Bad black table not found
Dan Brown
dan_brown at ieee.org
Mon Mar 14 16:11:00 EST 2005
Matt Garratt wrote:
> When my computer boots, I get the following messages that concern me
> regarding the DOC2000. Are these something I should worry about and if so,
> is there anything that can be done to fix?
>
> Bad Block Table not found for chip 0
> Bad Block Table not found for chip 0
I assume you're using the new NAND-based diskonchip driver. This driver
uses a BBT scheme which is slightly different from the one used by
M-Systems. (Specifically: it preserves the MSystems BBT but adds a
backup BBT). The messages you are seeing indicate that we haven't found
this "Linux-specific" BBT table. This is completely normal.
To avoid filesystem corruption, the diskonchip driver won't create the
BBT tables it wants unless you give it permission, using either a config
option (MTD_NAND_DISKONCHIP_BBTWRITE) or a module load parameter
(inftl_bbt_write). See the config help for more info.
When the Linux-specific BBT table is created, it is marked as reserved,
so the MSystems tools won't touch it and won't be bothered by it.
> INFTL: corrupt block 4087 in chain 4087, chain length 0, erase mark 0x0?
> INFTL: formating chain at block 4087
> INFTL: formatting block 4087
> nand_erase: Failed erase, page 0x0001fee0
> INFTL: error while formatting block 4087
> INFTL: cannot calculate a geometry to match size of 0x6d5c0
> INFTL: using C:999 H:16 S:28 (==0x6d440 sects)
I can't help you with these messages -- I've never actually used INFTL.
-Dan
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