[U-Boot] Problem with SD card and ext2ls

[U-Boot] Problem with SD card and ext2ls

[javier Martin]

I have an SD card with an ext2 partition and I am trying to access it
through ext2ls command but this is what I get:

# ext2ls mmc 0:1 /
** Bad partition - mmc 0:1 **

I have read some previous mails of some people complaining about a
similar problem:
http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot at lists.denx.de/msg12776.html

Here also Wolfgang Denk says that ext2 is currently broken in u-boot
for newer ext2 images.

Is this still true or has it been fixed since then?

Thank you.
-- 
Javier Martin
Vista Silicon S.L.
CDTUC - FASE C - Oficina S-345
Avda de los Castros s/n
39005- Santander. Cantabria. Spain
+34 942 25 32 60
www.vista-silicon.com

[U-Boot] Problem with SD card and ext2ls

[javier Martin]

Also if I issue a "mmc rescan 0" I get the following:

# mmc rescan 0
# ext2ls mmc 0:1 /
get partition info called
raise: Signal # 8 caught
raise: Signal # 8 caught
raise: Signal # 8 caught

What could be happening here?

Thank you.
-- 
Javier Martin
Vista Silicon S.L.
CDTUC - FASE C - Oficina S-345
Avda de los Castros s/n
39005- Santander. Cantabria. Spain
+34 942 25 32 60
www.vista-silicon.com

[U-Boot] Problem with SD card and ext2ls

[javier Martin]

Looking deeply in the list I found someone that had the same problem
with an AT91:
http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot at lists.denx.de/msg23442.html

I submit here all useful information about my case.

Board: imx27lite
Toolchains: eldk-4.2
GIT commit: f67066b6b0740b826ed862615c5ab022aaf4779a
SD card formatted in ext2 with gparted.

How to reproduce:

=> mmc rescan 0
=> ext2ls mmc 0:1 /
 <2, 0, 204>
ext2fs read inode 2
ext2fs read 0 group descriptor (blkno 2 blkoff 0)
 <4, 0, 32>
raise: Signal # 8 caught
ext2fs read inode blkno 0 blkoff 0
raise: Signal # 8 caught
raise: Signal # 8 caught
ext2fs read inode blkno 6 blkoff 0
 <12, 0, 128>


-- 
Javier Martin
Vista Silicon S.L.
CDTUC - FASE C - Oficina S-345
Avda de los Castros s/n
39005- Santander. Cantabria. Spain
+34 942 25 32 60
www.vista-silicon.com

[U-Boot] Problem with SD card and ext2ls

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear javier Martin,

In message <eedb5540911200403r5a4dfb8el7fd73965f33a7c4f@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> Also if I issue a "mmc rescan 0" I get the following:
> 
> # mmc rescan 0
> # ext2ls mmc 0:1 /
> get partition info called
> raise: Signal # 8 caught
> raise: Signal # 8 caught
> raise: Signal # 8 caught
> 
> What could be happening here?

Sorry, the batteries of my crystal ball are running low...

It _might_ help if you provided a _little_ information, at least the
most vital pieces like which architecture / board you are speaking of,
and which exact version (which git commit id) you are running.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
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[U-Boot] Problem with SD card and ext2ls

[javier Martin]

> Sorry, the batteries of my crystal ball are running low...
>
> It _might_ help if you provided a _little_ information, at least the
> most vital pieces like which architecture / board you are speaking of,
> and which exact version (which git commit id) you are running.

Please see my last mail. I sent three mails without reply and maybe
this lead to some confusion, sorry. In that, my previous mail, you
have all the information: Board, SD card, how to reproduce...

Thank you.


-- 
Javier Martin
Vista Silicon S.L.
CDTUC - FASE C - Oficina S-345
Avda de los Castros s/n
39005- Santander. Cantabria. Spain
+34 942 25 32 60
www.vista-silicon.com

[U-Boot] Problem with SD card and ext2ls

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear javier Martin,

In message <eedb5540911230109k9b3b6f7ibc261b6f6f4c838f@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> > Sorry, the batteries of my crystal ball are running low...
> >
> > It _might_ help if you provided a _little_ information, at least the
> > most vital pieces like which architecture / board you are speaking of,
> > and which exact version (which git commit id) you are running.
> 
> Please see my last mail. I sent three mails without reply and maybe
> this lead to some confusion, sorry. In that, my previous mail, you
> have all the information: Board, SD card, how to reproduce...

Found it, indeed. Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
Applying computer technology is simply finding the  right  wrench  to
pound in the correct screw.

[U-Boot] Problem with SD card and ext2ls

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear javier Martin,

In message <eedb5540911200347t5f11bdcat9206e2d9f1a7f971@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> I have an SD card with an ext2 partition and I am trying to access it
> through ext2ls command but this is what I get:
> 
> # ext2ls mmc 0:1 /
> ** Bad partition - mmc 0:1 **
> 
> I have read some previous mails of some people complaining about a
> similar problem:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot at lists.denx.de/msg12776.html
> 
> Here also Wolfgang Denk says that ext2 is currently broken in u-boot
> for newer ext2 images.

Well, that was a long, long time ago. And the problem reported there
(and fixed since) was about newer (bigger) inode sizes - this has
nothing to do with "Bad partition" errors.

> Is this still true or has it been fixed since then?

The problems referred to in the posting you quote have long been
fixed.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
... The things love can drive a man to -- the  ecstasies,  the  mise-
ries,  the broken rules, the desperate chances, the glorious failures
and the glorious victories.
	-- McCoy, "Requiem for Methuselah", stardate 5843.7

[U-Boot] Problem with SD card and ext2ls

[Michael Brandt]

Hello,

> Here also Wolfgang Denk says that ext2 is currently broken in u-boot
> for newer ext2 images.

I rather would say it is broken for rev 0,
i.e. old ext2 images and images generated with genext2fs

> Is this still true or has it been fixed since then?

I just posted a patch: [PATCH] EXT2FS: fix inode size for ext2fs rev#0.

Best regards,

	Michael.