Problem with nand flash while booting 2.6.30

Problem with nand flash while booting 2.6.30

[Saurabh Kadekodi]

Hi All,

I am working on a board with pxa320 processor. It has a micron 128 mb
flash. It boots well with kernel 2.6.25, but when booting with 2.6.30,
it somehow cannot detect the nand chip properly.

It shows following messages:

NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x00, Chip ID: 0xa1 (Unknown NAND 128MiB
1,8V 8-bit)

While with 2.6.25 it properly detects as a micron flash.

Then later it gives a lot of ECC errors and prints the following messages:


Cowardly refusing to erase blocks on filesystem with no valid JFFS2 nodes
> empty_blocks 0, bad_blocks 208, c->nr_blocks 438
> VFS: Cannot open root device "mtdblock2" or unknown-block(31,2)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
> 1f00             256 mtdblock0 (driver?)
> 1f01            2048 mtdblock1 (driver?)
> 1f02          112128 mtdblock2 (driver?)
> 1f03             512 mtdblock3 (driver?)
> b300         2008064 mmcblk0 driver: mmcblk
>   b301           31288 mmcblk0p1
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(31,2)
> Backtrace:
> [<c0028a34>] (dump_backtrace+0x0/0x110) from [<c0028b78>] (dump_stack+0x18/0x1c)
>  r6:c03af144 r5:c001d884 r4:cf81df54
> [<c0028b60>] (dump_stack+0x0/0x1c) from [<c003ca9c>] (panic+0x60/0x13c)
> [<c003ca3c>] (panic+0x0/0x13c) from [<c0008dac>] (mount_block_root+0x104/0x234)
>  r3:00000000 r2:20000013 r1:cf81df54 r0:c0330e50
> [<c0008ca8>] (mount_block_root+0x0/0x234) from [<c0008fb8>] (mount_root+0xdc/0x100)
> [<c0008edc>] (mount_root+0x0/0x100) from [<c0009024>] (prepare_namespace+0x48/0x190)
>  r7:00000000 r6:c001d840 r5:c001d83c r4:c03ae0c4
> [<c0008fdc>] (prepare_namespace+0x0/0x190) from [<c00087dc>] (kernel_init+0xc8/0xf4)
>  r6:c001cdec r5:c001cb58 r4:c03ae0b8
> [<c0008714>] (kernel_init+0x0/0xf4) from [<c003fc90>] (do_exit+0x0/0x6c8)
>  r6:00000000 r5:00000000 r4:00000000
>
>
Please can someone guide me as to what maybe wrong. The flash cannot
be corrupt as
2.6.25 boots correctly. Then where am I going wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Saurabh

Re: Problem with nand flash while booting 2.6.30

[Mike Rapoport]

Saurabh Kadekodi wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am working on a board with pxa320 processor. It has a micron 128 mb
> flash. It boots well with kernel 2.6.25, but when booting with 2.6.30,
> it somehow cannot detect the nand chip properly.
> 
> It shows following messages:
> 
> NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x00, Chip ID: 0xa1 (Unknown NAND 128MiB
> 1,8V 8-bit)
> 
> While with 2.6.25 it properly detects as a micron flash.

Make sure that you either select CONFIG_MTD_NAND_PXA3xx_BUILTIN or set
.keep_config flag in pxa3xx_nand_platform_data in your board configuration.

> Then later it gives a lot of ECC errors and prints the following messages:
> 
> 
> Cowardly refusing to erase blocks on filesystem with no valid JFFS2 nodes
>> empty_blocks 0, bad_blocks 208, c->nr_blocks 438
>> VFS: Cannot open root device "mtdblock2" or unknown-block(31,2)
>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
>> 1f00             256 mtdblock0 (driver?)
>> 1f01            2048 mtdblock1 (driver?)
>> 1f02          112128 mtdblock2 (driver?)
>> 1f03             512 mtdblock3 (driver?)
>> b300         2008064 mmcblk0 driver: mmcblk
>>   b301           31288 mmcblk0p1
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(31,2)
>> Backtrace:
>> [<c0028a34>] (dump_backtrace+0x0/0x110) from [<c0028b78>] (dump_stack+0x18/0x1c)
>>  r6:c03af144 r5:c001d884 r4:cf81df54
>> [<c0028b60>] (dump_stack+0x0/0x1c) from [<c003ca9c>] (panic+0x60/0x13c)
>> [<c003ca3c>] (panic+0x0/0x13c) from [<c0008dac>] (mount_block_root+0x104/0x234)
>>  r3:00000000 r2:20000013 r1:cf81df54 r0:c0330e50
>> [<c0008ca8>] (mount_block_root+0x0/0x234) from [<c0008fb8>] (mount_root+0xdc/0x100)
>> [<c0008edc>] (mount_root+0x0/0x100) from [<c0009024>] (prepare_namespace+0x48/0x190)
>>  r7:00000000 r6:c001d840 r5:c001d83c r4:c03ae0c4
>> [<c0008fdc>] (prepare_namespace+0x0/0x190) from [<c00087dc>] (kernel_init+0xc8/0xf4)
>>  r6:c001cdec r5:c001cb58 r4:c03ae0b8
>> [<c0008714>] (kernel_init+0x0/0xf4) from [<c003fc90>] (do_exit+0x0/0x6c8)
>>  r6:00000000 r5:00000000 r4:00000000
>>
>>
> Please can someone guide me as to what maybe wrong. The flash cannot
> be corrupt as
> 2.6.25 boots correctly. Then where am I going wrong?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Saurabh
> 
> ______________________________________________________
> Linux MTD discussion mailing list
> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.

