nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

RE: nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

zpm1066 — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 20:25:39 GMT

Thanks Amanda.

RE: nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

Amanda Hsieh — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 20:21:54 GMT

Hi,

[quote user="zpm1066"]- How to get into the MCUBoot mode via sw0 & reset?[/quote]

Pressing RESET will run the Nordic bootloader with the default setting on nRF52840Dongle unless you erase the nRF5 bootloader. however, I won't suggest doing that.

[quote user="zpm1066"]- Can the MCUBoot Bootloader be configured as an UF2 Bootloader?[/quote]

UF2 Bootloader is not provided by us (NordicSemi), and I don't know how to configure to UF2 bootloader. You can seek help at https://forums.adafruit.com/

-Amanda H.

RE: nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

zpm1066 — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 23:37:02 GMT

Hi Amanda,

Yesterday, I was able to flash & run the signed "app_update.bin" onto the nrf52840dongle using mcumgr for the "mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite" example and for the "blinky" & "button" examples from "zephyr/samples/basic".

The problem was that I had MCUBoot generated from a different Zephyr repo (Zephyr 3.6.0). I had to recompile and flash the MCUBoot from NCS 2.6.0 repo. I guess there was a signature mismatch and the applications failed to execute.

However, I still have an issue running successfully a BLE version of "peripheral_lbs" but another project of mine that was originally derived off the "peripheral_lbs" runs fine.

Also, another OpenThread Joiner application built within NCS for VSCode doesn't run either.

Currently I don't know why a few of these applications fail to execute properly. So, I need to dig further. Any suggestions what may be the reason?

All of the above applications run fine when targeted for Particle Xenon (nRF52840) and Thingy53 with MCUBoot. They also run fine when I package the applications for the nRF5 Bootloader on the nRF52840Dongle and flash with nrfutil.

I'd like to get the OpenThread Joiner to run successfully on a nRF52840Dongle with MCUBoot, as I'm planning to use quite a few of the these for an OpenThread network. At the moment, the fallback appears to use the nRF5 Bootloader.

Thank you for your assistance and providing the link to the bootloader samples. It proved to be useful.

A few questions regarding MCUBoot bootlaoder

- How to get into the MCUBoot mode via sw0 & reset?
- Can the MCUBoot Bootloader be configured as an UF2 Bootloader?

I'll mark this response as the suggested answer for my ticket. Thank you.

Regards,
Ravi

RE: nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

Amanda Hsieh — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:32:36 GMT

Hi,

Sorry for the mislead. My colleague said he hadn't done the work. Now he added the disclaimer.

The dongle docs has this section on Option 2: Using MCUboot in Serial Recovery Mode

It does both nRF5 bootloader and MCUboot though, so it's not optimal. However, it should work.

Regards,
Amanda H.

RE: nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

zpm1066 — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 17:13:59 GMT

Hi Amanda,

I've reviewed Sigurd's "mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite" example and build it successfully without any changes under NCS 2.6.0.

However, when I flash the "app_update.bin" onto the nrf52840dongle using mcumgr, the application fails to run and I don't get any serial port enumerated.

In the example, nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.dts has console configured for cdc_acm_uart (versus uart0 in the Zephyr dts for the board).

I'm using a nRF52840dongle that has nRF Bootloader and also MCUBoot. The dongle is booted into MCUboot serial recovery mode by plugging the board in with the SW1 button pressed down. Prior to flashing, I've confirmed that serial port "MCUBOOT" gets enumerated on the dongle.

I've flashed the generated signed "app_update.bin" to the MCUboot serial port using mcumgr.

