Trying to flash FB OCP2.0 Mellanox Connect-X 4 Lx 50G to Mellanox firmware, No "MFG_INFO"

[Karpo]

Hi,

any ideas what to do when getting error:
sudo flint -d /dev/mst/mt4117_pciconf0 -i fw-ConnectX4Lx-rel-14_32_1900-MCX4431M-GCA_Bx-UEFI-14.25.17-FlexBoot-3.6.502.bin -allow_psid_change burn
Done.-E- Burning FS3 image failed: No "MFG_INFO" info section.

home:~/mellanox/firmware$ sudo mstflint -d 5e:00.0 q
Image type: FS3
FW Version: 14.27.2606
FW Release Date: 13.1.2021
Product Version: 14.27.2606
Rom Info: type=UEFI version=14.20.22 cpu=AMD64 type=PXE version=3.5.901 cpu=AMD64
Description: UID GuidsNumber
Base GUID: 506b4b0300c5d338 8 Base
MAC: 506b4bc5d338 8
Image VSD: N/A
Device VSD: N/A
PSID: FB_2510111032
Security Attributes: N/A

card:
MCX4431M-GCAx_FB_Bx


tried with mstflint also with same error.

Cannot get DPDK software working with the current firmware so Mellanox one would be better.

 

[nasbdh9]

Try adding -ocr --nofs parameters

 

[Karpo]

Thank you, sadly it did not work:

:~/mellanox/firmware$ sudo flint -ocr --nofs -d 5e:00.0 -i fw-ConnectX4Lx-rel-14_32_1900-MCX4431M-GCA_Bx-UEFI-14.25.17-FlexBoot-3.6.502.bin -allow_psid_change burn


-W- Firmware flash cache access is enabled. Running in this mode may cause the firmware to hang.


Done.


Current FW version on flash: N/A


New FW version: 14.32.1900





Burn process will not be failsafe. No checks will be performed.


If this process fails, computer may remain in an inoperable state.





Do you want to continue ? (y/n) [n] : y


-E- Burning FS3 image failed: Cannot integrate device data sections: device data sections are corrupted. please ignore extracting device data sections.




Wondering if should try MCX4431A family cards instead

 

[Karpo]

Got possibly some progress, maybe -ignore_dev_data is needed:

2:~/mellanox/firmware$ sudo flint -d 5e:00.0 -i fw-ConnectX4Lx-rel-14_32_1900-MCX4431M-GCA_Bx-UEFI-14.25.17-FlexBoot-3.6.502.bin -ocr -ignore_dev_data -allow_psid_change -nofs --yes burn



-W- Firmware flash cache access is enabled. Running in this mode may cause the firmware to hang.


Done.


Current FW version on flash: N/A


New FW version: 14.32.1900



Burn process will not be failsafe. No checks will be performed.

ALL flash, including the device data sections will be overwritten.

If this process fails, computer may remain in an inoperable state.


Do you want to continue ? (y/n) [n] : y

-E- Burning FS3 image failed: Cannot burn device data sections, Flash is write protected.



Tried with:

2:~/mellanox/firmware$ sudo flint -d 5e:00.0 -ocr hw set Flash0.WriteProtected=Disabled

-W- Firmware flash cache access is enabled. Running in this mode may cause the firmware to hang.

-E- Unknown option "set" for the "Hw" command. you can use query.


I assume I need to close jumper on board, saw FNP holes on board, will try if that allows flashing

 

[Karpo]

Got flash to work, soldered FNP but still complaining on write protection on flash. Found out that need to use OEM flint to remove write protection. So my soldering was not really needed.

MFT install with --oem switch is needed.

sudo flint -d /dev/mst/mt523_pciconf0 -ocr hw set Flash0.WriteProtected=Disabled
sudo flint -d 5e:00.0 -i ./fw-ConnectX4Lx-rel-14_32_1900-MCX4431M-GCA_Bx-UEFI-14.25.17-FlexBoot-3.6.502.bin -ocr -ignore_dev_data -allow_psid_change -nofs --yes burn

Only broken thing was lack of MAC address on the interface, but can compensate on netplan for that.