Hello, I develop the dfu for my application. I started testing the dfu process with maximum image size that I can build and I need some help here.
Here is my pm_static.yml:
# flash primary:
mcuboot:
address: 0x0
end_address: 0x10000
placement:
before:
- mcuboot_primary
region: flash_primary
size: 0x10000
mcuboot_primary:
address: 0x10000
end_address: 0xe8000
orig_span: &id001
- mcuboot_pad
- app
- tfm
region: flash_primary
size: 0xd8000
span: *id001
tfm_secure:
address: 0x10000
end_address: 0x50000
orig_span: &id008
- mcuboot_pad
- tfm
region: flash_primary
size: 0x40000
span: *id008
mcuboot_pad:
address: 0x10000
end_address: 0x10200
placement:
align:
start: 0x8000
before:
- mcuboot_primary_app
region: flash_primary
size: 0x200
mcuboot_primary_app:
address: 0x10200
end_address: 0xe8000
orig_span: &id002
- app
- tfm
region: flash_primary
size: 0xd7e00
span: *id002
tfm:
address: 0x10200
end_address: 0x50000
inside:
- mcuboot_primary_app
placement:
before:
- app
region: flash_primary
size: 0x3fe00
tfm_nonsecure:
address: 0x50000
end_address: 0xe7000
orig_span: &id007
- app
region: flash_primary
size: 0x97000
span: *id007
app:
address: 0x50000
end_address: 0xe7000
region: flash_primary
size: 0x97000
swap_move_region:
address: 0xe7000
end_address: 0xe8000
region: flash_primary
size: 0x1000
tfm_storage:
address: 0xe8000
end_address: 0xfc000
orig_span: &id009
- tfm_ps
- tfm_its
- tfm_otp_nv_counters
region: flash_primary
size: 0x14000
span: *id009
tfm_its:
address: 0xe8000
end_address: 0xea000
inside:
- tfm_storage
placement:
align:
start: 0x8000
before:
- tfm_otp_nv_counters
region: flash_primary
size: 0x2000
EMPTY_2:
address: 0xea000
end_address: 0xf0000
placement:
after:
- tfm_its
region: flash_primary
size: 0x6000
tfm_otp_nv_counters:
address: 0xf0000
end_address: 0xf2000
inside:
- tfm_storage
placement:
align:
start: 0x8000
before:
- tfm_ps
region: flash_primary
size: 0x2000
EMPTY_1:
address: 0xf2000
end_address: 0xf8000
placement:
after:
- tfm_otp_nv_counters
region: flash_primary
size: 0x6000
tfm_ps:
address: 0xf8000
end_address: 0xfc000
inside:
- tfm_storage
placement:
align:
start: 0x8000
before:
- end
region: flash_primary
size: 0x4000
EMPTY_0:
address: 0xfc000
end_address: 0x100000
placement:
after:
- tfm_ps
region: flash_primary
size: 0x4000
# otp
otp:
address: 0xff8108
end_address: 0xff83fc
region: otp
size: 0x2f4
# sram primary
mcuboot_sram:
address: 0x20000000
end_address: 0x20010000
orig_span: &id003
- tfm_sram
region: sram_primary
size: 0x10000
span: *id003
sram_secure:
address: 0x20000000
end_address: 0x20010000
orig_span: &id006
- tfm_sram
region: sram_primary
size: 0x10000
span: *id006
tfm_sram:
address: 0x20000000
end_address: 0x20010000
inside:
- sram_secure
placement:
after:
- start
region: sram_primary
size: 0x10000
sram_nonsecure:
address: 0x20010000
end_address: 0x20040000
orig_span: &id005
- sram_primary
- nrf_modem_lib_ctrl
- nrf_modem_lib_tx
- nrf_modem_lib_rx
region: sram_primary
size: 0x30000
span: *id005
nrf_modem_lib_sram:
address: 0x20010000
end_address: 0x20014568
orig_span: &id004
- nrf_modem_lib_ctrl
- nrf_modem_lib_tx
- nrf_modem_lib_rx
region: sram_primary
size: 0x4568
span: *id004
nrf_modem_lib_ctrl:
address: 0x20010000
end_address: 0x200104e8
inside:
- sram_nonsecure
placement:
after:
- tfm_sram
- start
region: sram_primary
size: 0x4e8
nrf_modem_lib_tx:
address: 0x200104e8
end_address: 0x20012568
inside:
- sram_nonsecure
placement:
after:
- nrf_modem_lib_ctrl
region: sram_primary
size: 0x2080
nrf_modem_lib_rx:
address: 0x20012568
end_address: 0x20014568
inside:
- sram_nonsecure
placement:
after:
- nrf_modem_lib_tx
region: sram_primary
size: 0x2000
sram_primary:
address: 0x20014568
end_address: 0x20040000
region: sram_primary
size: 0x2ba98
# external flash:
littlefs_storage:
address: 0x0
end_address: 0x4000000
region: external_flash
size: 0x4000000
fmfu_storage:
address: 0x4000000
end_address: 0x4400000
region: external_flash
size: 0x400000
external_flash:
address: 0x4400000
end_address: 0x7f29000
region: external_flash
size: 0x3B29000
mcuboot_secondary:
address: 0x7f29000
end_address: 0x8000000
region: external_flash
size: 0xd7000
I had to limit the imgtool max slot size to 4kB less than mcuboot secondary slot size with the following configuration:
CONFIG_MCUBOOT_EXTRA_IMGTOOL_ARGS="--slot-size 0xD6000"
Otherwise, the mcuboot says that the image in secondary slot is not valid (too big).
With such configuration, I can perform dfu for max possible image size that I can build and everything seems to work fine, but the mcuboot prints the following warning:
Non-optimal sector distribution, slot0 has 214 usable sectors (216 assigned) but slot1 has 215 assigned
That suggests the mcuboot secondary slot should be 1 sector lower (4kB) but I don't understand why. If I lower the mcuboot secondary slot by 1 sector, the warning disappears, but I also have to lower the imgtool slot size argument to 0xD5000, to make the dfu pass (which seems to be wasting 1 sector).
So my questions are:
1. Is my pm_static.yml configured okay? Is it the correct way to reserve 1 sector (4kB) for swap using move algorithm?
2. Why mcuboot warns me about non-optimal sector distribution?
3. Is it necessary to limit the imgtool output to 1 memory sector less than the mcuboot secondary slot size?
nRF9160, NCS 2.9.0
