Flashing over jtag: timed out while waiting for target halted (OCD-753)

[UKenda]

OpenOCD version

v0.11.0-esp32-20221026

Operating System

Windows

Using an IDE ?

vs-code

OpenOCD command line

openocd -f board/esp-wroom-32-jlink.cfg

ESP-IDF version

5.0.1

Problem Description

Description

Problem occurred when my specific firmware is flashed, then the same or other firmware flashing over JTAG fails. However, I can flash it over UART successfully. However, if I flash some other firmware, then I can flash over JTAG until the specific firmware is flashed.
The firmware work correctly, and the JTAG worked on several projects without problems even on the same and different HW.
When I made this new firmware which include WIFI stack the JTAG flashing fails if I remove the WIFI stack from the project the JTAG starts working, similar is happening when including BT stack. It seems to me that it brakes when the size of the code exceeds some amount.
Also, the debugger works, so I realy have the problem oly whit flashing.

The output of openocd:

Open On-Chip Debugger v0.11.0-esp32-20221026 (2022-10-26-14:48)
Licensed under GNU GPL v2
For bug reports, read
	http://openocd.org/doc/doxygen/bugs.html
C:\Users\User\.espressif501\tools\openocd-esp32\v0.11.0-esp32-20221026\openocd-esp32\bin\openocd.exe
[OpenOCD]
Info : accepting 'tcl' connection on tcp/6666
Info : dropped 'tcl' connection
[OpenOCD]
Info : accepting 'tcl' connection on tcp/6666
[OpenOCD]
Flashing c:/Users/User/esp/projects-5.0.1/FLARM_WIFI_Link/b[OpenOCD]
uild/bootloader/bootloader.bin at 0x1000
[OpenOCD]
Info : JTAG tap: esp32.cpu0 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
Info : JTAG [OpenOCD]
tap: esp32.cpu1 tap/device found: 0x120034e5 (mfg: 0x272 (Tensilica), part: 0x2003, ver: 0x1)
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu0] requesting target halt and executing[OpenOCD]
 a soft reset
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Debug controller was reset.
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x500000CF, debug_reason=00000000
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Reset cause (3) - (Software core reset)
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu1] requesting target halt and executing a[OpenOCD]
 soft reset
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Core was reset.
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reas[OpenOCD]
on=00000000
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Debug controller was reset.
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Core was reset.
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Target halted, PC=0x40000400, debug_reason=00000000
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu1] Reset cause (14) - (CPU1 reset by CPU0)
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Reset cause (3) - (Software core reset)
[OpenOCD]
** Programming Started **
[OpenOCD]
❌ Error: timed out while waiting for target halted
[OpenOCD]
Info : [esp32.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40088825, debug_reason=00[OpenOCD]
000000
Err[OpenOCD]
❌ or: xtensa_wait_algorithm: not halted 0, pc 0x40088825, ps 0x60023
Error: Failed to wait algorithm (-302)!
Error: Algorithm run failed (-302)!
Error: Failed to run flasher stub (-302)!
[OpenOCD]
** Flashing Failed **
-1

my cosutm esp-wroom-32-jlink.cfg file:

adapter speed 4000
source [find interface/jlink.cfg]
set ESP32_FLASH_VOLTAGE 3.3
source [find target/esp32.cfg]

Debug Logs

No response

Expected behavior

I have tried to change the 'adapter speed' in .cfg file but no luck.
I will be happy with any help.

Screenshots

No response

[erhankur]

@UKenda can you please try with the latest release? Do you see the same issue with one of the wifi or bl idf examples?

[UKenda]

Yes, the latest release (v0.12.0-esp32-20230419) solves my problem, thanks.

[erhankur]

Thanks for informing.

[FrancoisB-HEX]

I still see this issue with a larger binary that is using WiFi and Bluetooth (Nimble) on an ESP32-S3 with ESP-IDF v5.3. OpenOCD flash over JTAG times out "waiting for target halted", directly after which "Target halted" is printed:

Info : [esp32s3.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x4038E3B6, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Auto-detected flash bank 'esp32s3.cpu1.flash' size 16384 KB
Info : Using flash bank 'esp32s3.cpu1.flash' size 16384 KB
** Programming Started **
Error: timed out while waiting for target halted
Info : [esp32s3.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x40380650, debug_reason=00000000
Error: xtensa_wait_algorithm: not halted 0, pc 0x40380650, ps 0x60e23
Error: Failed to wait algorithm (-302)!
Error: Algorithm run failed (-302)!
Error: Failed to run flasher stub (-302)!
embedded:startup.tcl:1524: Error: ** Clock configuration set failed **

If I first flash the board with a small basic "blinky" app (or boot in bootloader), and then flash my full project using JTAG it works fine:

Info : [esp32s3.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x4038E3B6, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Flash mapping 0: 0x10020 -> 0x3c020020, 48 KB
Info : Flash mapping 1: 0x20020 -> 0x42000020, 111 KB
Info : [esp32s3.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x4038E3B6, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Auto-detected flash bank 'esp32s3.cpu1.flash' size 16384 KB
Info : Using flash bank 'esp32s3.cpu1.flash' size 16384 KB
** Programming Started **
Info : [esp32s3.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x4038E3B6, debug_reason=00000001
Info : [esp32s3.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x4038E3B6, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Erased 1220608 bytes in 2865.01 ms
Info : PROF: Data transferred in 10114.7 ms @ 117.849 KB/s
Info : [esp32s3.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x4038E3B6, debug_reason=00000001
Info : PROF: Wrote 1220608 bytes in 10491.1 ms (data transfer time included)
** Programming Finished in 14364 ms **

This is using the following versions:

• ESP-IDF v5.3-369-g466a392a76
• openocd-esp32\v0.12.0-esp32-20240726 with board/esp32s3-builtin.cfg
  or
• openocd-esp32\v0.12.0-esp32-20240318 with board/esp32s3-builtin.cfg

Changing to a an even older OpenOCD v0.12.0-esp32-20230921 build has the same error, with slightly different output and times out after 30s:

Info : [esp32s3.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x4038E3B6, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Flash mapping 0: 0x10020 -> 0x3c0d0020, 234 KB
Info : Flash mapping 1: 0x50020 -> 0x42000020, 829 KB
Info : [esp32s3.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x4038E3B6, debug_reason=00000001
Info : Auto-detected flash bank 'esp32s3.cpu1.flash' size 16384 KB
Info : Using flash bank 'esp32s3.cpu1.flash' size 16384 KB
** Programming Started **
... 30s wait here ...
Error: timed out while waiting for target halted
Info : [esp32s3.cpu0] Target halted, PC=0x4038065C, debug_reason=00000000
Error: xtensa_wait_algorithm: not halted 0, pc 0x4038065c, ps 0x60e23
Error: Failed to wait algorithm (-302)!
Error: Algorithm run failed (-302)!
Error: Failed to run flasher stub (-302)!
embedded:startup.tcl:1524: Error: ** Clock configuration set failed **

[erhankur]

Can you try adding the no_clock_boost option. Please try from the command line first. Something like this.

 openocd.exe -f <config file> -c "program_esp_bins build flasher_args.json compress verify no_clock_boost; reset; exit"

[FrancoisB-HEX]

Can you try adding the no_clock_boost option. Please try from the command line first. Something like this.

 openocd.exe -f <config file> -c "program_esp_bins build flasher_args.json compress verify no_clock_boost; reset; exit"

Hi and thanks,

I just tried adding no_clock_boost as a program_esp argument and that works fine. I will investigate adding this to my IDE OpenOCD config somehow.