Bootswapping operation is very unstable, even more in release

Hi everyone,

Context of the project

I'm working on a bootloader project based on RL78. I set my memory like this : 

This idea is to jump from application to bootloader when I want to update the application and to jump from bootloader to application when I'm finished with the upload.

Major Issue

I'm able to start bootloader, flash the program, jump to application, jump to bootloader and flash program again. But this is ok like 50% of the time in DEBUG. The first start and flash is always working, the first jump is almost always working and after that it depends.

In release mode, it is even worse. I can start bootloader, flash the program and most of the time I can't even jump to the application

How did I code that ?

I'm based on the renesas FSL library and working on the R5F10DPJ microcontroller. To perform the bootswapping, I'm using this function : 

void Flash_SwapBootCluster()
{
	fsl_u08 fsl_status;
	UINT32 wait;
	
	// Open FSL and prepare all functions
	FSL_Open();
	FSL_PrepareExtFunctions();

	// Invert bootflag to start correct bootloader and close FSL
	fsl_status = FSL_InvertBootFlag();
	while(fsl_status != FSL_OK)
	{
		fsl_status = FSL_InvertBootFlag();
	}

	// Close FSL
	FSL_Close();

	/* Delay */
	wait = (UINT32)0;
	while(wait < (UINT32)10000)
	{
		wait++;
	}

	// Perform swapping of bootcluster
	fsl_status = FSL_SwapBootCluster();
	while(fsl_status != FSL_OK)
	{
		fsl_status = FSL_SwapBootCluster();
	}
}

I start to be out of idea, am I doing something wrong with this boot swapping ?

Thanks in advance and have a good day !

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  • Hello,

    First of all your memory layout is a bit confusing.

    There should be boot cluster 0 (for the one boot program) and boot program 1 (for the other boot program), if you want to use the boot swap mechanism. On top of them there should be the application(s).

    The boot program must exist only inside the memory size of a boot cluster.

    Regarding the boot swap, after calling FSL_InvertBootFlag you should issue a software reset so the boot swap takes place. The new bootloader is active after reset.

  • Hi, thanks for your answer Slight smile

    Concerning my memory organization, I aggre it wasn't very clear. In fact, there is 2 applications : The one handling the bootloading process to update the flash and the other one, the main application. Each of these application have their own boot (interrupt vector, ...)

    Ok so calling the FSL_SwapBootCluster is not necessary since I already inverted boot flag. I just need to perform the reset then. I'll try this thanks !

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  • Hi, thanks for your answer Slight smile

    Concerning my memory organization, I aggre it wasn't very clear. In fact, there is 2 applications : The one handling the bootloading process to update the flash and the other one, the main application. Each of these application have their own boot (interrupt vector, ...)

    Ok so calling the FSL_SwapBootCluster is not necessary since I already inverted boot flag. I just need to perform the reset then. I'll try this thanks !

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