coreboot-kgpe-d16/util/spd_tools

SPD tools

A set of tools to generate SPD files for platforms with memory down configurations.

The memory technologies currently supported are:

• LPDDR4x - based on the JESD209-4C spec and Intel recommendations (docs #616599, #610202, #634730).
• DDR4 - based on the JESD79-4C and Jedec 4.1.2.L-5 R29 v103 specs.
• LPDDR5 - based on the LPDDR5 spec JESD209-5B, the SPD spec SPD4.1.2.M-2 (the LPDDR3/4 spec is used since JEDEC has not released an SPD spec for LPDDR5), and Intel recommendations in advisory #616599.

There are two tools provided to assist with generating SPDs and Makefiles to integrate into the coreboot build. These tools can also be used to allocate DRAM IDs (configure DRAM hardware straps) for any memory part used by a board.

• spd_gen: This tool generates de-duplicated SPD files using a global memory part list. It also generates a CSV manifest file which maps each memory part in the global list to one of the generated SPD files. For each supported memory technology, multiple sets of SPDs are generated. Each set corresponds to a set of SoC platforms with different SPD requirements, e.g. due to different expectations in the memory training code. Another CSV manifest maps each supported platform to one of these sets.
• part_id_gen: This tool allocates DRAM strap IDs for the different memory parts used by a board. It takes as input a CSV file of the memory parts used with optional fixed IDs. It generates a Makefile.inc which is used to integrate the SPD files generated by spd_gen into the coreboot build.

Tool 1 - spd_gen

This program takes the following inputs:

• A JSON file containing a global list of memory parts with their attributes as per the datasheet. This is the list of all known memory parts for the given memory technology.
• The memory technology for which to generate the SPDs, e.g. "lp4x".

The input JSON file requires the following two fields for every memory part:

• name: The name of the memory part.
• attribs: A list of the memory part's attributes, as per its datasheet. These attributes match the part specifications and are independent of any SoC expectations. The tool takes care of translating the physical attributes of the memory part to match JEDEC spec and memory traning code expectations.

The attribs field further contains two types of sub-field:

• Mandatory: These attributes must be provided for each memory part.
• Optional: These attributes may be provided for a memory part in order to override the defaults.

The attributes are different for each memory technology.

LP4x attributes

Mandatory

• densityPerChannelGb: Density in Gb of the physical channel.

• banks: Number of banks per physical channel. This is typically 8 for LPDDR4x memory parts.

• channelsPerDie: Number of physical channels per die. Valid values: 1, 2, 4. For a part with x16 bit width, number of channels per die is 1 or 2. For a part with x8 bit width, number of channels can be 2 or 4 (4 is basically when two dual-channel byte mode devices are combined as shown in Figure 3 in JESD209-4C).

• diesPerPackage: Number of physical dies in each SDRAM package. As per JESD209-4C, "Standard LPDDR4 package ballmaps allocate one ZQ ball per die." Thus, number of diesPerPackage is the number of ZQ balls on the package.

• bitWidthPerChannel: Width of each physical channel. Valid values: 8, 16 bits.

• ranksPerChannel: Number of ranks per physical channel. Valid values: 1, 2. If the channels across multiple dies share the same DQ/DQS pins but use a separate CS, then ranks is 2 else it is 1.

• speedMbps: Maximum data rate supported by the part in Mbps. Valid values: 3200, 3733, 4267 Mbps.

Optional

• trfcabNs: Minimum Refresh Recovery Delay Time (tRFCab) for all banks in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-4C, this is dependent on the density per channel. Default values used:

  • 6Gb : 280ns
  • 8Gb : 280ns
  • 12Gb: 380ns
  • 16Gb: 380ns

• trfcpbNs: Minimum Refresh Recovery Delay Time (tRFCab) per bank in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-4C, this is dependent on the density per channel. Default values used:

  • 6Gb : 140ns
  • 8Gb : 140ns
  • 12Gb: 190ns
  • 16Gb: 190ns

• trpabMinNs: Minimum Row Precharge Delay Time (tRPab) for all banks in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-4C, this is max(21ns, 4nck) which defaults to 21ns.

• trppbMinNs: Minimum Row Precharge Delay Time (tRPpb) per bank in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-4C, this is max(18ns, 4nck) which defaults to 18ns.

