Cannot boot MSI PRO Z690-A DDR5 after flashing v1.1.1 Dasharo firmware on a platform with v1.1.3

[TomaszAIR]

Component

Dasharo firmware

Device

MSI Pro Z690-A

Dasharo version

v1.1.1

Dasharo Tools Suite version

v1.2.21

Brief summary

Platform does not boot after flashing bios region of v1.1.1 Dasharo firmware

How reproducible

Every time

How to reproduce

Flash Dasharo firmware v1.1.3 on MSI PRO Z690-A DDR5 using all regions
Flash bios region of Dasharo firmware v1.1.1 on MSI PRO Z690-A DDR5

Expected behavior

Platform works, can see Dasharo image at boot on connected display

Actual behavior

Nothing on display. CPU fan starts, also see some leds on ethernet port

Screenshots

No response

Additional context

No response

Solutions you've tried

Internal flash with DTS and external flash using RTE
Removing CMOS battery after flashing v1.1.1 to reset any settings

[TomaszAIR]

@miczyg1 any idea what we could do to debug this?

[miczyg1]

I guess, we need to flash a debug builds and see what happens on serial port...

[TomaszAIR]

@miczyg1 do we have any or can you provide one? I will be working on MSI with osfv in next few days so I can check that

[miczyg1]

@TomaszAIR try this one: https://cloud.3mdeb.com/index.php/s/GWZE2dzip7HN9RG

[TomaszAIR]

@miczyg1 this is what I got https://paste.dasharo.com/?10c9291f9421ef77#DzYmFooRznUdgPjaV5Zy11wPFgunB32uKZLESkm7GfVy

It looks like it tried to start three times and then gave up

[miczyg1]

It looks like it restarts in the memory initialization in FSP... It will require some deeper investigation. Not sure though what causes it...

[miczyg1]

@TomaszAIR what are the intervals between the restarts? Does the board do a power cycle?

[TomaszAIR]

@miczyg1 ~126 seconds between attempts, logs with timestamps https://paste.dasharo.com/?9c8408a7e19a112a#Az5Zs6KMX2t7yMEwn98b5Ad6fMN3udYqyQ15FjMLmxma

Does the board do a power cycle?

I think it does, I can spot fan going down for a moment and then starting to work once again.

[zirblazer]

CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13600K 3.50GHz

1.1.1 is not intended to POST with Raptor Lake. Actually. the idea was that DTS should NOT allow you to flash 1.1.1 if there is a Raptor Lake installed because you will brick.

[TomaszAIR]

@miczyg1 so it looks like we changed CPU in our lab for that platform? I would suspect that we did test v1.1.1 with DDR5 on some configuration.

Actually. the idea was that DTS should NOT allow you to flash 1.1.1 if there is a Raptor Lake installed because you will brick.

@zirblazer I think that is still in DTS and it does not allow to flash with scripts. But in my case I flashed from the terminal using flashrom command typed by hand.

[miczyg1]

@zirblazer is right... We swapped CPU at a later time. V1.1.1 does not support 13th gen yet, that is why we have added a check for v1.1.1: #440

So basically going back to v1.1.1 with a CPU newer than 12th gen is forbidden

[Forge64]

1.2.21 just helpfully flashed 1.1.1 on my Z690-A with 13900K. Not sure if the check wasn't added yet or didn't trigger. Was a fully automated flash from DTS, I had entered my DES credentials but was receiving a network error on attempting to flash DES builds, attempted the community build to troubleshoot, it proceeded to flash and reboot. Bricked board till my CH431A arrives.

[macpijan]

It was fixed on the branch, but not part of a release under https://github.com/Dasharo/meta-dts/releases yet.
@artur-rs we might need to accelerate the next DTS release to include this, as this may lead to a bricked board for non-DES users with 13th Gen CPU.

EDIT: This check seems to be a part of this v1.2.21 already: https://github.com/Dasharo/meta-dts/releases/tag/v1.2.21. Perhaps the 13900K is not properly detected here? Can you please provide lscpu on your side @Forge64 , as far as I can see, we use it to distinguish the CPU gen.

On our side, we have 13600k and 14700k, so should be verified on these. Can have it double-checked tomorrow.

[Forge64]

It was fixed on the branch, but not part of a release under https://github.com/Dasharo/meta-dts/releases yet. @artur-rs we might need to accelerate the next DTS release to include this, as this may lead to a bricked board for non-DES users with 13th Gen CPU.

EDIT: This check seems to be a part of this v1.2.21 already: https://github.com/Dasharo/meta-dts/releases/tag/v1.2.21. Perhaps the 13900K is not properly detected here? Can you please provide lscpu on your side @Forge64 , as far as I can see, we use it to distinguish the CPU gen.

On our side, we have 13600k and 14700k, so should be verified on these. Can have it double-checked tomorrow.

https://pastebin.com/c5GHESU2

The check as written returns 1, but it doesn't seem to trigger the -ne 0 eval immediately after. Not sure why, haven't dug into it, as I'm no longer using DTS. I can burn a flash and test in DTS if that's needed, maybe add some checkpoints to see where it fails. Would like to avoid flashing 1.1.1 again if possible, my CH341A setup is annoying to attach. I'm able to build, flash, and run 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 without issue.