Are the steps used for MCUBoot serial recovery mode flashing correct?

quark11:mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite quark11$ mcumgr --conntype=serial --connstring='dev=/dev/cu.usbmodem14101,baud=115200' image upload -e /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/app_update.bin 

 39.32 KiB / 39.32 KiB [========================================================================================] 100.00% 1.89 KiB/s 20s

Done

quark11:mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite quark11$ mcumgr --conntype=serial --connstring='dev=/dev/cu.usbmodem14101,baud=115200' reset

Done

*  Executing task: nRF Connect: Generate config nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 for mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite 

Building mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite
west build --build-dir /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite --pristine --board nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 --no-sysbuild --cmake-only -- -DNCS_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION=NONE

-- west build: generating a build system
Loading Zephyr default modules (Zephyr base).
-- Application: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite
-- CMake version: 3.21.0
-- Found Python3: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/python@3.9/bin/python3.9 (found suitable version "3.9.6", minimum required is "3.8") found components: Interpreter 
-- Cache files will be written to: /Users/quark11/Library/Caches/zephyr
-- Zephyr version: 3.5.99 (/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr)
-- Found west (found suitable version "1.2.0", minimum required is "0.14.0")
-- Board: nrf52840dongle_nrf52840
-- Found host-tools: zephyr 0.16.5 (/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk)
-- Found toolchain: zephyr 0.16.5 (/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk)
-- Found Dtc: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/bin/dtc (found suitable version "1.6.1", minimum required is "1.4.6") 
-- Found BOARD.dts: /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.dts
-- Generated zephyr.dts: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/zephyr.dts
-- Generated devicetree_generated.h: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/include/generated/devicetree_generated.h
-- Including generated dts.cmake file: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/dts.cmake
Parsing /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/Kconfig
Loaded configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840_defconfig'
Merged configuration '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/prj.conf'
Configuration saved to '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/.config'
Kconfig header saved to '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/include/generated/autoconf.h'
-- Found GnuLd: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/12.2.0/../../../../arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/ld.bfd (found version "2.38") 
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 12.2.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 12.2.0
-- The ASM compiler identification is GNU
-- Found assembler: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/arm-zephyr-eabi-gcc
CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/subsys/usb/device/CMakeLists.txt:22 (message):
  CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_VID has default value 0x2FE3.

  This value is only for testing and MUST be configured for USB products.


CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/subsys/usb/device/CMakeLists.txt:28 (message):
  CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_PID has default value 0x100.

  This value is only for testing and MUST be configured for USB products.


-- Found Python3: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/python@3.9/bin/python3.9 (found version "3.9.6") found components: Interpreter 

=== child image mcuboot -  begin ===
loading initial cache file /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/child_image_preload.cmake
Loading Zephyr default modules (Zephyr base).
-- Application: /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/bootloader/mcuboot/boot/zephyr
-- CMake version: 3.21.0
-- Found Python3: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/python@3.9/bin/python3.9 (found suitable version "3.9.6", minimum required is "3.8") found components: Interpreter 
-- Cache files will be written to: /Users/quark11/Library/Caches/zephyr
-- Zephyr version: 3.5.99 (/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr)
-- Found west (found suitable version "1.2.0", minimum required is "0.14.0")
-- Board: nrf52840dongle_nrf52840
-- Found host-tools: zephyr 0.16.5 (/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk)
-- Found toolchain: zephyr 0.16.5 (/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk)
-- Found Dtc: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/bin/dtc (found suitable version "1.6.1", minimum required is "1.4.6") 
-- Found BOARD.dts: /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.dts
-- Found devicetree overlay: /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/modules/mcuboot/usb.overlay
-- Generated zephyr.dts: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/zephyr.dts
-- Generated devicetree_generated.h: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/include/generated/devicetree_generated.h
-- Including generated dts.cmake file: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/dts.cmake

warning: HW_STACK_PROTECTION (defined at arch/Kconfig:259) was assigned the value 'y' but got the
value 'n'. Check these unsatisfied dependencies: ARCH_HAS_STACK_PROTECTION (=n). See
http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kconfig.html#CONFIG_HW_STACK_PROTECTION and/or look up
HW_STACK_PROTECTION in the menuconfig/guiconfig interface. The Application Development Primer,
Setting Configuration Values, and Kconfig - Tips and Best Practices sections of the manual might be
helpful too.


warning: LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL (defined at subsys/logging/Kconfig.filtering:13) was assigned the value
'0' but got the value ''. Check these unsatisfied dependencies: LOG (=n). See
http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kconfig.html#CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL and/or look up
LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL in the menuconfig/guiconfig interface. The Application Development Primer, Setting
Configuration Values, and Kconfig - Tips and Best Practices sections of the manual might be helpful
too.


