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vincenzo_m
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Updating FIM and BMC for Arria 10 PAC

Hi, I am running on Ubuntu 18.04, kernel 4.15.0-201-generic, and I need to update the firmware for an Arria 10 PAC to the latest version. I cannot load any GBS on the board, e.g.,: $ sudo fpgac...
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    JohnT_Altera
    3 years ago

    Hi,


    Bitstream with 1.2.1 version will have AES which you will not be able to directly update it. Older version will work without any issue as it wil not have the security feature enable.


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3 years ago

Of course, here is the output of "fpgainfo fme", sorry I forgot to attach it in the previous post:

$ fpgainfo fme
Board Management Controller, microcontroller FW version unavailable
Last Power Down Cause: unavailable
Last Reset Cause: unavailable (can't open)
//****** FME ******//
Object Id                     : 0xF100001
PCIe s:b:d:f                  : 0000:05:00:0
Device Id                     : 0x09C4
Socket Id                     : 0x00
Ports Num                     : 01
Bitstream Id                  : 0x123456789ABCDEF
Bitstream Version             : 1.2.3
Pr Interface Id               : 4c11003e-c024-51ae-a88b-dc3153ac3ae7
Boot Page                     : user
Board Management Controller, microcontroller FW version 26889
Last Power Down Cause: POK_CORE
Last Reset Cause: None
//****** FME ******//
Object Id                     : 0xF100000
PCIe s:b:d:f                  : 0000:01:00:0
Device Id                     : 0x09C4
Socket Id                     : 0x00
Ports Num                     : 01
Bitstream Id                  : 0x124000200000367
Bitstream Version             : 1.2.4
Pr Interface Id               : 38d782e3-b612-5343-b934-2433e348ac4c
Boot Page                     : user

From this, you can see how I could successfully installed another board, which was previously updated at version v1.2.1, on the system. On the PCIe bus, now I have:

  • A new, updated and working board in the slot 01:00.0;
  • The old non-working board in the slot 05:00.0, discussed in the previous posts.

Here is the output of lspci for the working board:

$ lspci -s 01:00.0 -vv
01:00.0 Processing accelerators: Intel Corporation Device 09c4
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 0000
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: Memory at 90100000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Region 2: Memory at 90000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=1M]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: intel-fpga-pci
        Kernel modules: intel_fpga_pci

Here is the lspci output for the non-working board:

$ lspci -s 05:00.0 -vv
05:00.0 Processing accelerators: Intel Corporation Device 09c4
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: Memory at 90280000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Region 2: Memory at 90200000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: intel-fpga-pci
        Kernel modules: intel_fpga_pci

My issue, now, is to update the firmware (FIM and BMC) of the non-working board to v1.2.1 without JTAG access.