Program nRF9160DK inside of an ubuntu container on windows docker desktop

RE: Program nRF9160DK inside of an ubuntu container on windows docker desktop

Håkon Alseth — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:44:23 GMT

It looks like you are experiencing usb pass-through issues with docker.

We do not have any experience with docker in windows, so I would recommend that you ask about this in docker related forums.

Kind regards,

Håkon

RE: Program nRF9160DK inside of an ubuntu container on windows docker desktop

Salvo — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:09:55 GMT

Here what i get:

root@84bad2adf27d:/nRF91_Projects/hello_world# JLinkExe
SEGGER J-Link Commander V7.63b (Compiled Mar  1 2022 16:41:19)
DLL version V7.63b, compiled Mar  1 2022 16:41:04

Connecting to J-Link via USB...FAILED: Cannot connect to J-Link.
J-Link>

RE: Program nRF9160DK inside of an ubuntu container on windows docker desktop

Håkon Alseth — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:01:15 GMT

What does "JLinkExe" output if you try to run that manually?

It sounds like you have permission problems. Have you followed any guides on how to forward a usb device to a docker instance? If you google "segger docker" - you should be able to find more information/guides on how to set it up.

Kind regards,

Håkon

RE: Program nRF9160DK inside of an ubuntu container on windows docker desktop

Salvo — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:47:13 GMT

Thanks to this link i solve the issue of internal error. Now i get:

root@84bad2adf27d:/nRF91_Projects/hello_world# nrfjprog -v
nrfjprog version: 10.15.3 external
JLinkARM.dll version: 7.63b

But, when i try to connect to the dk for i.e. a sectorerase command i get the following:

root@84bad2adf27d:/nRF91_Projects/hello_world# nrfjprog --sectorerase -f nrf91
ERROR: Unable to connect to a debugger.
ERROR: JLinkARM DLL reported an error. Try again. If error condition
ERROR: persists, run the same command again with argument --log, contact Nordic
ERROR: Semiconductor and provide the generated log.log file to them.
NOTE: For additional output, try running again with logging enabled (--log).
NOTE: Any generated log error messages will be displayed.

With log parameter:

root@84bad2adf27d:/nRF91_Projects/hello_world# nrfjprog --sectorerase -f nrf91 --log
ERROR: Unable to connect to a debugger.
ERROR: [SeggerBackend] - JLinkARM.dll Open returned error 'Cannot connect to J-Link.'
ERROR: [SeggerBackend] - JLinkARM.dll Open returned error 'Failed to open DLL'
ERROR: [SeggerBackend] - Cannot call is_connected_to_device when connect_to_emu_without_snr or connect_to_emu_with_snr has not been called.
ERROR: JLinkARM DLL reported an error. Try again. If error condition
ERROR: persists, run the same command again with argument --log, contact Nordic
ERROR: Semiconductor and provide the generated log.log file to them.

Return of lsusb command:

root@84bad2adf27d:/nRF91_Projects/hello_world# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1366:1055 SEGGER J-Link
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

RE: Program nRF9160DK inside of an ubuntu container on windows docker desktop

Salvo — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:29:40 GMT

I discover that even if i run a sample command i get errors:

root@52678d337f2f:~# nrfjprog -v
ERROR: An internal error has occurred, please try again.
NOTE: For additional output, try running again with logging enabled (--log).
NOTE: Any generated log error messages will be displayed

I'm currently installing JLink drivers with

RUN dpkg -i JLink_Linux_V763b_x86_64.deb

and nrf command line tools with

RUN dpkg -i nrf-command-line-tools_10.15.3_amd64.deb

Am i doing this correctly?

RE: Program nRF9160DK inside of an ubuntu container on windows docker desktop

Salvo — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:15:30 GMT

Do you mean through the nrfjprog commands?

RE: Program nRF9160DK inside of an ubuntu container on windows docker desktop

Håkon Alseth — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:04:17 GMT

Can you interface the DK manually inside the container?

RE: Program nRF9160DK inside of an ubuntu container on windows docker desktop

Salvo — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 09:49:22 GMT

Yes i copied the rules, but the problem is that

 service udev status

returns that udev is not supported inside docker containers. Any suggestion to solve this issue?

RE: Program nRF9160DK inside of an ubuntu container on windows docker desktop

Håkon Alseth — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:37:27 GMT

Hi,

Q1: Did you have the segger jlink udev rules in place?

https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win/issues/96#issuecomment-992804504

Q2: Does nrfjprog work as intended in the shell?

for instance "nrfjprog --program /path/to/zephyr.hex --sectorerase -f nrf52 --verify"

Kind regards,

Håkon