GoodFET42 in Linux

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2018-07-19: e1 - using the GoodFET42

[tingo@kg-elitebook ~]$ env GOODFET=/dev/ttyUSB0 goodfet.monitor info
GoodFET with f26f MCU
Clocked at 0x8f9e

2018-07-19: e1 - list apps

[tingo@kg-elitebook goodfet]$ goodfet.monitor listapps
GoodFET with f26f MCU
Clocked at 0x8f9e
Build Date: 2014-07-05 13:24
Firmware apps:
Monitor
SPI
MAXUSB
JTAG
JTAG430
JTAG430
JTAG430X2
I2C
JTAGARM7
OpenOCD
CHIPCON
AVR
CCSPI
CC2500
NRF

2018-07-19: e1 - info

[tingo@kg-elitebook goodfet]$ goodfet.monitor info
GoodFET with f26f MCU
Clocked at 0x8f9e

2018-07-19: e1 - test LEDs

[tingo@kg-elitebook goodfet]$ goodfet.monitor testleds
See the GoodFET FAQ about missing info flash.
Flashing LEDs
Flashed 1 LED.

2018-07-19: e1 - dumpinfo

[tingo@kg-elitebook goodfet]$ env board=goodfet42 goodfet.bsl -P firmware/prebuilt/goodfet42.hex --dumpinfo
Use -h for help
Use --fromweb to upgrade a GoodFET.
MSP430 Bootstrap Loader Version: 1.39-goodfet-8
Invoking BSL...
Transmit password ...
Current bootstrap loader version: 2.13 (Device ID: f26f)
@1000
ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
q

that worked. But info shouldn't be "blank".

2018-07-19: e1 - upgrade my GoodFET42:

[tingo@kg-elitebook goodfet]$ env board=goodfet42 goodfet.bsl --fromweb
Use -h for help
Use --fromweb to upgrade a GoodFET.
MSP430 Bootstrap Loader Version: 1.39-goodfet-8
Invoking BSL...
Transmit default password ...
Current bootstrap loader version: 2.13 (Device ID: f26f)
Checking for info flash...  None.
Look at contrib/infos/README.txt for better performance.
Grabbing goodfet42 firmware from http://goodfet.sourceforge.net/dist/goodfet42.hex
Mass Erase...
Transmit default password ...
Invoking BSL...
Transmit default password ...
Current bootstrap loader version: 2.13 (Device ID: f26f)
Program ...
25842 bytes programmed.

ok.

2014-05-04: try to dump the info:

tingo@kg-u35jc:~/doc/GoodFET/GoodFET42$ export board=goodfet42
tingo@kg-u35jc:~/doc/GoodFET/GoodFET42$ goodfet.bsl --dumpinfo >info.txtUse -h for help
Use --fromweb to upgrade a GoodFET.
MSP430 Bootstrap Loader Version: 1.39-goodfet-8
Invoking BSL...
Transmit default password ...
Use -h for help
Use --fromweb to upgrade a GoodFET.
MSP430 Bootstrap Loader Version: 1.39-goodfet-8
Invoking BSL...
Transmit default password ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/goodfet.bsl", line 1985, in <module>
    main(0);
  File "/usr/local/bin/goodfet.bsl", line 1940, in main
    bsl.actionStartBSL(bslreset=reset)
  File "/usr/local/bin/goodfet.bsl", line 1162, in actionStartBSL
    self.txPasswd(self.passwd)                  #transmit password
  File "/usr/local/bin/goodfet.bsl", line 1132, in txPasswd
    wait=wait)           #if wait is 1, try to sync forever
  File "/usr/local/bin/goodfet.bsl", line 798, in bslTxRx
    rxFrame = self.comTxRx(cmd, dataOut, len(dataOut))  #Send frame
  File "/usr/local/bin/goodfet.bsl", line 477, in comTxRx
    rxHeader, rxNum = self.comRxHeader()        #receive header
  File "/usr/local/bin/goodfet.bsl", line 383, in comRxHeader
    if not hdr: raise BSLException("Timeout")
__main__.BSLException: Timeout

Why does it not work?

2014-05-04: let's see what my adapter have for software: short list

tingo@kg-u35jc:~/work/goodfet/trunk/client$ goodfet.monitor listapps
GoodFET with f26f MCU
Clocked at 0x8fb1
Build Date: 2013-02-16 12:05
Firmware apps:
Monitor
SPI
MAXUSB
JTAG
JTAG430
JTAG430
JTAG430X2
JTAGARM7
OpenOCD
CHIPCON
AVR
NRF

full list

tingo@kg-u35jc:~/work/goodfet/trunk/client$ goodfet.monitor listapps full
GoodFET with f26f MCU
Clocked at 0x8fb1
Build Date: 2013-02-16 12:05
Firmware apps:
Monitor
    The monitor app handles basic operations on the MSP430
    such as peeking and poking memory, calling functions and
    managing the baud rate.

