Fix for the `set_trailer_at` with external flash to use 32-bit write using cached value (Many QSPI hardware peripherals do not support a single byte write). Fix delta build error with DISABLE_BACKUP. Added tests for updating both cores in build_flash.sh.

config/examples/nrf5340.config

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ NO_ASM?=0
 NO_MPU=1
 ALLOW_DOWNGRADE?=0
 NVM_FLASH_WRITEONCE?=0
+DELTA_UPDATES?=1
 
 SPMATH?=1
 RAM_CODE?=1
@@ -44,4 +45,8 @@ DEBUG?=0
 DEBUG_UART?=1
 USE_GCC=1
 
+# Use larger block size for swapping sectors
+CFLAGS_EXTRA+=-DFLASHBUFFER_SIZE=0x1000
+
 CFLAGS_EXTRA+=-DDEBUG_FLASH
+CFLAGS_EXTRA+=-DDEBUG_QSPI=1

config/examples/nrf5340_net.config

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ NO_ASM?=1
 NO_MPU=1
 ALLOW_DOWNGRADE?=0
 NVM_FLASH_WRITEONCE?=0
+DELTA_UPDATES?=1
 
 SPMATH?=1
 RAM_CODE?=1

hal/nrf5340.c

@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@
     #define SHARED_MEM_ADDR (0x20000000UL + (64 * 1024))
 #endif
 /* Shared memory states (mask, easier to check) */
-#define SHARED_STATUS_UNKNOWN      0
+#define SHARED_STATUS_UNKNOWN      0x00
-#define SHARED_STATUS_READY        1
+#define SHARED_STATUS_READY        0x01
-#define SHARED_STATUS_UPDATE_START 2
+#define SHARED_STATUS_UPDATE_START 0x02
-#define SHARED_STATUS_UPDATE_DONE  4
+#define SHARED_STATUS_UPDATE_DONE  0x04
-#define SHARED_STATUS_DO_BOOT      8
+#define SHARED_STATUS_DO_BOOT      0x08
 
 #define SHAREM_MEM_MAGIC 0x5753484D /* WSHM */
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int RAMFUNCTION hal_flash_erase(uint32_t address, int len)
 {
     uint32_t end = address + len - 1;
     uint32_t p;
-#ifdef DEBUG_FLASH
+#if defined(DEBUG_FLASH) && DEBUG_FLASH > 1
     wolfBoot_printf("Internal Flash Erase: addr 0x%x, len %d\n", address, len);
 #endif
     /* mask to page start address */
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ static int hal_shm_status_wait(ShmInfo_t* info, uint32_t status,
     return ret;
 }
 
+/* Handles network core updates */
 static void hal_net_check_version(void)
 {
     int ret;
@@ -374,51 +375,8 @@ static void hal_net_check_version(void)
     /* check if network core can continue booting or needs to wait for update */
     if (ret != 0 || shm->app.version <= shm->net.version) {
         wolfBoot_printf("Network Core: Releasing for boot\n");
-        hal_shm_status_set(&shm->app, SHARED_STATUS_DO_BOOT);
     }
     else {
-        wolfBoot_printf("Network Core: Holding for update\n");
-    }
-#else /* TARGET_nrf5340_net */
-    hal_net_get_image(&img, &shm->net);
-    hal_shm_status_set(&shm->net, SHARED_STATUS_READY);
-
-    /* wait for do_boot or update from app core */
-    ret = hal_shm_status_wait(&shm->app,
-        (SHARED_STATUS_UPDATE_START | SHARED_STATUS_DO_BOOT), 1000000);
-    /* are we updating? */
-    if (ret == 0 && shm->app.status == SHARED_STATUS_UPDATE_START) {
-        wolfBoot_printf("Starting update: Ver %d->%d, Size %d->%d\n",
-            shm->net.version, shm->app.version, shm->net.size, shm->net.size);
-        /* Erase network core boot flash */
-        hal_flash_erase((uintptr_t)img.hdr, shm->app.size);
-        /* Write new firmware to internal flash */
-        hal_flash_write((uintptr_t)img.hdr, shm->data, shm->app.size);
-
-        /* Reopen image and refresh information */
-        hal_net_get_image(&img, &shm->net);
-        wolfBoot_printf("Network version (after update): 0x%x\n",
-            shm->net.version);
-        hal_shm_status_set(&shm->net, SHARED_STATUS_UPDATE_DONE);
-
-        /* continue booting - boot process will validate image hash/signature */
-    }
-#endif /* TARGET_nrf5340_* */
-exit:
-    wolfBoot_printf("Status: App %d (ver %d), Net %d (ver %d)\n",
-        shm->app.status, shm->app.version, shm->net.status, shm->net.version);
-}
-
-#ifdef TARGET_nrf5340_app
-void hal_net_check_update(void)
-{
-    int ret;
-    uint32_t timeout;
-    struct wolfBoot_image img;
-
-    /* handle update for network core */
-    ret = hal_net_get_image(&img, &shm->app);
-    if (ret == 0 && shm->app.version > shm->net.version) {
         wolfBoot_printf("Found Network Core update: Ver %d->%d, Size %d->%d\n",
             shm->net.version, shm->app.version, shm->net.size, shm->app.size);
 
