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L0xx: st-util flashing is very slow #274

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ghost opened this issue Oct 14, 2014 · 2 comments · Fixed by #675
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L0xx: st-util flashing is very slow #274

ghost opened this issue Oct 14, 2014 · 2 comments · Fixed by #675
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bug/fixed component/st-flash component/st-util error/flash-loader status/resolved target/stm32l0
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v1.5.1

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ghost commented Oct 14, 2014

Build ChibiOS' ARMCM0-STM32L0 demo. Try flashing it using st-flash, and with gdb connected to st-util. You get two very different scenarios, with the latter resorting to all half-page writes and being very very slow (note the timestamps). st-flash takes 6 seconds and st-util takes 1.5 minutes.

Using st-flash to load ch.bin

$ ./st-flash ch.bin 0x8000000
2014-10-14T13:51:43 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Loading device parameters....
2014-10-14T13:51:43 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Device connected is: L0x3 device
...
2014-10-14T13:51:43 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 2200 (0x898) bytes to stm32 address: 134217728 (0x8000000)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000880 erased
2014-10-14T13:51:43 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 18 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:51:43 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:51:43 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:51:47 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:51:47 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000000) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:51:47 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
 16/ 17 pages written
2014-10-14T13:51:49 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:51:49 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!

Using gdb to load ch.elf with st-util

$ ./st-util
2014-10-14T13:33:23 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Loading device parameters....
2014-10-14T13:33:23 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Device connected is: L0x3 device
...
2014-10-14T13:33:23 INFO gdbserver/gdb-server.c: Listening at *:4242...
2014-10-14T13:33:39 ERROR gdbserver/gdb-server.c: [FP_CTRL] = 0x00000041 expecting 0x00000261
2014-10-14T13:33:39 INFO gdbserver/gdb-server.c: GDB connected.
2014-10-14T13:33:45 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134217728 (0x8000000)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000000 erased
2014-10-14T13:33:45 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:33:45 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:33:45 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:33:49 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:33:49 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000000) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:33:49 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:33:49 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:33:49 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:33:49 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134217856 (0x8000080)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000080 erased
2014-10-14T13:33:49 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:33:49 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:33:49 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:33:52 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:33:52 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000080) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:33:52 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:33:52 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:33:52 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:33:52 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134217984 (0x8000100)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000100 erased
2014-10-14T13:33:52 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:33:52 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:33:52 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:33:55 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:33:55 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000100) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:33:55 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:33:55 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:33:55 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:33:55 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134218112 (0x8000180)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000180 erased
2014-10-14T13:33:55 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:33:55 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:33:55 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:33:58 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:33:58 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000180) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:33:58 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:33:58 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:33:58 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:33:58 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134218240 (0x8000200)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000200 erased
2014-10-14T13:33:58 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:33:58 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:33:58 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:01 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:01 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000200) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:01 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:01 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:01 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:01 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134218368 (0x8000280)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000280 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:01 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:01 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:01 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:04 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:04 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000280) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:04 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:04 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:04 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:04 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134218496 (0x8000300)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000300 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:04 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:04 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:04 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:07 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:07 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000300) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:07 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:07 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:07 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:07 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134218624 (0x8000380)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000380 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:07 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:07 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:07 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:10 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:10 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000380) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:10 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:11 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:11 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:11 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134218752 (0x8000400)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000400 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:11 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:11 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:11 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:14 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:14 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000400) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:14 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:14 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:14 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:14 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134218880 (0x8000480)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000480 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:14 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:14 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:14 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:17 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:17 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000480) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:17 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:17 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:17 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:17 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134219008 (0x8000500)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000500 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:17 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:17 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:17 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:20 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:20 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000500) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:20 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:20 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:20 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:20 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134219136 (0x8000580)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000580 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:20 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:20 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:20 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:23 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:23 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000580) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:23 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:23 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:23 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:23 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134219264 (0x8000600)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000600 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:23 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:23 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:23 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:26 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:26 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000600) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:26 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:26 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:26 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:26 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134219392 (0x8000680)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000680 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:26 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:26 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:26 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:29 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:29 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000680) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:29 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:29 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:29 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:29 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134219520 (0x8000700)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000700 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:29 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:29 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:29 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:32 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:32 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000700) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:32 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:32 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:32 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:32 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134219648 (0x8000780)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000780 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:33 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:33 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:33 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:35 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:35 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000780) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:35 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:36 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:36 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:36 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134219776 (0x8000800)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000800 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:36 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:36 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:36 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:39 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:39 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000800) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:39 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:39 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:39 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
2014-10-14T13:34:39 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Attempting to write 128 (0x80) bytes to stm32 address: 134219904 (0x8000880)
Flash page at addr: 0x08000880 erased
2014-10-14T13:34:39 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Finished erasing 1 pages of 128 (0x80) bytes
2014-10-14T13:34:39 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting Half page flash write for STM32L core id
2014-10-14T13:34:39 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Successfully loaded flash loader in sram
2014-10-14T13:34:42 ERROR src/stlink-common.c: flash loader run error
2014-10-14T13:34:42 WARN src/stlink-common.c: l1_run_flash_loader(0x8000880) failed! == -1
2014-10-14T13:34:42 WARN src/stlink-common.c: 
write_half_pages failed == -1
  0/  1 pages written
2014-10-14T13:34:42 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Starting verification of write complete
2014-10-14T13:34:42 INFO src/stlink-common.c: Flash written and verified! jolly good!
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xor-gate commented May 5, 2016

Please try with latest stlink tools in master, and with latest stlink firmware from ST (2.27).

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I'm closing this due to inactivity of the original issuer, feel free to open a new issue when the problem still exists. And is tested against the latest version v1.2.0 or master.

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