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diff --git a/doc/README.mpc8349emds.ddrecc b/doc/README.mpc8349emds.ddrecc deleted file mode 100644 index eb249c3..0000000 --- a/doc/README.mpc8349emds.ddrecc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,154 +0,0 @@ -Overview -======== - -The overall usage pattern for ECC diagnostic commands is the following: - - * (injecting errors is initially disabled) - - * define inject mask (which tells the DDR controller what type of errors - we'll be injecting: single/multiple bit etc.) - - * enable injecting errors - from now on the controller injects errors as - indicated in the inject mask - -IMPORTANT NOTICE: enabling injecting multiple-bit errors is potentially -dangerous as such errors are NOT corrected by the controller. Therefore caution -should be taken when enabling the injection of multiple-bit errors: it is only -safe when used on a carefully selected memory area and used under control of -the 'ecc test' command (see example 'Injecting Multiple-Bit Errors' below). In -particular, when you simply set the multiple-bit errors in inject mask and -enable injection, U-Boot is very likely to hang quickly as the errors will be -injected when it accesses its code, data etc. - - -Use cases for DDR 'ecc' command: -================================ - -Before executing particular tests reset target board or clear status registers: - -=> ecc captureclear -=> ecc errdetectclr all -=> ecc sbecnt 0 - - -Injecting Single-Bit Errors ---------------------------- - -1. Set 1 bit in Data Path Error Inject Mask - -=> ecc injectdatahi 1 - -2. Run test over some memory region - -=> ecc test 200000 10 - -3. Check ECC status - -=> ecc status -... -Memory Data Path Error Injection Mask High/Low: 00000001 00000000 -... -Memory Single-Bit Error Management (0..255): - Single-Bit Error Threshold: 255 - Single Bit Error Counter: 16 -... -Memory Error Detect: - Multiple Memory Errors: 0 - Multiple-Bit Error: 0 - Single-Bit Error: 0 -... - -16 errors were generated, Single-Bit Error flag was not set as Single Bit Error -Counter did not reach Single-Bit Error Threshold. - -4. Make sure used memory region got re-initialized with 0xcafecafe pattern - -=> md 200000 -00200000: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200010: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200020: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200030: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200040: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200050: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200060: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200070: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200080: deadbeef deadbeef deadbeef deadbeef ................ -00200090: deadbeef deadbeef deadbeef deadbeef ................ - - -Injecting Multiple-Bit Errors ------------------------------ - -1. Set more than 1 bit in Data Path Error Inject Mask - -=> ecc injectdatahi 5 - -2. Run test over some memory region - -=> ecc test 200000 10 - -3. Check ECC status - -=> ecc status -... -Memory Data Path Error Injection Mask High/Low: 00000005 00000000 -... -Memory Error Detect: - Multiple Memory Errors: 1 - Multiple-Bit Error: 1 - Single-Bit Error: 0 -... - -Observe that both Multiple Memory Errors and Multiple-Bit Error flags are set. - -4. Make sure used memory region got re-initialized with 0xcafecafe pattern - -=> md 200000 -00200000: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200010: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200020: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200030: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200040: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200050: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200060: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200070: cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe cafecafe ................ -00200080: deadbeef deadbeef deadbeef deadbeef ................ -00200090: deadbeef deadbeef deadbeef deadbeef ................ - - -Test Single-Bit Error Counter and Threshold -------------------------------------------- - -1. Set 1 bit in Data Path Error Inject Mask - -=> ecc injectdatahi 1 - -2. Enable error injection - -=> ecc inject en - -3. Let u-boot run for a with Single-Bit error injection enabled - -4. Disable error injection - -=> ecc inject dis - -4. Check status - -=> ecc status - -... -Memory Single-Bit Error Management (0..255): - Single-Bit Error Threshold: 255 - Single Bit Error Counter: 60 - -Memory Error Detect: - Multiple Memory Errors: 1 - Multiple-Bit Error: 0 - Single-Bit Error: 1 -... - -Observe that Single-Bit Error is 'on' which means that Single-Bit Error Counter -reached Single-Bit Error Threshold. Multiple Memory Errors bit is also 'on', that -is Counter reached Threshold more than one time (it wraps back after reaching -Threshold). |