• tckMinPs: SDRAM minimum cycle time (tckMin) value in picoseconds. This is typically calculated based on the speedMbps attribute. (1 / speedMbps) * 2. Default values used(taken from JESD209-4C):

  • 4267 Mbps: 468ps
  • 3733 Mbps: 535ps
  • 3200 Mbps: 625ps

• tckMaxPs: SDRAM maximum cycle time (tckMax) value in picoseconds. Default value used: 31875ps. As per JESD209-4C, TCKmax should be 100ns (100000ps) for all speed grades. But the SPD byte to encode this field is only 1 byte. Hence, the maximum value that can be encoded is 31875ps.

• taaMinPs: Minimum CAS Latency Time(taaMin) in picoseconds. This value defaults to nck * tckMin, where nck is minimum CAS latency.

• trcdMinNs: Minimum RAS# to CAS# Delay Time (tRCDmin) in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-4C, this is max(18ns, 4nck) which defaults to 18ns.

• casLatencies: List of CAS latencies supported by the part. This is dependent on the attrib speedMbps. Default values used:

  • 4267: "6 10 14 20 24 28 32 36".
  • 3733: "6 10 14 20 24 28 32".
  • 3200: "6 10 14 20 24 28".

Example memory_parts.json

{
    "parts": [
        {
            "name": "MT53D512M64D4NW-046 WT:F",
            "attribs": {
                "densityPerChannelGb": 8,
                "banks": 8,
                "channelsPerDie": 2,
                "diesPerPackage": 2,
                "bitWidthPerChannel": 16,
                "ranksPerChannel": 1,
                "speedMbps": 4267
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "NT6AP256T32AV-J1",
            "attribs": {
                "densityPerChannelGb": 4,
                "banks": 8,
                "channelsPerDie": 2,
                "diesPerPackage": 1,
                "bitWidthPerChannel": 16,
                "ranksPerChannel": 1,
                "speedMbps": 4267,
                "tckMaxPs": 1250,
                "casLatencies": "14 20 24 28 32 36"
            }
        },
    ]
}

DDR4 attributes

Mandatory

• speedMTps: Maximum rate supported by the part in MT/s. Valid values: 1600, 1866, 2133, 2400, 2666, 2933, 3200 MT/s.

• CL_nRCD_nRP: Refers to CAS Latency specified for the part (find "CL-nRCD-nRP" in the vendor spec for the DDR4 part).

• capacityPerDieGb: Capacity per die in gigabits. Valid values: 2, 4, 8, 16 Gb part.

• diesPerPackage: Number of dies on the part. Valid values: 1, 2 dies per package.

• packageBusWidth: Number of bits of the device's address bus. Valid values: 8, 16 bit-wide bus. NOTE: Width of x4 is not supported by this tool.

• ranksPerPackage: From Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-1R23: “Package ranks per DIMM” refers to the collections of devices on the module sharing common chip select signals (across the data width of the DIMM), either from the edge connector for unbuffered modules or from the outputs of a registering clock driver for RDIMMs and LRDIMMs.Number of bits of the device's address bus. Valid values: 1, 2 package ranks.

Optional

The following options are calculated by the tool based on the mandatory attributes described for the part, but there may be cases where a default value must be overridden, such as when a device appears to be 3200AA, but does not support all of the CAS latencies typically supported by a speed bin 3200AA part. To deal with such a case, the variable can be overridden here and the tool will use this value instead of calculating one. All values must be defined in picosecond units, except for "CASLatencies", which would be represented as a string like "9 10 11 12 14".

• TAAMinPs: Defines the minimum CAS Latency. Table 48 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tAAmin for each speed grade.

• TRASMinPs: Refers to the minimum active to precharge delay time. Table 55 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRPmin for each speed grade.

• TCKMinPs: Refers to the minimum clock cycle time. Table 42 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tCKmin for each speed grade.

• TCKMaxPs:Refers to the minimum clock cycle time. Table 44 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tCKmin for each speed grade.

• TRFC1MinPs: Refers to the minimum refresh recovery delay time. Table 59 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRFC1min for each page size.

• TRFC2MinPs: Refers to the minimum refresh recovery delay time. Table 61 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRFC2min for each page size.

• TRFC4MinPs: Refers to the minimum refresh recovery delay time. Table 63 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRFC4min for each page size.