warning: USB_COMPOSITE_DEVICE (defined at subsys/usb/device/Kconfig:51) was assigned the value 'n'
but got the value 'y'. See
http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kconfig.html#CONFIG_USB_COMPOSITE_DEVICE and/or look up
USB_COMPOSITE_DEVICE in the menuconfig/guiconfig interface. The Application Development Primer,
Setting Configuration Values, and Kconfig - Tips and Best Practices sections of the manual might be
helpful too.


warning: The choice symbol MCUBOOT_LOG_LEVEL_INF (defined at
subsys/logging/Kconfig.template.log_config:17) was selected (set =y), but no symbol ended up as the
choice selection. See http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kconfig.html#CONFIG_MCUBOOT_LOG_LEVEL_INF
and/or look up MCUBOOT_LOG_LEVEL_INF in the menuconfig/guiconfig interface. The Application
Development Primer, Setting Configuration Values, and Kconfig - Tips and Best Practices sections of
the manual might be helpful too.


warning: The choice symbol LOG_MODE_MINIMAL (defined at subsys/logging/Kconfig.mode:28) was selected
(set =y), but no symbol ended up as the choice selection. See
http://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/kconfig.html#CONFIG_LOG_MODE_MINIMAL and/or look up
LOG_MODE_MINIMAL in the menuconfig/guiconfig interface. The Application Development Primer, Setting
Configuration Values, and Kconfig - Tips and Best Practices sections of the manual might be helpful
too.

Parsing /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/bootloader/mcuboot/boot/zephyr/Kconfig
Loaded configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840_defconfig'
Merged configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/bootloader/mcuboot/boot/zephyr/prj.conf'
Merged configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/bootloader/mcuboot/boot/zephyr/boards/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.conf'
Merged configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/subsys/partition_manager/partition_manager_enabled.conf'
Merged configuration '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/child_image/mcuboot.conf'
Merged configuration '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/misc/generated/extra_kconfig_options.conf'
Configuration saved to '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/.config'
Kconfig header saved to '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/include/generated/autoconf.h'
-- Found GnuLd: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/12.2.0/../../../../arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/ld.bfd (found version "2.38") 
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 12.2.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 12.2.0
-- The ASM compiler identification is GNU
-- Found assembler: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/arm-zephyr-eabi-gcc
CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/lib/flash_patch/CMakeLists.txt:8 (message):
  

        ----------------------------------------------------------
        --- WARNING: To maintain the integrity of secure boot, ---
        --- enable CONFIG_DISABLE_FLASH_PATCH in production.   ---
        ----------------------------------------------------------


-- Using ccache: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/bin/ccache
MCUBoot bootloader key file: /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/bootloader/mcuboot/root-ec-p256.pem
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot
=== child image mcuboot -  end ===

CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/modules/mcuboot/CMakeLists.txt:382 (message):
  

          ---------------------------------------------------------
          --- WARNING: Using default MCUBoot key, it should not ---
          --- be used for production.                           ---
          ---------------------------------------------------------
          



-- Using ccache: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/bin/ccache
CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/cmake/partition_manager.cmake:79 (message):
  

          ---------------------------------------------------------------------
          --- WARNING: Using a bootloader without pm_static.yml.            ---
          --- There are cases where a deployed product can consist of       ---
          --- multiple images, and only a subset of these images can be     ---
          --- upgraded through a firmware update mechanism. In such cases,  ---
          --- the upgradable images must have partitions that are static    ---
          --- and are matching the partition map used by the bootloader     ---
          --- programmed onto the device.                                   ---
          ---------------------------------------------------------------------
          

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/cmake/modules/kernel.cmake:248 (include)
  /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/cmake/modules/zephyr_default.cmake:138 (include)
  /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:66 (include)
  /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:92 (include_boilerplate)
  CMakeLists.txt:5 (find_package)


-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle
 *  Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it. 

