Can't flash nRF54H20 after updating the SDFW when migrating to NCS 2.8.0

RE: Can't flash nRF54H20 after updating the SDFW when migrating to NCS 2.8.0

Simonr — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:44:55 GMT

Hi Alejandro

Oh, right. Then I think the best would be to use a new custom board and bring it up according to the custom PCB user guide. You can see there that for one there is a caution message saying that a mismatch between the board and the configured BICR values can damage the device or set it in an unrecoverable state, so you should definitely "start over" on a fresh board to see if that fixes the issue you're seeing or not. The error you're seeing is still similar and points to the issue being in the local domains, but that could be because the incorrect BICR has been flashed onto the board.

Best regards,

Simon

RE: Can't flash nRF54H20 after updating the SDFW when migrating to NCS 2.8.0

alealfaro97 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:11:54 GMT

Hi Simon, I tried that and then try to flash the application. I'm not having any issues flashing anymore but I'm still facing issues with board booting up and being responsive. If I get the boot-status I'm getting this output again:

Boot status: Failure (0x0bafff76)
Failure description:
Stage: Secure Domain firmware
Step: An error occurred while booting the local domains (0xaf)
Status code: -138

I was investigating and found this page on custom board bring-up. I wasn't aware the BICR firmware is board-specific and the one provided in the migration guide is only compatible with the nRF54H20 DKs. I flashed this BICR firmware to my custom board when I was trying to migrate and could've that caused this issue? I've tried to generate the BICR hex file using the custom board BICR device tree file (which we used when bringing-up for the first time) and flashing it according to the guide but not luck so far. If this is the issue is there any way to recover the board?

docs.nordicsemi.com/.../ug_nrf54h20_custom_pcb.html

RE: Can't flash nRF54H20 after updating the SDFW when migrating to NCS 2.8.0

Simonr — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 07:14:19 GMT

Yes, you're right. NCS 2.8.0 will be the correct NCS version here. Sorry about the confusion.

Can you try erasing the states of local domains and then recover the device with the following commands:

nrfutil device x-boot-mode-set --boot-mode safe --traits jlink
nrfutil device erase --all --log-level trace --core Application --traits jlink
nrfutil device erase --all --log-level trace --core Network --traits jlink
nrfutil device x-boot-mode-set --boot-mode normal --traits jlink

Best regards,

Simon

RE: Can't flash nRF54H20 after updating the SDFW when migrating to NCS 2.8.0

alealfaro97 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:26:37 GMT

Hi Simon, the nRF54H20 SoC on my board is an engineering B revision so according to the migration guide it can't be supported in NCS 2.9.0. Is there any there other ideas of what I could do to recover the device?

RE: Can't flash nRF54H20 after updating the SDFW when migrating to NCS 2.8.0

Simonr — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 08:52:49 GMT

Hi Alejandro

This points to there being an error while booting the local domains, so can you confirm that you now have version 0.7.0 of the SDFWwhich is the correct one according to the NCS 2.8.0 migration guide and that you flashed these after purging the device as stated here: https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/ncs-latest/page/nrf/releases_and_maturity/migration/migration_guide_2.8.html#nrf54h20_soc_binaries

Another thing you could try is to move to the nRF54H20 release candidate of NCS 2.9.0, that is the latest version of the SDK made for nRF54H20 devices. Note that there are some more migration steps necessary there. https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/ncs-latest/page/nrf/releases_and_maturity/migration/migration_guide_2.9.0-nrf54h20-rc1.html

Best regards,

Simon

RE: Can't flash nRF54H20 after updating the SDFW when migrating to NCS 2.8.0

alealfaro97 — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:20:56 GMT

I flashed the device (which is an improvement as I couldn't flash it before) but it's not booting up. I ran the boot-status-get command and I'm getting a new output:

Boot status: Failure (0x0bafff76)
Failure description:
Stage: Secure Domain firmware
Step: An error occurred while booting the local domains (0xaf)
Status code: -138

RE: Can't flash nRF54H20 after updating the SDFW when migrating to NCS 2.8.0

Simonr — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:45:28 GMT

The boot status "0x0bafffff" is the default code when the device is in RoT with no application loaded onto the application core, so that should not be an issue here. Try flashing the board with some application data, as that should make an application boot and run.

Best regards,

Simon

RE: Can't flash nRF54H20 after updating the SDFW when migrating to NCS 2.8.0

alealfaro97 — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:11:29 GMT

I'm getting the following output when I get the boot status:

Boot status: Failure (0x0bafffff)

Failure description:

Stage: Secure Domain firmware

Step: An error occurred while booting the local domains (0xaf)

Status code: -1

The nrfutil device x-suit-dfu command return successfully. I also ran nrfutil device x-sdfw-version-get --firmware-slot uslot --serial-numbel <> and got:

sdfw_version 8.0.2+0

Which is a version higher than before.

RE: Can't flash nRF54H20 after updating the SDFW when migrating to NCS 2.8.0

Simonr — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:36:28 GMT

Can you try running the following command to see the boot status of your device? nrfutil device x-boot-status-get --serial-number <serial number>

This could be related to what version of SDFW you have on the board. What NCS version were you on when you did the bring-up of the board on your end? Can you confirm the migration and flashing of the latest binaries was successful on your end? What did the nrfutil device x-suit-dfu --firmware nrf54h20_soc_binaries_v0.7.0_<revision>.zip --serial-number <serial_number> command return with?

Best regards,

Simon