• TFAWMinPs:: Refers to the minimum four activate window delay time. Table 66 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tFAWmin for each speed grade and page size combination.

• TRRDSMinPs: Refers to the minimum activate to activate delay time to different bank groups. Table 68 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRRD_Smin for each speed grade and page size combination.

• TRRDLMinPs: Refers to the minimum activate to activate delay time to the same bank group. Table 70 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tRRD_Lmin for each speed grade and page size combination.

• TCCDLMinPs: Refers to the minimum CAS to CAS delay time to same bank group. Table 72 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tCCD_Lmin for each speed grade.

• TWRMinPs: Refers to the minimum write recovery time. Table 75 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tWRmin for each ddr4 type.

• TWTRSMinPs: Refers to minimum write to read time to different bank group. Table 78 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tWTR_Smin for each ddr4 type.

• TWTRLMinPs: Refers to minimum write to read time to same bank group. Table 80 of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 lists tWTR_Lmin for each ddr4 type.

• CASLatencies: Refers to the CAS latencies supported by the part. The speed bin tables in the back of Jedec doc 4_01_02_AnnexL-5R29 define the standard CAS latencies that a speed bin part is supposed to support. In cases where a part does not support all of the CAS latencies listed in the speed bin tables, this entry should be used to override the default settings.

Example memory_parts.json

{
    "parts": [
        {
            "name": "K4A8G165WC-BCWE",
            "attribs": {
                "speedMTps": 3200,
                "CL_nRCD_nRP": 22,
                "capacityPerDieGb": 8,
                "diesPerPackage": 1,
                "packageBusWidth": 16,
                "ranksPerPackage": 1
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "MT40A1G16KD-062E:E",
            "attribs": {
                "speedMTps": 3200,
                "CL_nRCD_nRP": 22,
                "capacityPerDieGb": 16,
                "diesPerPackage": 1,
                "packageBusWidth": 16,
                "ranksPerPackage": 1,
                "TRFC1MinPs": 350000,
                "TRFC2MinPs": 260000,
                "TRFC4MinPs": 160000
            }
        },
    ]
}

LP5 attributes

Mandatory

• densityPerDieGb: Density per die in Gb. Valid values: 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32 Gb per die.

• diesPerPackage: Number of physical dies in each SDRAM package. Valid values: 2, 4, 8 dies per package.

• bitWidthPerChannel: Width of each physical channel. Valid values: 8, 16 bits.

• ranksPerChannel: Number of ranks per physical channel. Valid values: 1, 2. If the channels across multiple dies share the same DQ/DQS pins but use a separate CS, then ranks is 2 else it is 1.

• speedMbps: Maximum data rate supported by the part in Mbps. Valid values: 5500, 6400 Mbps.

Optional

• trfcabNs: Minimum Refresh Recovery Delay Time (tRFCab) for all banks in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-5B, this is dependent on the density per die. Default values used:

  • 4 Gb : 180 ns
  • 6 Gb : 210 ns
  • 8 Gb : 210 ns
  • 12 Gb: 280 ns
  • 16 Gb: 280 ns
  • 24 Gb: 380 ns
  • 32 Gb: 380 ns

• trfcpbNs: Minimum Refresh Recovery Delay Time (tRFCpb) per bank in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-5B, this is dependent on the density per die. Default values used:

  • 4 Gb : 90 ns
  • 6 Gb : 120 ns
  • 8 Gb : 120 ns
  • 12 Gb: 140 ns
  • 16 Gb: 140 ns
  • 24 Gb: 190 ns
  • 32 Gb: 190 ns

• trpabMinNs: Minimum Row Precharge Delay Time (tRPab) for all banks in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-5B, this is max(21ns, 2nCK), which defaults to 21 ns.

• trppbMinNs: Minimum Row Precharge Delay Time (tRPpb) per bank in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-5B, this is max(18ns, 2nCK) which defaults to 18 ns.

