PCIe Retimer

Upgrading the PCIe Retimer Firmware

Both the firmware and upgrade tool are packaged into the file system at the following locations:

• Firmware

  /usr/lib/firmware/astera_retimer/firmware/pt4080l/1.25.x/nvidia_p3713_x4x4/nvidia_P3713_x4x4_X8-B2B_RETIMER-DYN_PRT_ORIENT-SRNS-CLK_IND-HOT_PLUG-GPIO_PERST_v1_25_9.ihx

• Tool

  /lib/firmware/astera_retimer/tools/eeprom

sudo /usr/lib/firmware/astera_retimer/tools/eeprom /usr/lib/firmware/astera_retimer/firmware/pt4080l/1.25.x/nvidia_p3713_x4x4/nvidia_P3713_x4x4_X8-B2B_RETIMER-DYN_PRT_ORIENT-SRNS-CLK_IND-HOT_PLUG-GPIO_PERST_v1_25_9.ihx

If the flashing is successful, the following message appears:

nvidia@tegra-ubuntu:/usr/lib/firmware/astera_retimer/firmware/pt4080l/1.25.x/nvidia_p3713_x4x4$ sudo /usr/lib/firmware/astera_retimer/tools/eeprom /usr/lib/firmware/astera_retimer/firmware/pt4080l/1.25.x/nvidia_p3713_x4x4/nvidia_P3713_x4x4_X8-B2B_RETIMER-DYN_PRT_ORIENT-SRNS-CLK_IND-HOT_PLUG-GPIO_PERST_v1_25_9.ihx
15:00:53 INFO  aries-sdk-c/source/aries_api.c:572: Starting Main Micro assisted EEPROM write
15:01:19 INFO  aries-sdk-c/source/aries_api.c:682: Ending Write
15:01:19 INFO  aries-sdk-c/source/aries_api.c:832: Starting Main Micro assisted EEPROM verify mode
<snip>
15:03:17 INFO  aries-sdk-c/source/aries_misc.c:432:         Re-write succeeded
15:03:18 INFO  aries-sdk-c/source/aries_api.c:987: End Verify
15:03:18 INFO  aries-sdk-c/examples/eeprom_test.c:148: Performing PCIE HW reset ...
15:03:20 WARN  aries-sdk-c/source/aries_api.c:123: No Main Micro Heartbeat
15:03:20 INFO  aries-sdk-c/examples/eeprom_test.c:169: Updated FW Version is 0.0.0

After flashing, power cycle the Orin to take effect. You will notice the “Updated FW Version is 0.0.0” message in the log. This is a known issue and does not indicate flash failure. A solution is in progress to indicate a valid version.