 *  Executing task: nRF Connect: Build: mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle (active) 

Building mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite
west build --build-dir /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite/build_nrf52dongle /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite

[1/172] Preparing syscall dependency handling

[1/206] Preparing syscall dependency handling

[4/206] Generating include/generated/version.h
-- Zephyr version: 3.5.99 (/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr), build: v3.5.99-ncs1
[206/206] Linking C executable zephyr/zephyr.elf
Memory region         Used Size  Region Size  %age Used
           FLASH:       48100 B        64 KB     73.39%
             RAM:       29464 B       256 KB     11.24%
        IDT_LIST:          0 GB        32 KB      0.00%
[8/172] Generating include/generated/version.h
-- Zephyr version: 3.5.99 (/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr), build: v3.5.99-ncs1
[161/172] Linking C executable zephyr/zephyr.elf
Memory region         Used Size  Region Size  %age Used
           FLASH:       39600 B     982528 B      4.03%
             RAM:       16640 B       256 KB      6.35%
        IDT_LIST:          0 GB        32 KB      0.00%
[167/172] Generating ../../zephyr/app_update.bin
image.py: sign the payload
[168/172] Generating ../../zephyr/app_signed.hex
image.py: sign the payload
[170/172] Generating ../../zephyr/app_test_update.hex
image.py: sign the payload
[172/172] Generating zephyr/merged.hex
 *  Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it.

RE: nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

Amanda Hsieh — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:58:13 GMT

Hi,

You can take a look at my colleagues's sample https://github.com/hellesvik-nordic/samples_for_nrf_connect_sdk/tree/main/bootloader_samples/serial_recovery/mcuboot_52840dongle_overwrite

Regards,
Amanda H.

RE: nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

zpm1066 — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 02:11:11 GMT

Hello Amanda,

Thank you.

With the larger partition size for MCUBOOT, I'm able to build MCUBoot versions of ble_peripheral_lbs for both the particle_xenon and nrf52840dongle boards (using NCS 2.6.0).

However, only the ble_peripheral_lbs for the particle_xenon board runs successfully. It looks like the ble_peripheral_lbs for the nrf52840dongle isn't being executed.

For the nrf52840dongle, I've used the signed "app_update.bin" and then flashed it to the MCUboot serial port using MCUmgr.

mcumgr --conntype=serial --connstring='dev=/dev/cu.usbmodem14101,baud=115200'  \
image upload -e /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/app_update.bin 

mcumgr --conntype=serial --connstring='dev=/dev/cu.usbmodem14101,baud=115200' reset

The flash to the nrf52840dongle is successful but code doesn't execute.

I've built a couple of other MCUBoot samples, "blinky" and "button" from "zephyr/samples/basic". Again, the builds are successful but none of them execute when flashed to the nrf52840dongle.

Clearly, I'm likely missing some step(s) or configuration.

In the past, I have built and run MCUBoot versions on the nrf52840dongle but that was done from the command line and not built using NCS for VSCode.

Is the issue to do with the application somehow not being signed correctly by MCUBoot, leading to the app not being executed? If so, What's the solution?

Thank you

RE: nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

Amanda Hsieh — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:53:36 GMT

Hi,

You can add "-Dmcuboot_CONFIG_PM_PARTITION_SIZE_MCUBOOT=0x10000" to the Extra CMake arguments.

-Amanda H.

RE: nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

zpm1066 — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 02:52:17 GMT

Hi Amanda,

Thank you.

Your suggestion worked. I was able to successfully build and run the MCUboot build for the Particle Xenon board with NCS 2.6.0. Also copied & renamed partitions.yml to pm_static.yml in the app folder.

I've run into MCUBoot "region 'FLASH' overflowed" issue when I tried building the same ble_peripheral_lbs sample for nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.

For the nrf52840dongle, I'm using stab-stock as I have the nRF5 bootloader on it.

I don't quite see why the FLASH has overflowed? The nRF52840 has 1MB Flash.

Do I need to adjust the memory map manually in pm_static.yml? Thanks.