@@ -452,8 +410,37 @@ void hal_net_check_update(void)
     }
     /* inform network core to boot */
     hal_shm_status_set(&shm->app, SHARED_STATUS_DO_BOOT);
+#else /* TARGET_nrf5340_net */
+    hal_net_get_image(&img, &shm->net);
+    hal_shm_status_set(&shm->net, SHARED_STATUS_READY);
+
+    /* wait for do_boot or update from app core */
+    wolfBoot_printf("Waiting for status from app core...\n");
+    ret = hal_shm_status_wait(&shm->app,
+        (SHARED_STATUS_UPDATE_START | SHARED_STATUS_DO_BOOT), 1000000);
+
+    /* are we updating? */
+    if (ret == 0 && shm->app.status == SHARED_STATUS_UPDATE_START) {
+        wolfBoot_printf("Starting update: Ver %d->%d, Size %d->%d\n",
+            shm->net.version, shm->app.version, shm->net.size, shm->net.size);
+        /* Erase network core boot flash */
+        hal_flash_erase((uintptr_t)img.hdr, shm->app.size);
+        /* Write new firmware to internal flash */
+        hal_flash_write((uintptr_t)img.hdr, shm->data, shm->app.size);
+
+        /* Reopen image and refresh information */
+        hal_net_get_image(&img, &shm->net);
+        wolfBoot_printf("Network version (after update): 0x%x\n",
+            shm->net.version);
+        hal_shm_status_set(&shm->net, SHARED_STATUS_UPDATE_DONE);
+
+        /* continue booting - boot process will validate image hash/signature */
+    }
+#endif /* TARGET_nrf5340_* */
+exit:
+    wolfBoot_printf("Status: App %d (ver %d), Net %d (ver %d)\n",
+        shm->app.status, shm->app.version, shm->net.status, shm->net.version);
 }
-#endif
 
 void hal_init(void)
 {
@@ -488,8 +475,6 @@ void hal_prepare_boot(void)
     //BOOTLOADER_PARTITION_SIZE
 
 #ifdef TARGET_nrf5340_app
-    hal_net_check_update();
-
     /* Restore defaults preventing network core from accessing shared SDRAM */
     SPU_EXTDOMAIN_PERM(0) =
         (SPU_EXTDOMAIN_PERM_SECATTR_NONSECURE | SPU_EXTDOMAIN_PERM_UNLOCK);

hal/spi/spi_drv_nrf5340.h

@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
     #define QSPI_IO3_PIN    16
 #endif
 
-#ifndef QSPI_CLOCK_MHZ /* default 24MHz (up to 96MHz) */
+#ifndef QSPI_CLOCK_MHZ /* default 48MHz (up to 96MHz) */
-    #define QSPI_CLOCK_MHZ  24000000UL
+    #define QSPI_CLOCK_MHZ  48000000UL
 #endif
 
 /* MX25R6435F */

include/spi_drv.h

@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ int qspi_transfer(uint8_t fmode, const uint8_t cmd,
     uint8_t* data, uint32_t dataSz, uint32_t dataMode
 );
 
-#if !defined(DEBUG_QSPI) && defined(DEBUG_UART)
-    #define DEBUG_QSPI 1
-#endif
 #endif /* QSPI_FLASH || OCTOSPI_FLASH */
 
 #ifndef SPI_CS_FLASH

src/libwolfboot.c

@@ -453,8 +453,12 @@ static void RAMFUNCTION set_trailer_at(uint8_t part, uint32_t at, uint8_t val)
     if (part == PART_BOOT) {
     #ifdef EXT_FLASH
         if (FLAGS_BOOT_EXT()) {
+            /* use ext_cache and 32-bit writes to avoid any underlying hardware
+             * issues with 1-byte write */
+            ext_cache &= ~0xFF;
+            ext_cache |= val;
             ext_flash_check_write(PART_BOOT_ENDFLAGS - (sizeof(uint32_t) + at),
-                (void *)&val, 1);
+                (void *)&ext_cache, sizeof(uint32_t));
         }
         else
     #endif
@@ -465,8 +469,12 @@ static void RAMFUNCTION set_trailer_at(uint8_t part, uint32_t at, uint8_t val)
     else if (part == PART_UPDATE) {
     #ifdef EXT_FLASH
         if (FLAGS_UPDATE_EXT()) {
+            /* use ext_cache and 32-bit writes to avoid any underlying hardware
+             * issues with 1-byte write */
+            ext_cache &= ~0xFF;
+            ext_cache |= val;
             ext_flash_check_write(PART_UPDATE_ENDFLAGS - (sizeof(uint32_t) + at),
-                (void *)&val, 1);
+                (void *)&ext_cache, sizeof(uint32_t));
         }
         else
     #endif

