Hello all, I'm trying to run "SD card read test" (sdcard.c) on my Nexys4 DDR but I get the following error: Fail to mount SD driver! Error! exit (0x00.1) The program is failing at the following line (in sdcard.c) if(f_mount(&FatFs, "", 1)) I'm loading the bitstream from Quad-SPI Flash (the board is going to be re-configured several times, so I need the fastest programming procedure available). I get the same error loading it by PROG/UART, but I don't have any problem if I load the bitstream from microSD. The microSD HC is formatted on FAT32 (8GB). I've changed the option _FS_READONLY to 0 in order to allow writing on the SD. Also I've tried to change the path of f_mount (like if(f_mount(&FatFs, "1:", 1)) without success. . How can I read/write from SDCARD, if I load the bitstream from another different drive than the SD? . Also, Could I write into SPI Flash memory (instead of sdcard) if the bitstream is loaded from flash? Thank you for your help. Alexis Ramos Amo Researcher / PhD Student Electronic Design and Space Technology group Nebrija University Madrid Spain www.nebrija.com

Hello Wei, Thank you four your fast answer. No, I'm trying with the original code downloaded from GitHub (branch master) and Vivado 2015.4.1. I've also tried with another Nexys4 and another card with the same result. Thank you for your help Alexis -----Mensaje original----- De: Wei Song [mailto:ws327@cam.ac.uk] Enviado el: miércoles, 30 de marzo de 2016 11:49 Para: Alexis Ramos Amo <aramosam(a)nebrija.es&gt;; lowrisc-dev(a)lists.lowrisc.org Asunto: Re: [lowrisc-dev] Can't execute SD card example on Nexys4 DDR Hello Alexis Ramos Amo, microSD is supported using a SPI interface and driving the the SD using a FatFS through the SPI mode. UART is also supported as well, both read and write (the error message is actually comes from UART). Configuring FPGA using PROG/UART and SD has been tested, which should work out of the box. Not sure about configuration from Flash but I think it is OK. You can see the error message, meaning the FPGA is configured. I do not think you need to change the f_mount(). f_mount() happens after the FPGA is configured. Have you changed any hardware design related to the SPI interface used by the SD or any C code related to SPI and FatFS? It feels like something conflicting with the SPI interface. -Wei On 30/03/2016 08:43, Alexis Ramos Amo wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to run "SD card read test" (sdcard.c) on my Nexys4 DDR but I get the following error: > > Fail to mount SD driver! > Error! exit (0x00.1) > > The program is failing at the following line (in sdcard.c) > > if(f_mount(&FatFs, "", 1)) > > I'm loading the bitstream from Quad-SPI Flash (the board is going to be re-configured several times, so I need the fastest programming procedure available). I get the same error loading it by PROG/UART, but I don't have any problem if I load the bitstream from microSD. The microSD HC is formatted on FAT32 (8GB). > > I've changed the option _FS_READONLY to 0 in order to allow writing on the SD. Also I've tried to change the path of f_mount (like if(f_mount(&FatFs, "1:", 1)) without success. > > . How can I read/write from SDCARD, if I load the bitstream from another different drive than the SD? > . Also, Could I write into SPI Flash memory (instead of sdcard) if the bitstream is loaded from flash? > > Thank you for your help. > > > > Alexis Ramos Amo > Researcher / PhD Student > > Electronic Design and Space Technology group Nebrija University > > Madrid > Spain > www.nebrija.com > >

Hello Wei, Thanks to your suggestion I've found that the problem is related with send_cmd(CMD58,0) at diskio.c, returning a non-zero value and not initializing the SD CARD. In order to discard hardware issues, could you provide me some information? - Which microSD card do you use (class, GB,...). - If your Nexys4 DDR is on Revision C. - Vivado version. Thank you for your help. Alexis -----Mensaje original----- De: Wei Song [mailto:ws327@cam.ac.uk] Enviado el: jueves, 31 de marzo de 2016 13:04 Para: Alexis Ramos Amo; lowrisc-dev(a)lists.lowrisc.org Asunto: Re: [lowrisc-dev] Can't execute SD card example on Nexys4 DDR Hello Alexis, I am afraid I run out of clue. No matter how you configure the FPGA (SD/JTAG/Flash), if you can see the error message "Fail to mount SD driver!", at least the FPGA is configured and UART is working. Then the question is why the Fat32 file system cannot be initialized on SD. Have you set the right jumper on board? But this must be a fake question. Without the right jumper, you cannot configure the FPGA in the first place. My suggestion can only be testing from the scratch because I cannot find any problem on my boards and I have not heard similar problems from others who had successfully booted the RISC-V Linux. You can have a look of the basic SPI API functions: driver/spi.c I would suggest you to manually initialize a SD card using the SPI mode. Some introduction is available from http://elm-chan.org/docs/mmc/mmc_e.html Since you have the UART working at least, you can print out the SD initialization procedure and see whether there is some issues related to SPI communication. Best regards, Wei On 30/03/2016 20:41, Alexis Ramos Amo wrote: > Hello Wei, > > Thank you four your fast answer. > > No, I'm trying with the original code downloaded from GitHub (branch master) and Vivado 2015.4.1. > I've also tried with another Nexys4 and another card with the same result. > > Thank you for your help > > Alexis > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Wei Song [mailto:ws327@cam.ac.uk] Enviado el: miércoles, 30 de > marzo de 2016 11:49 > Para: Alexis Ramos Amo <aramosam(a)nebrija.es&gt;; > lowrisc-dev(a)lists.lowrisc.org > Asunto: Re: [lowrisc-dev] Can't execute SD card example on Nexys4 DDR > > Hello Alexis Ramos Amo, > > microSD is supported using a SPI interface and driving the the SD using a FatFS through the SPI mode. > UART is also supported as well, both read and write (the error message is actually comes from UART). > Configuring FPGA using PROG/UART and SD has been tested, which should work out of the box. > > Not sure about configuration from Flash but I think it is OK. > You can see the error message, meaning the FPGA is configured. > > I do not think you need to change the f_mount(). > f_mount() happens after the FPGA is configured. > > Have you changed any hardware design related to the SPI interface used by the SD or any C code related to SPI and FatFS? > It feels like something conflicting with the SPI interface. > > -Wei > > On 30/03/2016 08:43, Alexis Ramos Amo wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I'm trying to run "SD card read test" (sdcard.c) on my Nexys4 DDR but I get the following error: >> >> Fail to mount SD driver! >> Error! exit (0x00.1) >> >> The program is failing at the following line (in sdcard.c) >> >> if(f_mount(&FatFs, "", 1)) >> >> I'm loading the bitstream from Quad-SPI Flash (the board is going to be re-configured several times, so I need the fastest programming procedure available). I get the same error loading it by PROG/UART, but I don't have any problem if I load the bitstream from microSD. The microSD HC is formatted on FAT32 (8GB). >> >> I've changed the option _FS_READONLY to 0 in order to allow writing on the SD. Also I've tried to change the path of f_mount (like if(f_mount(&FatFs, "1:", 1)) without success. >> >> . How can I read/write from SDCARD, if I load the bitstream from another different drive than the SD? >> . Also, Could I write into SPI Flash memory (instead of sdcard) if the bitstream is loaded from flash? >> >> Thank you for your help. >> >> >> >> Alexis Ramos Amo >> Researcher / PhD Student >> >> Electronic Design and Space Technology group Nebrija University >> >> Madrid >> Spain >> www.nebrija.com >> >>