 *  Executing task: nRF Connect: Build [pristine]: ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle (active) 

Building ble_peripheral_lbs
west build --build-dir /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs --pristine --board nrf52840dongle_nrf52840 --no-sysbuild -- -DNCS_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION=NONE -Dmcuboot_CONF_FILE=/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/child_image/mcuboot/boards/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.conf -Dmcuboot_DTC_OVERLAY_FILE=/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/modules/mcuboot/usb.overlay -Dmcuboot_OVERLAY_CONFIG=/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/subsys/partition_manager/partition_manager_enabled.conf -DCACHED_CONF_FILE=/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/prj.conf

-- west build: generating a build system
Loading Zephyr default modules (Zephyr base).
-- Application: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs
-- CMake version: 3.21.0
-- Found Python3: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/python@3.9/bin/python3.9 (found suitable version "3.9.6", minimum required is "3.8") found components: Interpreter 
-- Cache files will be written to: /Users/quark11/Library/Caches/zephyr
-- Zephyr version: 3.5.99 (/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr)
-- Found west (found suitable version "1.2.0", minimum required is "0.14.0")
-- Board: nrf52840dongle_nrf52840
-- Found host-tools: zephyr 0.16.5 (/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk)
-- Found toolchain: zephyr 0.16.5 (/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk)
-- Found Dtc: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/bin/dtc (found suitable version "1.6.1", minimum required is "1.4.6") 
-- Found BOARD.dts: /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.dts
-- Generated zephyr.dts: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/zephyr.dts
-- Generated devicetree_generated.h: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/include/generated/devicetree_generated.h
-- Including generated dts.cmake file: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/dts.cmake
Parsing /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/Kconfig
Loaded configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840_defconfig'
Merged configuration '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/prj.conf'
Configuration saved to '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/.config'
Kconfig header saved to '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/zephyr/include/generated/autoconf.h'
-- Found GnuLd: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/12.2.0/../../../../arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/ld.bfd (found version "2.38") 
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 12.2.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 12.2.0
-- The ASM compiler identification is GNU
-- Found assembler: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/arm-zephyr-eabi-gcc
CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/subsys/usb/device/CMakeLists.txt:22 (message):
  CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_VID has default value 0x2FE3.

  This value is only for testing and MUST be configured for USB products.


CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/subsys/usb/device/CMakeLists.txt:28 (message):
  CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_PID has default value 0x100.

  This value is only for testing and MUST be configured for USB products.


-- Found Python3: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/python@3.9/bin/python3.9 (found version "3.9.6") found components: Interpreter 

=== child image mcuboot -  begin ===
loading initial cache file /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/child_image_preload.cmake
Loading Zephyr default modules (Zephyr base).
-- Application: /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/bootloader/mcuboot/boot/zephyr
-- CMake version: 3.21.0
-- Found Python3: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/python@3.9/bin/python3.9 (found suitable version "3.9.6", minimum required is "3.8") found components: Interpreter 
-- Cache files will be written to: /Users/quark11/Library/Caches/zephyr
-- Zephyr version: 3.5.99 (/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr)
-- Found west (found suitable version "1.2.0", minimum required is "0.14.0")
-- Board: nrf52840dongle_nrf52840
-- Found host-tools: zephyr 0.16.5 (/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk)
-- Found toolchain: zephyr 0.16.5 (/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk)
-- Found Dtc: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/bin/dtc (found suitable version "1.6.1", minimum required is "1.4.6") 
-- Found BOARD.dts: /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.dts
-- Found devicetree overlay: /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/modules/mcuboot/usb.overlay
-- Generated zephyr.dts: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/zephyr.dts
-- Generated devicetree_generated.h: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/include/generated/devicetree_generated.h
-- Including generated dts.cmake file: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/dts.cmake
Parsing /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/bootloader/mcuboot/boot/zephyr/Kconfig
Loaded configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840_defconfig'
Merged configuration '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/child_image/mcuboot/boards/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.conf'
Merged configuration '/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/subsys/partition_manager/partition_manager_enabled.conf'
Merged configuration '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/misc/generated/extra_kconfig_options.conf'
Configuration saved to '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/.config'
Kconfig header saved to '/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/include/generated/autoconf.h'
-- Found GnuLd: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/12.2.0/../../../../arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/ld.bfd (found version "2.38") 
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 12.2.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 12.2.0
-- The ASM compiler identification is GNU
-- Found assembler: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/arm-zephyr-eabi-gcc
CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/subsys/usb/device/CMakeLists.txt:22 (message):
  CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_VID has default value 0x2FE3.

  This value is only for testing and MUST be configured for USB products.


CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/subsys/usb/device/CMakeLists.txt:28 (message):
  CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_PID has default value 0x100.

