Zipit/uboot mmc driver issue

[marek.vasut@gmail.com (Marek Vasut)]

On Thursday 18 November 2010 11:45:16 Phip wrote:
> 2010/11/18 Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
> 
> > On Thursday 18 November 2010 10:26:49 Phip wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > > 
> > > I am having difficulties with the Zipit mmc driver and my SDHC card. I
> > > realize this may be an imposition; I write to you because I am trying
> > > to determine if the problem is with the mmc driver or elsewhere. I was
> > > not having any problems with SD card I/O under blob; this began when I
> > 
> > flashed
> > 
> > > to u-boot.
> > 
> > Blob doesn't support SD/MMC at all. You mean linux kernel ?
> 
> Yes; My mistake.
> 
> > > dmesg comes to mounting root:
> > > 
> > > pxa-rtc pxa-rtc: setting system clock to 2000-01-01 00:00:18 UTC
> > > Waiting 2sec before mounting root device...
> > > mmc0: host does not support reading read-only switch. assuming
> > > write-enable. mmc0: new SDHC card at address 1234
> > > PM: Adding info for mmc:mmc0:1234
> > > mmcblk0: mmc0:1234 SA04G 2.68 GiB
> > 
> > The card is mis-detected ?
> 
> This was a  typo -- it consistently reads 3.68 GiB.
> 
> > > Then a few cycles of write errors like these:
> > > 
> > > mmcblk0: error -84 transferring data, sector 243, r 8, card status
> > > 0xe00 end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 243
> > > Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0p1, logical block 0
> > > lost page write due to I/O error on mmcblk0p1
> > > 
> > > And finally EXT3-fs detects a problem with the journal and remounts the
> > > filesystem read-only.
> > > 
> > > I do not mean to ask you to troubleshoot me, but it seems like you
> > > would
> > 
> > be
> > 
> > > the best person to ask about this particular combination of hardware
> > > and software. Or perhaps there is a better place for me to ask?
> > 
> > CCing linux-arm-kernel
> > 
> > > Thank you very much for your time
> > > Phip
> > > 
> > > - Zipit running u-boot 8/23/2010; 2.6.35 8/22/2010; both from mozzwald
> > > - SD card is a Kensington 4GB microSD in a miniSD adapter; works
> > 
> > flawlessly
> > 
> > > on my desktop box.
> > 
> > Maybe the adapter is faulty, try another one. It happened a lot before.
> 
> I'll look for another adapter to verify if there are no other leads to try.

This is very likely the issue, really ... this is where I'd start debuging if I 
were you.
> 
> Regards
> Phip
> 
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What's this crud ? Can you please avoid sending irelevant stuff ?