STM32H7x option_write reads incorrect address in flash
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- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- devtools, embedded-iot
Research direction
Start in src/flash/nor/stm32h7x.c and compare stm32h7_read_flash_reg_by_index, used by option_write, with stm32x_read_flash_reg, used by option_read. Reproduce with the STM32H757BIT6 configuration, then run the documented stm32h7x option_read and option_write commands across the referenced commits. Done means option_write reads the correct flash address and updates the option byte as expected.
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Description
A recently added support for STM32H7R/H7Sx MCUs (https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/OpenOCD/commit/aa109db19ffd22eb05e18b010140fb562934533b) broke stm32h7x option_write command on STM32H757BIT6. I tested stm32h7x option_write command with 3 different commits:
- Most recent commit - https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/OpenOCD/commit/0a084c29345576911fb8d10fcbd158d0361b6186
- Added support for STM32H7R/H7Sx - https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/OpenOCD/commit/aa109db19ffd22eb05e18b010140fb562934533b
- One commit prior to adding support for STM32H7R/H7Sx - https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/OpenOCD/commit/b62cbc2e853189e730fd94e6d9c0a1d3ceb2661f
Hardware
- STM32H757BIT6 - dual core
- STLINK-V3MINIE
Software
OpenOCD is running in a Docker container:
RUN git clone https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/OpenOCD.git && \
cd OpenOCD && \
git checkout insert_git_commit_here && \
./bootstrap && \
./configure --enable-stlink && \
make -j$(nproc) && \
make install && \
cd .. && \
rm -rf OpenOCD
I am running OpenOCD with the following command
openocd -f openocd_stm32h757.cfg
I am connecting to the OpenOCD with telnet
telnet 127.0.0.1 4444
Configuration file:
# openocd_stm32h757.cfg
source [find interface/stlink-dap.cfg]
transport select dapdirect_swd
source [find target/stm32h7x_dual_bank.cfg]
reset_config srst_only
Test results
I tried disabling booting of CM4 by changing option byte FLASH_OPTSR_PRG and also tried stm32h7x option_write example in the OpenOCD documentation section 12.5.2. The output of the commands tested with different commits are shown in a table below. Only commit b62cbc2 produced expected results and wrote the option byte.
| Command | Most recent https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/OpenOCD/commit/0a084c29345576911fb8d10fcbd158d0361b6186 | STM32H7R/H7Sx support https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/OpenOCD/commit/aa109db19ffd22eb05e18b010140fb562934533b | Prior to adding support https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/OpenOCD/commit/b62cbc2e853189e730fd94e6d9c0a1d3ceb2661f |
|---|---|---|---|
| reset | - | - | - |
| stm32h7x option_read 0 0x1c | Option Register: <0x5200201c> = 0x1bc6aaf0 | Option Register: <0x5200201c> = 0x1bc6aaf0 | Option Register: <0x5200201c> = 0x1bc6aaf0 |
| stm32h7x option_write 0 0x20 0x00000000 0x00400000 | Failed to read memory at 0x51e3be78 error while reading from address 0x51e3be78 |
Failed to read memory at 0xe000edf4 error while reading from address 0x856d9473 |
- |
| stm32h7x option_read 0 0x1c | Option Register: <0x5200201c> = 0x1bc6aaf0 | Option Register: <0x5200201c> = 0x1bc6aaf0 | Option Register: <0x5200201c> = 0x1b86aaf0 |
| stm32h7x option_write 0 0x20 0x8000000 0x8000000 | Failed to read memory at 0x51e3be78 error while reading from address 0x51e3be78 |
Failed to read memory at 0xe000edf4 error while reading from address 0x856d9473 |
- |
| stm32h7x option_read 0 0x1c | Option Register: <0x5200201c> = 0x1bc6aaf0 | Option Register: <0x5200201c> = 0x1bc6aaf0 | Option Register: <0x5200201c> = 0x1b86aaf0 |
Observations
Different functions are used in src/flash/nor/stm32h7x.c for reading values for commands option_read and option_write.
| commit | OpenOCD command | function in stm32h7x.c |
|---|---|---|
| aa109db | stm32h7x option_read | stm32x_read_flash_reg |
| aa109db | stm32h7x option_write | stm32h7_read_flash_reg_by_index |
| b310b3b | stm32h7x option_read | stm32x_read_flash_reg |
| b310b3b | stm32h7x option_write | stm32x_read_flash_reg |
Conclusion
It seems function stm32h7_read_flash_reg_by_index in src/flash/nor/stm32h7x.c used in option_write command reads incorrect address from flash.
Thanks in advance!
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