  This value is only for testing and MUST be configured for USB products.


CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/lib/flash_patch/CMakeLists.txt:8 (message):
  

        ----------------------------------------------------------
        --- WARNING: To maintain the integrity of secure boot, ---
        --- enable CONFIG_DISABLE_FLASH_PATCH in production.   ---
        ----------------------------------------------------------


-- Using ccache: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/bin/ccache
MCUBoot bootloader key file: /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/bootloader/mcuboot/root-ec-p256.pem
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot
=== child image mcuboot -  end ===

CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/modules/mcuboot/CMakeLists.txt:382 (message):
  

          ---------------------------------------------------------
          --- WARNING: Using default MCUBoot key, it should not ---
          --- be used for production.                           ---
          ---------------------------------------------------------
          



-- Using ccache: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/bin/ccache
CMake Warning at /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrf/cmake/partition_manager.cmake:79 (message):
  

          ---------------------------------------------------------------------
          --- WARNING: Using a bootloader without pm_static.yml.            ---
          --- There are cases where a deployed product can consist of       ---
          --- multiple images, and only a subset of these images can be     ---
          --- upgraded through a firmware update mechanism. In such cases,  ---
          --- the upgradable images must have partitions that are static    ---
          --- and are matching the partition map used by the bootloader     ---
          --- programmed onto the device.                                   ---
          ---------------------------------------------------------------------
          

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/cmake/modules/kernel.cmake:248 (include)
  /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/cmake/modules/zephyr_default.cmake:138 (include)
  /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:66 (include)
  /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr/share/zephyr-package/cmake/ZephyrConfig.cmake:92 (include_boilerplate)
  CMakeLists.txt:8 (find_package)


-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle
-- west build: building application
[1/310] Preparing syscall dependency handling

[4/310] Generating include/generated/app_version.h
-- git describe failed: fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
[8/310] Generating include/generated/version.h
-- Zephyr version: 3.5.99 (/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr), build: v3.5.99-ncs1
[1/189] Preparing syscall dependency handling