Re: Problem with nand flash while booting 2.6.30

[Leo (Hao) Chen]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:36:53AM -0700, Saurabh Kadekodi wrote:
> 
> Then later it gives a lot of ECC errors and prints the following messages:
> 
> 
> Cowardly refusing to erase blocks on filesystem with no valid JFFS2 nodes
> > empty_blocks 0, bad_blocks 208, c->nr_blocks 438
> > VFS: Cannot open root device "mtdblock2" or unknown-block(31,2)
> > Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
> > 1f00             256 mtdblock0 (driver?)
> > 1f01            2048 mtdblock1 (driver?)
> > 1f02          112128 mtdblock2 (driver?)
> > 1f03             512 mtdblock3 (driver?)
> > b300         2008064 mmcblk0 driver: mmcblk
> >   b301           31288 mmcblk0p1

You may try to re-burn the rootfs to your flash.  I had experienced
similar problem when I switched my kernel from 2.6.27 to 2.6.30.  I
don't know the exact reason, but the ECC algorithm or something may have been changed.


-- 
Leo Hao Chen
Software Engineer
Broadcom Canada Inc.

Re: Problem with nand flash while booting 2.6.30

[Mike Rapoport]

Hi Saurabh,
(Adding linux-mtd back to CC)

Saurabh Kadekodi wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> I have already enabled the NAND_BUILTIN in the kernel configuration.
> That is why it iterated through all the providers and then since it
> couldn't match any of the providers it printed 'Unknown'.

Try setting .keep_config in pxa3xx_nand_platform_data in your board
configuration file. This will tell the driver to preserve controller settings
set up by the bootloader.

> Actually it is a Micron Nand flash.
> 
> It can't be a jffs2 problem since the driver itself cannot recognize
> the hardware. Can it be timing related?
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> 
> Saurabh
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Mike Rapoport<mike@compulab.co.il> wrote:
>>
>> Saurabh Kadekodi wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I am working on a board with pxa320 processor. It has a micron 128 mb
>>> flash. It boots well with kernel 2.6.25, but when booting with 2.6.30,
>>> it somehow cannot detect the nand chip properly.
>>>
>>> It shows following messages:
>>>
>>> NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x00, Chip ID: 0xa1 (Unknown NAND 128MiB
>>> 1,8V 8-bit)
>>>
>>> While with 2.6.25 it properly detects as a micron flash.
>> Make sure that you either select CONFIG_MTD_NAND_PXA3xx_BUILTIN or set
>> .keep_config flag in pxa3xx_nand_platform_data in your board configuration.
>>
>>> Then later it gives a lot of ECC errors and prints the following messages:
>>>
>>>
>>> Cowardly refusing to erase blocks on filesystem with no valid JFFS2 nodes
>>>> empty_blocks 0, bad_blocks 208, c->nr_blocks 438
>>>> VFS: Cannot open root device "mtdblock2" or unknown-block(31,2)
>>>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
>>>> 1f00             256 mtdblock0 (driver?)
>>>> 1f01            2048 mtdblock1 (driver?)
>>>> 1f02          112128 mtdblock2 (driver?)
>>>> 1f03             512 mtdblock3 (driver?)
>>>> b300         2008064 mmcblk0 driver: mmcblk
>>>>   b301           31288 mmcblk0p1
>>>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(31,2)
>>>> Backtrace:
>>>> [<c0028a34>] (dump_backtrace+0x0/0x110) from [<c0028b78>] (dump_stack+0x18/0x1c)
>>>>  r6:c03af144 r5:c001d884 r4:cf81df54
>>>> [<c0028b60>] (dump_stack+0x0/0x1c) from [<c003ca9c>] (panic+0x60/0x13c)
>>>> [<c003ca3c>] (panic+0x0/0x13c) from [<c0008dac>] (mount_block_root+0x104/0x234)
>>>>  r3:00000000 r2:20000013 r1:cf81df54 r0:c0330e50
>>>> [<c0008ca8>] (mount_block_root+0x0/0x234) from [<c0008fb8>] (mount_root+0xdc/0x100)
>>>> [<c0008edc>] (mount_root+0x0/0x100) from [<c0009024>] (prepare_namespace+0x48/0x190)
>>>>  r7:00000000 r6:c001d840 r5:c001d83c r4:c03ae0c4
>>>> [<c0008fdc>] (prepare_namespace+0x0/0x190) from [<c00087dc>] (kernel_init+0xc8/0xf4)
>>>>  r6:c001cdec r5:c001cb58 r4:c03ae0b8
>>>> [<c0008714>] (kernel_init+0x0/0xf4) from [<c003fc90>] (do_exit+0x0/0x6c8)
>>>>  r6:00000000 r5:00000000 r4:00000000
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Please can someone guide me as to what maybe wrong. The flash cannot
>>> be corrupt as
>>> 2.6.25 boots correctly. Then where am I going wrong?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Saurabh
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________
>>> Linux MTD discussion mailing list
>>> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/
>>>
>> --
>> Sincerely yours,
>> Mike.
>>
>>
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.