src/qspi_flash.c

@@ -422,6 +422,11 @@ int spi_flash_write(uint32_t address, const void *data, int len)
     uint32_t xferSz, page, pages, idx = 0;
     uintptr_t addr;
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_QSPI
+    wolfBoot_printf("QSPI Flash Write: Len %d, %p -> 0x%x\n",
+        len, data, address);
+#endif
+
     /* write by page */
     pages = ((len + (FLASH_PAGE_SIZE-1)) / FLASH_PAGE_SIZE);
     for (page = 0; page < pages; page++) {
@@ -444,8 +449,9 @@ int spi_flash_write(uint32_t address, const void *data, int len)
                 xferSz, QSPI_DATA_MODE                     /* Data */
             );
 #ifdef DEBUG_QSPI
-            wolfBoot_printf("QSPI Flash Write: Ret %d, Cmd 0x%x, Len %d , 0x%x -> %p\n",
+            wolfBoot_printf("QSPI Flash Sector Write: "
-                ret, FLASH_WRITE_CMD, xferSz, address, ptr);
+                "Ret %d, Cmd 0x%x, Len %d, %p -> 0x%x\n",
+                ret, FLASH_WRITE_CMD, xferSz, ptr, address);
 #endif
             if (ret != 0)
                 break;

src/update_flash.c

@@ -438,9 +438,11 @@ static int wolfBoot_delta_update(struct wolfBoot_image *boot,
         wb_flash_erase(boot, sector * WOLFBOOT_SECTOR_SIZE, WOLFBOOT_SECTOR_SIZE);
         sector++;
     }
+#ifndef DISABLE_BACKUP
     /* start re-entrant final erase, return code is only for resumption in
      * wolfBoot_start*/
     wolfBoot_swap_and_final_erase(0);
+#endif
 out:
 #ifdef EXT_FLASH
     ext_flash_lock();

tools/scripts/nrf5340/build_flash.sh

@@ -28,11 +28,19 @@ cp factory.bin tools/scripts/nrf5340/factory_app.bin
 tools/keytools/sign --ecc256 test-app/image.bin wolfboot_signing_private_key.der 2
 cp test-app/image_v2_signed.bin tools/scripts/nrf5340/image_v2_signed_app.bin
 
+# Create a bin footer with wolfBoot trailer "BOOT" and "p" (ASCII for 0x70 == IMG_STATE_UPDATING):
+echo -n "pBOOT" > tools/scripts/nrf5340/trigger_magic.bin
+./tools/bin-assemble/bin-assemble \
+  tools/scripts/nrf5340/update_app_v2.bin \
+    0x0     tools/scripts/nrf5340/image_v2_signed_app.bin \
+    0xEDFFB tools/scripts/nrf5340/trigger_magic.bin
+
+
 # Convert to HEX format for programmer tool
 arm-none-eabi-objcopy -I binary -O ihex --change-addresses 0x00000000 tools/scripts/nrf5340/factory_app.bin tools/scripts/nrf5340/factory_app.hex
 arm-none-eabi-objcopy -I binary -O ihex --change-addresses 0x01000000 tools/scripts/nrf5340/factory_net.bin tools/scripts/nrf5340/factory_net.hex
 
-arm-none-eabi-objcopy -I binary -O ihex --change-addresses 0x10000000 tools/scripts/nrf5340/image_v2_signed_app.bin tools/scripts/nrf5340/image_v2_signed_app.hex
+arm-none-eabi-objcopy -I binary -O ihex --change-addresses 0x10000000 tools/scripts/nrf5340/update_app_v2.bin tools/scripts/nrf5340/update_app_v2.hex
 arm-none-eabi-objcopy -I binary -O ihex --change-addresses 0x10100000 tools/scripts/nrf5340/image_v2_signed_net.bin tools/scripts/nrf5340/image_v2_signed_net.hex
 
 
@@ -42,7 +50,7 @@ if [ "$1" == "erase" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Program external flash
-nrfjprog -f nrf53 --program tools/scripts/nrf5340/image_v2_signed_app.hex --verify
+nrfjprog -f nrf53 --program tools/scripts/nrf5340/update_app_v2.hex --verify
 nrfjprog -f nrf53 --program tools/scripts/nrf5340/image_v2_signed_net.hex --verify