Hello,
I connected an eMMC 5.1 memory of type KLMAG1JETD-B041 to a XMC4700 Relax-Kit evaluation board. Wehn I call fformat() or fmount() from the file system API, the functions return fsMediaError. I am using an SD-Card adapter to connect it. The memory ist working when connected to a PC. I tried a FAT32 formatted memory and a blank memory. Does the Middleware (v7.16) file system support eMMC devices?
Best Regards,
Stephan
Talking to our specialist, I received the confirmation that the FileSystem library (valid for any MW version) uses eMMC features that are defined in the eMMC JEDEC Standard 4.41 and below.
These Standards are backwards compatible; hence, any device that supports eMMC 5.1 should work, but - by now - new features will not yet be supported.
Currently, the most notable limitation is that the FileSystem does not yet support switching to 1.8V signalling, hence it supports a maximum transfer clock of 50MHz.
BTW, we assume that you're trying to use eMMC via SD card socket. That is ok and should work.
Any closer comment on your local settings requires opening a Support Ticket (registration required): https://www.arm.com/support/contact-support
Thank you for the support,
I have to do some hardware testing to find the cause. I will give feedback then. Good to know, it's not related to the middleware driver. Maybe I have to try middleware v8 too.
today I upgraded to middleware v8 and did some testing. The initialization of the eMMC card still fails. In the driver function mc_native_init() I did some modifications. After switching to pre-boot and commenting of sending the CMD41 and CMD55, the initialization continues until the ECSD register is read. The driver receives the 512 bytes of data, but the content is corrupted.
I tested the same card on a beagleboneblack and the eMMC card is working properly.
Is there any eMMC compatibility list available? Which eMMC types are tested successfully?