Re: jffs2_get_inode_nodes(): Data CRC failed on NAND device

Frédéric Janot
2005-02-14T17:59:00Z

Estelle,

Thanks for this very fast answer !!!

Estelle HAMMACHE wrote:

>JFFS2 on NAND flash uses a page buffer. It is flushed to the flash when
>it is full, or when you do fsync, sync or umount.
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Does that mean that I have to call fsync each time after fclose a file ?
Even if I do not edit some files, I get this kind of error. Does that
mean something (jffs2 itself or other) write some data to the flash all
the time ?

>Some data may remain in the page buffer and is never written
>to the Flash.
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So I really loose some data :(

>>If I umount / before rebooting, I don't have one more error message at
>>the next reboot.
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>This is correct procedure if you don't want to lose any data.
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It is an embedded board without power supervisor. I cannot detect when
the customer power down the board :(

Frederic