[Cbe-oss-dev] ps3-boot-game-os can't change boot flag

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> >> ps3-boot-game-os doesn't work on one of our PS3.
> >> # ps3-boot-game-os
> >> os_area_header_read: read error: os_area_header: Input/outpur error
> >> main:627: os_area_read_hp error.
> >> ERROR: can't change boot flag
> >>
> >> Screenshot and dmesg are attached.
> >>
> >> We can repoduce it with ps3-petitboot-09.07.01.bld
> >> (ps3-utils-2.3 and linux-2.6.28.10) and kboot based boot loader.
> >> So it's not recent regression.
> >>
> >> We cannot reproduce it on our other PS3 consoles but I found some people
> >> reporting same error by googling with "ps3flash read failed 0x2050000".
> >
> > 0x2050000 means:
> >
> >   - 0x02 = SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION
> >   - 0x05 (sense_key) = ILLEGAL_REQUEST
> >   - 0x00 (asc)
> >   - 0x00 (ascq)
> >
> > Can you please #define DEBUG at the top of drivers/char/ps3flash.c, so we
> > can
> > find out which request fails?
> 
> The request is:
> ps3flash sb_03: ps3flash_read:119: Reading 64 bytes at position 0 to user
> 0x00000000ffdf30b4

So it's just reading the first 256 KiB from the FLASH ROM, which should always
succeed.

> > BTW, which PS3 model is this (CECH?)?
> 
> The PS3 model is CECHH00
> We have another CECHH00 but ps3-boot-game-os works on this one.

Do both have PS3 firmware version 2.7.6?

Thanks!

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
Software Architect
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