_DoC_WaitReady timed out -- is this the correct way to handle it?

Chuck Meade chuckmeade at mindspring.com
Wed Apr 2 15:51:06 EST 2003


During bootup I get the following messages relating to my
DiskOnChip device:

Using configured DiskOnChip probe address 0xf1000000
DiskOnChip Millennium found at address 0xF1000000
Flash chip found: Manufacturer ID: 98, Chip ID: E6 (Toshiba TC58V64AFT/DC)
_DoC_WaitReady timed out.
_DoC_WaitReady timed out.
_DoC_WaitReady timed out.
DoC_Command (reset) for 1,0 returned true
_DoC_WaitReady timed out.
_DoC_WaitReady timed out.
_DoC_WaitReady timed out.
DoC_Command (reset) for 2,0 returned true
_DoC_WaitReady timed out.
_DoC_WaitReady timed out.
_DoC_WaitReady timed out.
DoC_Command (reset) for 3,0 returned true
1 flash chips found. Total DiskOnChip size: 8 MiB
mtd: Giving out device 0 to DiskOnChip Millennium
NFTL driver: nftlcore.c $Revision: 1.85 $, nftlmount.c $Revision: 1.25 $
NFTL_notify_add for DiskOnChip Millennium
.......

The problem is that the timeouts associated with the
"_DoC_WaitReady timed out." messages are greatly increasing the
bootup time (about 2 additional minutes).  It is running DoC_ScanChips(),
which is calling DoC_IdentChip(), which is timing out on a reset command,
very slowly.

One entry in the archives mentioned checking fewer floors, so I 
reduced the number of floors being checked from 4 to 1.  It now runs
fast enough, but I would like to know if this is the correct way to
go about handling this "long timeout" issue, or if there is a cleaner
approach.

Thanks very much,
Chuck




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