GMAC: PHY 2 Found on MAC Port 0
    [IPU1-0]      5.316964 s: FPGA1 OK
    [IPU1-0]      5.317025 s: FPGA2 OK
    [IPU1-0]      5.317086 s: FPGA3 NOT OK
    [IPU1-0]      5.317117 s: FPGA4 OK
    [IPU1-0]      5.317178 s: FPGA BOOT ERROR: power cycle the board
    [IPU1-1]      5.546818 s:  NETWORK_CTRL: Starting Server (port=5000) !!!
    [IPU1-1]      5.547093 s:  NETWORK_CTRL: Starting Server ... DONE (port=5000) !!!
    [IPU1-1]      5.958366 s:  NDK: Link Status: 1000Mb/s Full Duplex on PHY 2

    The power cycle sometime it's not enough, it's requested to proceed with multiple power cycles to get back the functionality.

  • Hi Marco,

    As mentioned in the previous reply, the support for 4 chip cascade is limited. There is no support available for Vision SDK related queries. I suggest you to search in the E2E forums to check if there is similar issue addressed earlier.

    Regards,

    Samhitha