• tckMinPs: SDRAM minimum cycle time (tCKmin) value in picoseconds. LPDDR5 has two clocks: the command/addrees clock (CK) and the data clock (WCK). They are related by the WCK:CK ratio, which can be either 4:1 or 2:1. For LPDDR5, tCKmin is the CK period, which can be calculated from the speedMbps attribute and the WCK:CK ratio as follows: tCKmin = 1 / (speedMbps / 2 / WCK:CK). The default values used are for a 4:1 WCK:CK ratio:

  • 6400 Mbps: 1250 ps
  • 5500 Mbps: 1455 ps

• taaMinPs: Minimum CAS Latency Time(tAAmin) in picoseconds. This value defaults to nck * tCKmin, where nck is maximum CAS latency, and is determined from the speedMbps attribute as per JESD209-5B:

  • 6400 Mbps: 17
  • 5500 Mbps: 15

• trcdMinNs: Minimum RAS# to CAS# Delay Time (tRCDmin) in nanoseconds. As per JESD209-5B, this is max(18ns, 2nCK) which defaults to 18 ns.

Example memory_parts.json

{
    "parts": [
        {
            "name": "MT62F1G32D4DR-031 WT:B",
            "attribs": {
                "densityPerDieGb": 8,
                "diesPerPackage": 4,
                "bitWidthPerChannel": 16,
                "ranksPerChannel": 2,
                "speedMbps": 6400
            }
        },
    ]
}

Output

The spd_gen tool generates the directory structure shown below. The inputs to the tool are the memory_parts.json files, and all other files are generated.

    spd
      |
      |_ lp4x
           |
           |_ memory_parts.json
           |_ platforms_manifest.generated.txt
           |_ set-0
                |_parts_spd_manifest.generated.txt
                |_spd-1.hex
                |_spd-2.hex
                |_...
           |_ set-1
                |_...
           |_...
      |
      |_ ddr4
           |
           |_ memory_parts.json
           |_ platforms_manifest.generated.txt
           |_ set-0
                |_parts_spd_manifest.generated.txt
                |_spd-1.hex
                |_spd-2.hex
                |_...
           |_ set-1
                |_...
           |_...
      |_...

The files generated are:

• spd-X.hex: Deduplicated SPDs for all the memory parts in the input JSON file.

• parts_spd_manifest.generated.txt: A CSV file mapping each memory part to one of the deduplicated SPD files. E.g.

  H9HCNNNBKMMLXR-NEE,spd-1.hex
  H9HCNNNFAMMLXR-NEE,spd-2.hex
  K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL,spd-1.hex
  K4UBE3D4AA-MGCL,spd-3.hex
  MT53E1G32D2NP-046 WT:A,spd-4.hex
  

• platforms_manifest.generated.txt: A CSV file mapping each platform to the SPD set used by that platform. E.g.

  TGL,set-0
  ADL,set-0
  JSL,set-1
  CZN,set-1
  

Tool 2 - part_id_gen

This program takes the following inputs:

• The SoC platform which the board is based on, e.g. ADL.
• The memory technology used by the board, e.g. lp4x.
• The path to the directory where the generated Makefile.inc should be placed.
• A CSV file containing a list of the memory parts used by the board, with an optional fixed ID for each part. NOTE: Only assign a fixed ID if required for legacy reasons.

Example of a CSV file using fixed IDs:

K4AAG165WA-BCWE,1
MT40A512M16TB-062E:J
MT40A1G16KD-062E:E
K4A8G165WC-BCWE
H5AN8G6NDJR-XNC,8
H5ANAG6NCMR-XNC

Explanation: This will ensure that the SPDs for K4AAG165WA-BCWE and H5AN8G6NDJR-XNC are assigned to IDs 1 and 8 respectively. The SPDs for all other memory parts will be assigned to the first compatible ID. Assigning fixed IDs may result in duplicate SPD entries or gaps in the ID mapping.

Output

The part_id_gen tool outputs the following:

• It prints the DRAM hardware strap ID which should be allocated to each memory part in the input file.
• It generates a Makefile.inc in the given directory. This is used to integrate the SPD files generated by spd_gen with the coreboot build for the board.
• It generates a dram_id.generated.txt in the same directory as the Makefile.inc. This lists the part IDs assigned to each memory part, and is useful for itegration with the board schematics.