SPI
    The SPI app handles the SPI bus protocol, turning
    your GoodFET into a USB-to-SPI adapter.

MAXUSB
    This allows you to write USB Host or USB Device drivers for
     the MAX3421 and MAX3420 chips.

JTAG
    The JTAG app handles basic JTAG operations such as
    resetting the TAP, resetting the target, detecting
    the instruction register width, shifting bits into
    both the instruction and data registers.

JTAG430
    The JTAG430 app adds to the basic JTAG app
    support for JTAG'ing MSP430 devices.

JTAG430
    The JTAG430 app adds to the basic JTAG app
    support for JTAG'ing MSP430 devices.

JTAG430X2
    The JTAG430X2 app extends the basic JTAG app with support
    for 20-bit MSP430X2 devices, such as the MSP430F5xx Family.

JTAGARM7
    The JTAGARM7 app extends the basic JTAG app with support
    for JTAG'ing ARM7TDMI based devices.

OpenOCD
    The OpenOCD app handles the OpenOCD bitbang protocol.

CHIPCON
    The CHIPCON app adds support for debugging the chipcon
    8051 processor.

AVR
    The AVR app adds support for debugging AVR based devices.

NRF
    The NRF app adds support for the NordicRF register
    interface.

quite a lot.

2014-05-04: configuring the software:

tingo@kg-u35jc:~/work$ cd goodfet/trunk/client

test it first:

tingo@kg-u35jc:~/work/goodfet/trunk/client$ ./goodfet.monitor testleds
Flashing LEDs
Flashed 1 LED.

ok - LEDs blinked. Link scripts:

tingo@kg-u35jc:~/work/goodfet/trunk/client$ sudo make link
rm -f /usr/local/bin/goodfet.* /usr/local/bin/goodfet /usr/local/bin/facedancer*
rm -rf *~
mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
ln -s `pwd`/goodfet `pwd`/goodfet.* `pwd`/facedancer* /usr/local/bin/

verify:

tingo@kg-u35jc:~/work/goodfet/trunk/client$ which goodfet
/usr/local/bin/goodfet
tingo@kg-u35jc:~/work/goodfet/trunk/client$ which goodfet.monitor
/usr/local/bin/goodfet.monitor

looks good.

2014-05-04: getting the software:

tingo@kg-u35jc:~/work$ svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/goodfet/code goodfet
[...snipped...]
A    goodfet/reports/avr/glitch/graphs.gnuplot
A    goodfet/reports/avr/glitch/Makefile
Checked out revision 1675.

2014-05-04: I connected the GoodFET42 to my Linux laptop, detected in /var/log/messages:

May  4 14:17:02 kg-u35jc kernel: [498031.727497] usb 2-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 9 using ehci_hcd
May  4 14:17:02 kg-u35jc kernel: [498031.828767] ftdi_sio 2-1.2:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
May  4 14:17:02 kg-u35jc kernel: [498031.828830] usb 2-1.2: Detected FT232RL
May  4 14:17:02 kg-u35jc kernel: [498031.828835] usb 2-1.2: Number of endpoints 2
May  4 14:17:02 kg-u35jc kernel: [498031.828839] usb 2-1.2: Endpoint 1 MaxPacketSize 64
May  4 14:17:02 kg-u35jc kernel: [498031.828843] usb 2-1.2: Endpoint 2 MaxPacketSize 64
May  4 14:17:02 kg-u35jc kernel: [498031.828847] usb 2-1.2: Setting MaxPacketSize 64
May  4 14:17:02 kg-u35jc kernel: [498031.829355] usb 2-1.2: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB1
May  4 14:17:02 kg-u35jc mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 9: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2"
May  4 14:17:02 kg-u35jc mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 9 was not an MTP device

I already have a usb-to-serial adapter connected as ttyUSB0, which is why the GoodFET shows up at ttyUSB1. My Linux laptop details:

tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ uname -a
Linux kg-u35jc 3.2.0-61-generic #92-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 31 23:47:59 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:cxx-3.0-amd64:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-amd64:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-amd64:cxx-3.2-noarch:cxx-4.0-amd64:cxx-4.0-noarch:desktop-3.1-amd64:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-amd64:desktop-3.2-noarch:desktop-4.0-amd64:desktop-4.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-amd64:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-amd64:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-amd64:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-3.2-amd64:printing-3.2-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch:qt4-3.1-amd64:qt4-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Release:    12.04
Codename:    precise

that's it.