[PATCH v8 0/3] add the GPMI controller driver for IMX23/IMX28

Koen Beel koen.beel.barco at gmail.com
Tue Aug 2 05:29:57 EDT 2011 

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Huang Shijie <b32955 at freescale.com> wrote:
> Hi Koen:
>
> I tested the driver in mx23evk board, and I do not find the DMA-timeout
> error.

Strange.
>
> The following is my test environment:
> [0] Hardware:
>       MX23EVK PCB REV C

I have the same hardware. But also on our own hardware (mx23, but
different dram and different nand) it's failing with the same output
as on the evk (see log file in previous mail).

> [1] SW:
>    kernel:git://git.linaro.org/people/shawnguo/linux-2.6.git mxs-gpmi
>    .config: my_config , you can find it in my previous email.
>    cmdline: console=ttyAMA0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait
> gpmi_debug_init mtdparts=gpmi-nand:20m(boot),-(user)

I use that git and your config file. Only thing i have changed to the
config is to integrate the initramfs rootfs.
Would it be possible for you to test using rootfs in initramfs? Now
you are using the mmc card as rootfs which is on the dma engine and
bus.


>
> [2] test shell script:
> ================================
>
> echo 0x20 > /sys/module/gpmi_nand/parameters/gpmi_debug

As said, don't have that gpmi_debug sysfs entry. Sure you don't have
any other modification done which are not in that git branch?

> flash_eraseall /dev/mtd1
> ubiformat /dev/mtd1
> flash_eraseall /dev/mtd1
> ubiattach /dev/ubi_ctrl -m 1
> ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -N test -m
> mount -t ubifs ubi0:test tmp
> bonnie++ -d tmp -u 0 -s 2 -r 1
> bonnie++ -d tmp -u 0 -s 2 -r 1
> bonnie++ -d tmp -u 0 -s 2 -r 1
> umount tmp
> ubidetach /dev/ubi_ctrl -m 1
>
> ================================
>
> [3] conclusion
>   It runs well in my mx23 board, and no DMA-TIMEOUT occur.
> I think there is some conflict in your board.

Don't know what conflict I would have with my board. I just use the
board without anything (mmc, lcd, ...) attached to it.

>
> BTW:
>   I split the MTD to 20M and (the rest size).
So do I.

> The flash_eraseall works well.
> If i do not split the MTD, the flash_eraseall will not work.
That's strange because I use flash_eraseall on my mtd1 which is 108 MB.
I don't know how you boot but my uboot is in mtd0, so don't use that
part to test