Re: Problem with nand flash while booting 2.6.30

[Saurabh Kadekodi]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the solution. That really helped. Board is now recognising
the flash device.

Regards,
Saurabh

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Mike Rapoport<mike@compulab.co.il> wrote:
> Hi Saurabh,
> (Adding linux-mtd back to CC)
>
> Saurabh Kadekodi wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> I have already enabled the NAND_BUILTIN in the kernel configuration.
>> That is why it iterated through all the providers and then since it
>> couldn't match any of the providers it printed 'Unknown'.
>
> Try setting .keep_config in pxa3xx_nand_platform_data in your board
> configuration file. This will tell the driver to preserve controller settings
> set up by the bootloader.
>
>> Actually it is a Micron Nand flash.
>>
>> It can't be a jffs2 problem since the driver itself cannot recognize
>> the hardware. Can it be timing related?
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>>
>> Saurabh
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Mike Rapoport<mike@compulab.co.il> wrote:
>>>
>>> Saurabh Kadekodi wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I am working on a board with pxa320 processor. It has a micron 128 mb
>>>> flash. It boots well with kernel 2.6.25, but when booting with 2.6.30,
>>>> it somehow cannot detect the nand chip properly.
>>>>
>>>> It shows following messages:
>>>>
>>>> NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x00, Chip ID: 0xa1 (Unknown NAND 128MiB
>>>> 1,8V 8-bit)
>>>>
>>>> While with 2.6.25 it properly detects as a micron flash.
>>> Make sure that you either select CONFIG_MTD_NAND_PXA3xx_BUILTIN or set
>>> .keep_config flag in pxa3xx_nand_platform_data in your board configuration.
>>>
>>>> Then later it gives a lot of ECC errors and prints the following messages:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cowardly refusing to erase blocks on filesystem with no valid JFFS2 nodes
>>>>> empty_blocks 0, bad_blocks 208, c->nr_blocks 438
>>>>> VFS: Cannot open root device "mtdblock2" or unknown-block(31,2)
>>>>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
>>>>> 1f00             256 mtdblock0 (driver?)
>>>>> 1f01            2048 mtdblock1 (driver?)
>>>>> 1f02          112128 mtdblock2 (driver?)
>>>>> 1f03             512 mtdblock3 (driver?)
>>>>> b300         2008064 mmcblk0 driver: mmcblk
>>>>>   b301           31288 mmcblk0p1
>>>>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(31,2)
>>>>> Backtrace:
>>>>> [<c0028a34>] (dump_backtrace+0x0/0x110) from [<c0028b78>] (dump_stack+0x18/0x1c)
>>>>>  r6:c03af144 r5:c001d884 r4:cf81df54
>>>>> [<c0028b60>] (dump_stack+0x0/0x1c) from [<c003ca9c>] (panic+0x60/0x13c)
>>>>> [<c003ca3c>] (panic+0x0/0x13c) from [<c0008dac>] (mount_block_root+0x104/0x234)
>>>>>  r3:00000000 r2:20000013 r1:cf81df54 r0:c0330e50
>>>>> [<c0008ca8>] (mount_block_root+0x0/0x234) from [<c0008fb8>] (mount_root+0xdc/0x100)
>>>>> [<c0008edc>] (mount_root+0x0/0x100) from [<c0009024>] (prepare_namespace+0x48/0x190)
>>>>>  r7:00000000 r6:c001d840 r5:c001d83c r4:c03ae0c4
>>>>> [<c0008fdc>] (prepare_namespace+0x0/0x190) from [<c00087dc>] (kernel_init+0xc8/0xf4)
>>>>>  r6:c001cdec r5:c001cb58 r4:c03ae0b8
>>>>> [<c0008714>] (kernel_init+0x0/0xf4) from [<c003fc90>] (do_exit+0x0/0x6c8)
>>>>>  r6:00000000 r5:00000000 r4:00000000
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Please can someone guide me as to what maybe wrong. The flash cannot
>>>> be corrupt as
>>>> 2.6.25 boots correctly. Then where am I going wrong?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> Saurabh
>>>>
>>>> ______________________________________________________
>>>> Linux MTD discussion mailing list
>>>> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Sincerely yours,
>>> Mike.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.
>
>