[4/189] Generating include/generated/version.h
-- Zephyr version: 3.5.99 (/opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/zephyr), build: v3.5.99-ncs1
[184/189] Linking C executable zephyr/zephyr_pre0.elf
FAILED: zephyr/zephyr_pre0.elf zephyr/zephyr_pre0.map /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/zephyr_pre0.map 
: && ccache /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/arm-zephyr-eabi-gcc  -gdwarf-4 zephyr/CMakeFiles/zephyr_pre0.dir/misc/empty_file.c.obj -o zephyr/zephyr_pre0.elf  zephyr/CMakeFiles/offsets.dir/./arch/arm/core/offsets/offsets.c.obj  -fuse-ld=bfd  -T  zephyr/linker_zephyr_pre0.cmd  -Wl,-Map=/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/zephyr_pre0.map  -Wl,--whole-archive  app/libapp.a  zephyr/libzephyr.a  zephyr/arch/common/libarch__common.a  zephyr/arch/arch/arm/core/libarch__arm__core.a  zephyr/arch/arch/arm/core/cortex_m/libarch__arm__core__cortex_m.a  zephyr/arch/arch/arm/core/mpu/libarch__arm__core__mpu.a  zephyr/lib/libc/picolibc/liblib__libc__picolibc.a  zephyr/lib/libc/common/liblib__libc__common.a  zephyr/soc/soc/arm/nordic_nrf/libsoc__arm__nordic_nrf.a  zephyr/boards/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/libboards__arm__nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.a  zephyr/drivers/usb/device/libdrivers__usb__device.a  zephyr/drivers/usb/common/nrf_usbd_common/libdrivers__usb__common__nrf_usbd_common.a  zephyr/drivers/clock_control/libdrivers__clock_control.a  zephyr/drivers/console/libdrivers__console.a  zephyr/drivers/flash/libdrivers__flash.a  zephyr/drivers/gpio/libdrivers__gpio.a  zephyr/drivers/hwinfo/libdrivers__hwinfo.a  zephyr/drivers/pinctrl/libdrivers__pinctrl.a  zephyr/drivers/serial/libdrivers__serial.a  zephyr/drivers/timer/libdrivers__timer.a  modules/nrf/lib/fatal_error/lib..__nrf__lib__fatal_error.a  modules/nrf/drivers/hw_cc3xx/lib..__nrf__drivers__hw_cc3xx.a  modules/mcuboot/boot/bootutil/zephyr/libmcuboot_util.a  modules/hal_nordic/nrfx/libmodules__hal_nordic__nrfx.a  -Wl,--no-whole-archive  zephyr/kernel/libkernel.a  -L"/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/12.2.0/thumb/v7e-m+fp/hard"  -L/Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr  -lgcc  zephyr/arch/common/libisr_tables.a  -mcpu=cortex-m4  -mthumb  -mabi=aapcs  -mfpu=fpv4-sp-d16  -mfloat-abi=hard  -mfp16-format=ieee  -mtp=soft  -Wl,--gc-sections  -Wl,--build-id=none  -Wl,--sort-common=descending  -Wl,--sort-section=alignment  -Wl,-u,_OffsetAbsSyms  -Wl,-u,_ConfigAbsSyms  -nostdlib  -static  -Wl,-X  -Wl,-N  -Wl,--orphan-handling=warn  -Wl,-no-pie  -DPICOLIBC_DOUBLE_PRINTF_SCANF  /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrfxlib/crypto/nrf_cc310_platform/lib/cortex-m4/hard-float/no-interrupts/libnrf_cc310_platform_0.9.19.a  --specs=picolibc.specs  -lc  -lgcc  /opt/nordic/ncs/v2.6.0/nrfxlib/crypto/nrf_cc310_bl/lib/cortex-m4/hard-float/no-interrupts/libnrf_cc310_bl_0.9.12.a && cd /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr && /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/Cellar/cmake/3.21.0/bin/cmake -E true
/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/12.2.0/../../../../arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/ld.bfd: zephyr/zephyr_pre0.elf section `text' will not fit in region `FLASH'
/opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/opt/zephyr-sdk/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/12.2.0/../../../../arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/ld.bfd: region `FLASH' overflowed by 8876 bytes
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
[290/310] Linking C static library zephyr/subsys/mgmt/mcumgr/grp/img_mgmt/libsubsys__mgmt__mcumgr__grp__img_mgmt.a
FAILED: modules/mcuboot/mcuboot_subimage-prefix/src/mcuboot_subimage-stamp/mcuboot_subimage-build mcuboot/zephyr/zephyr.hex mcuboot/zephyr/zephyr.elf /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/modules/mcuboot/mcuboot_subimage-prefix/src/mcuboot_subimage-stamp/mcuboot_subimage-build /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/zephyr.hex /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot/zephyr/zephyr.elf 
cd /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle/mcuboot && /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/Cellar/cmake/3.21.0/bin/cmake --build . --
[293/310] Building C object CMakeFiles/app.dir/src/main.c.obj
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
FATAL ERROR: command exited with status 1: /opt/nordic/ncs/toolchains/580e4ef81c/bin/cmake --build /Users/quark11/Documents/2024_dfu_projects/ble_peripheral_lbs/build_nrf52dongle

 *  The terminal process terminated with exit code: 1. 
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Regards,
Ravi

RE: nRF52840 with MCUBoot NCS 2.6.0 fails to build

Amanda Hsieh — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:06:15 GMT

Hi,

Due to the Easter holidays in Norway, we are less staffed than usual. You can expect a delayed answer.

[quote user=""]Is this because I'm using a bootloader without a pm_static.yml file?[/quote]

The problem appears that 'CONFIG_MULTITHREADING' and 'CONFIG_SPI_NOR' are not enabled for the MCUBoot build. To fix this, you can create a folder named 'child_image' in your project and add the necessary Kconfig file for the bootloader. Attached is an example that enables these symbols for the bootloader.

[quote user=""]Do I need to create a pm_static.yml with partitions info from the board’s devicetree overlay and add the yml file to the project?[/quote]

The partition manager would generate partitions.yml automatically without pm_static.yml. You could duplicate the partitions.yml under the build folder, rename it to pm_static.yml, and put it under the app for the next build. See Static partition requirement for DFU

Regards,
Amanda H.