> I guest overflow occurs in some place.
>
> Best Regards
> Huang Shijie
>
>
>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Huang Shijie<b32955 at freescale.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Don't think it's a hardware issue. After all it is working on the
>>>> mx23evk using the Freescale BSP based on 2.6.35.3.
>>>
>>> I doubt the Freescale BSP has fix the conflict, while the community
>>> kernel
>>> does not
>>> fix it.
>>> Anyway, I will do more test on the mx23 board myself.
>>
>> Strange indeed. I suspect that the BSP used another way to mark bad
>> blocks.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Now I tested using this kernel command line:
>>>> mtdparts=gpmi-nand:20m(boot),-(user) gpmi_debug_init
>>>> (So I removed the ubi rootfs stuff, see previous mails).
>>>>
>>>> Its booting fine now without complaining about dma timeouts.
>>>
>>> ok.
>>
>> That's mainly because the ubi stuff is not done at startup.
>>
>>>> Have tried flash_eraseall /dev/mtd1. Now it's complaining and thinking
>>>> all blocks are bad. So a "flash_erase: Skipping bad block at 1db00000"
>>>> message for every erase block.
>>>> Writing 1 to /sys/devices/platform/imx23-gpmi-nand/ignorebad, makes to
>>>
>>> This is a very dangerous interface.
>>
>> I know but it solved an issue here. Now flash_eraseall seems to be
>> working again without that ignorebad turned on (only finds one bad
>> erase blcok).
>> Again: I suspect that the BSP used another way to mark bad blocks.
>>
>>>> go a little further giving 'only one' error but I doubt it's working
>>>> at all. See attached log file.
>>>>
>>>> When the trying ubiformat /dev/mtd1 its stopping with a dma timeout.
>>>
>>> echo 0x20>  /sys/devices/platform/imx23-gpmi-nand/gpmi_debug
>>>
>>> to show the GPMI register when the DMA timeout occurs.
>>
>> Don't have this sysfs interface here. I also don't see where it is
>> registered in the driver code.
>> Anyway I have hardcoded GPMI_DEBUG_CRAZY in gpmi_debug_setup.
>>
>> log file attached.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Koen
>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>> Huang Shijie
>>>>
>>>> Every subsequent action (e.g. using ubiformat or flash_eraseall) using
>>>> that dma channel is failing.
>>>> I have put a printk in mxs-dma.c around line 387:
>>>>
>>>>     if (mxs_chan->status == DMA_IN_PROGRESS&&    !append)
>>>>     {
>>>>         pr_err("dma already in progess!\n");
>>>>         return NULL;
>>>>     }
>>>>
>>>> I see that printk also in the log file in attach. Seems like the
>>>> mxs-dma is failing at some point and for the rest of the time always
>>>> keeps it's status at DMA_IN_PROGRESS
>>>>
>>>> Any input or feedback is welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Koen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Marek Vasut<marek.vasut at gmail.com>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, July 29, 2011 05:00:48 PM Koen Beel wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Lothar
>>>>>> Waßmann<LW at karo-electronics.de>
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Koen Beel writes:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Lothar
>>>>>>>> Waßmann<LW at karo-electronics.de>
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Koen Beel writes:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have test on mx23evk board. Still see the same issues.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:53 AM, Huang
>>>>>>>>>> Shijie<b32955 at freescale.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your test.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It's not really working for me.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I've applied all gpmi-nand driver patches and the dma driver
>>>>>>>>>>>> patches.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have added following kernel parameters:
>>>>>>>>>>>> mtdparts=gpmi-nand:20m(boot),-(user) ubi.mtd=1 root=ubi0:rootfs0
>>>>>>>>>>>> rootfstype=ubifs gpmi_debug_init
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> During boot I get already get DMA timeout:
>>>>>>>>>>>> [    2.560000] [ start_dma_without_bch_irq : 392 ] DMA timeout,
>>>>>>>>>>>> last DMA
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> :1
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> [    3.560000] [ start_dma_with_bch_irq : 427 ] bch timeout!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>> (see log file in attach line 89)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I still see this DMA timeout when booting.
>>>>>>>>>> What kernel parameters do you use? I still use same as above.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Do you have an SD card in the system? I'm getting the same error
>>>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>>>> accessing an SD card. Without SD card I can use the flash without
>>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>> errors.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No SD card in the system. At least not on my mx23evk board.
>>>>>>>> My real target hardware has a SDIO wifi chip.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Are you also testing on the mx23evk board? Really strange it is not
>>>>>>>> reproducible here then.
>>>>>>>> Anyone using mx23evk please give:
>>>>>>>> - revision number of board (I have tested on rev C1)
>>>>>>>> - kernel parameter used (see previous mail for mine)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's getting ever more strange. I only have problems with concurrent
>>>>>>> access to the flash and SD-card when I do file system based accessed
>>>>>>> to the SD card.
>>>>>>> A 'dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=/dev/null' while excessively using the flash
>>>>>>> works well, while mounting the SD card and doing an 'ls' produces
>>>>>>> immediate BCH DMA timeouts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps someone can make anything out of that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have checked and the function dma_irq_callback is never called
>>>>>> during my tests. This means the DMA transfer does not even works once.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also no clue here ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Aren't you getting some undervolt on the powerrail for example ? btw
>>>>> the
>>>>> driver
>>>>> looks a bit crappy to me, but let's believe it works ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lothar Waßmann
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