Sample Makefile.inc:

# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
# This is an auto-generated file. Do not edit!!
# Generated by:
# util/spd_tools/bin/part_id_gen ADL lp4x src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/felwinter/memory src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/felwinter/memory/mem_parts_used.txt

SPD_SOURCES =
SPD_SOURCES += spd/lp4x/set-0/spd-1.hex      # ID = 0(0b0000)  Parts = K4U6E3S4AA-MGCR, H9HCNNNBKMMLXR-NEE
SPD_SOURCES += spd/lp4x/set-0/spd-3.hex      # ID = 1(0b0001)  Parts = K4UBE3D4AA-MGCR
SPD_SOURCES += spd/lp4x/set-0/spd-4.hex      # ID = 2(0b0010)  Parts = MT53E1G32D2NP-046 WT:A

NOTE: Empty entries may be required if there is a gap created by a memory part with a fixed ID.

Sample dram_id.generated.txt:

# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
# This is an auto-generated file. Do not edit!!
# Generated by:
# util/spd_tools/bin/part_id_gen ADL lp4x src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/felwinter/memory src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/felwinter/memory/mem_parts_used.txt

DRAM Part Name                 ID to assign
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCR                0 (0000)
K4UBE3D4AA-MGCR                1 (0001)
H9HCNNNBKMMLXR-NEE             0 (0000)
MT53E1G32D2NP-046 WT:A         2 (0010)

Note of caution

The part_id_gen tool assigns DRAM IDs based on the order of the part names in the input file. Thus, when adding a new memory part to the list, it should always go at the end of the file. This guarantees that the memory parts that were already assigned IDs do not change.

How to build the tools?

make clean -C util/spd_tools
make -C util/spd_tools

How to use the tools?

spd_gen

Usage:

util/spd_tools/bin/spd_gen <mem_parts_list_json> <mem_technology>

Example:

util/spd_tools/bin/spd_gen spd/lp4x/memory_parts.json lp4x

part_id_gen

Usage:

util/spd_tools/bin/part_id_gen <platform> <mem_technology> <makefile_dir> <mem_parts_used_file>

Example:

util/spd_tools/bin/part_id_gen \
  ADL \
  lp4x \
  src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/felwinter/memory \
  src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/felwinter/memory/mem_parts_used.txt

Need to add a new memory part for a board?

• If the memory part is not present in the global list of memory parts for that memory technology (e.g. spd/lp4x/memory_parts.json), then add the memory part name and attributes as per the datasheet.

  • Use spd_gen to regenerate all the SPD files and manifests for that memory technology. Either a new SPD file will be generated for the new part, or an existing one will be reused.
  • Upload the new SPD (if one is created) and the manifest changes for review.

• Update the file containing the memory parts used by board (variant), by adding the new memory part name at the end of the file.

  • Use part_id_gen to update the variant's Makefile.inc and dram_id.generated.txt with the new part.
  • Upload the changes to Makefile.inc and dram_id.generated.txt for review.

How to add support for a new memory technology

1. Gather the SPD requirements

To generate SPDs for the new memory technology, information is needed about the list of bytes in the SPD and how the value of each byte should be determined. This information usually comes from a combination of:

• The JEDEC spec for the memory technology, e.g. JESD209-5B for LPDDR5.
• The JEDEC SPD spec for the memory technology, e.g. SPD4.1.2.M-2 for LPDDR3/4 (also used for LP4x and LP5).
• Platform-specific requirements. SoC vendors often don't follow the JEDEC specs exactly. E.g. the memory training code may expect certain SPD bytes to encode a different value to what is stated in the spec. So for each SoC platform using the new memory technology, any platform-specific requirements need to be gathered.

2. Implement support in spd_tools

Support for the new memory technology needs to be added to both the spd_gen and part_id_gen tools.

spd_gen

Adding support to spd_gen requires implementing the logic to generate SPDs for the new memory technology. The changes required are:

• Add the new memory technology to the memTechMap in spd_gen/spd_gen.go.
• Add a new file spd_gen/<mem_tech>.go. This file will contain all the logic for generating SPDs for the new memory technology. It needs to implement the memTech interface defined in spd_gen/spd_gen.go. The interface functions are documented inline. Examples of how the interface is implemented for existing memory technologies can be found in the spd_gen/ directory, e.g. lp4x.go, ddr4.go, lp5.go. While not strictly necessary, it is recommended to follow the overall structure of these existing files when adding a new memory technology.

part_id_gen

The part_id_gen tool is memory technology-agnostic, so the only change required is:

• Add the new memory technology to the supportedMemTechs list in part_id_gen/part_id_gen.go.