Problems with 1GB SimpleTech CF Card

Problems with 1GB SimpleTech CF Card

[Steven Scholz]

Hi all,

I get repeatable erros when accessing a 1GB SimpleTech CF Flash Card (SLCF1GBJ).

I tested on three different systems (i86, arm, ppc) with three different
kernel versions (2.6.13, 2.6.14, 2.4.20). On ARM and PPC I tested pcmcia
mode _and_ TrueATA mode. Other, smaller (!) CF Cards are working fine.

So here we go:

~ # hdparm -i /dev/hda
Model=STI Flash 7.0.0, FwRev=05/03/04, SerialNo=STI J107004201112846
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM Removeable DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
 RawCHS=2006/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=1, MultSect=off
 CurCHS=2006/16/63, CurSects=2022048, LBA=yes, LBAsects=2022048
 IORDY=no, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled

When doing "mke2fs /dev/hda1" after 30 seconds I get

	hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
	ide: failed opcode was: unknown
	ide0: reset: master: error (0x00?)

and then after a long time loads of

	end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 786495
	Buffer I/O error on device hda1, logical block 786432
	lost page write due to I/O error on hda1

messages.

Has anyone else seen this before? Is it related to the size of the CF card?
The smaller, working cards use
	CurCHS=980/8/32, CurSects=250880, LBA=yes, LBAsects=250880
	CurCHS=980/16/32, CurSects=501760, LBA=yes, LBAsects=501760

Thanks a million!

--
Steven

Problems with 1GB SimpleTech CF Card

[Raphael Bossek]

Hi Steven,

I'm also fighting with SimpleTech CF but we are using the 512MB card SLCF512J2u-F.

Please refer to my last email describing the problem:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ide&m=114776709317709&w=2

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Raphael Bossek
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Re: Problems with 1GB SimpleTech CF Card

[Mark Lord]

Steven Scholz wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I get repeatable erros when accessing a 1GB SimpleTech CF Flash Card (SLCF1GBJ).
..
> ~ # hdparm -i /dev/hda
> Model=STI Flash 7.0.0, FwRev=05/03/04, SerialNo=STI J107004201112846
>  Config={ HardSect NotMFM Removeable DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
>  RawCHS=2006/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
>  BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=1, MultSect=off
>  CurCHS=2006/16/63, CurSects=2022048, LBA=yes, LBAsects=2022048
>  IORDY=no, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}
>  PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
>  AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
> 
> When doing "mke2fs /dev/hda1" after 30 seconds I get
> 
> 	hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
> 	ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> 	ide0: reset: master: error (0x00?)

Mmmm.. No idea, but one thing to try is "hdparm -W0" on the card,
and see if that makes any difference.

Cheers

Re: Problems with 1GB SimpleTech CF Card

[Steven Scholz]

Mark,

>> When doing "mke2fs /dev/hda1" after 30 seconds I get
>>
>>     hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
>>     ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>>     ide0: reset: master: error (0x00?)
> 
> Mmmm.. No idea, but one thing to try is "hdparm -W0" on the card,
> and see if that makes any difference.

No. It does not make any difference. Thanks.

BTW:
a) Windows does its famous Blue Screen when accessing the card. So it looks
like this special CF card is broken.
b) I got a new one today. SLCF1GBJ-F. Same revision (7.0.0) and same
firmware (05/03/04) and same geometry. Only that this one reports "fixed"
and not "removable". But this can NOT be the reason for one working and the
other not working! (I hardcoded the config->id value ...)


--
Steven