nandtest error

[Han Xu]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 4:48 AM, Tee Zhen Cong <zc.tee at teraoka.com.sg> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am using imx6SOLO to interface with a new 32Gb NAND flash from MICRON,
> MT29F32G08CBADA.
> After applying the patch to truncate the remaining bytes out of the
> power-of-2, imx6SOLO is able to detect and recognize the NAND flash.
> [    0.346874] ONFI flash detected
> [    0.347012] ONFI param page 0 valid
> [    0.347019] nand: onfi confirmed
>  [    0.347035] NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x2c, Chip ID: 0x44 (Micron
> MT29F32G08CBADAWP)
>  [    0.349811] Bad block table found at page 524032, version 0x01
>  [    0.352254] Bad block table found at page 523776, version 0x01
>  [    0.354979] Creating 3 MTD partitions on "gpmi-nand":
> [    0.354991] 0x000000000000-0x000000600000 : "kobs-ng"
> [    0.355750] 0x000000600000-0x000000a00000 : "kernel"
> [    0.356404] 0x000000a00000-0x000100000000 : "fs"
> [    0.357165] ---------------------------------------
> [    0.357173]        NFC Geometry (used by BCH)
> [    0.357179] ---------------------------------------
> [    0.357185] ECC Strength           : 56

The default ecc value beyond the the BCH capability(upto 40bit).
Please add  fsl,use-minimum-ecc = <1>; in dts nand portion.

> [    0.357190] Page Size in Bytes     : 8936
> [    0.357195] Metadata Size in Bytes : 10
> [    0.357200] ECC Chunk Size in Bytes: 1024
> [    0.357205] ECC Chunk Count        : 8
> [    0.357210] Payload Size in Bytes  : 8192
> [    0.357215] Auxiliary Size in Bytes: 20
> [    0.357220] Auxiliary Status Offset: 12
> [    0.357225] Block Mark Byte Offset : 7545
> [    0.357230] Block Mark Bit Offset  : 0
> [    0.357329] GPMI NAND driver registered. (IMX)
>
> However, when I tried to perform nandtest in my system, I always get the
> error where some of the bytes read back is not the same as written in.
>> nandtest /dev/mtd2
> ECC corrections: 0
> ECC failures   : 0
> Bad blocks     : 6
> BBT blocks     : 0
> 00000000: checking...
> compare failed. seed 1667286349
> Byte 0x23ff is 4f should be 47
> Byte 0x882d is db should be d9
> Byte 0x1602a is 2f should be 2d
> Byte 0x39c1d is 8c should be 88
> Byte 0x66815 is 62 should be 60
> Byte 0x70833 is fb should be db
> Byte 0x7742b is 34 should be 35
> Byte 0x8601c is ab should be aa
> Byte 0x9c80a is b7 should be b3
> Byte 0xb141c is 59 should be 49
> Byte 0xc700f is c5 should be c7
> Byte 0xcc03c is de should be d6
> Byte 0xe1c02 is 3e should be 7e
> Byte 0xe6c13 is bc should be fc
> Byte 0xea016 is 67 should be 6f
> Byte 0xf0441 is 73 should be 72
> Byte 0xf4026 is 59 should be 58
> Byte 0xfc410 is 76 should be 56
> Byte 0x114c40 is c6 should be c4
> Byte 0x117c1e is 42 should be 40
> Byte 0x13c037 is ea should be e2
> Byte 0x151c08 is 74 should be 75
> Byte 0x16603b is 52 should be 50
> Byte 0x182824 is b7 should be b3
> Byte 0x187832 is 88 should be 89
> Byte 0x191c40 is 48 should be 40
> Byte 0x1b7002 is 47 should be c7
> Byte 0x1cf80c is 03 should be 01
> Byte 0x1d0c24 is 10 should be 90
> Byte 0x1d1c3b is 82 should be c2
> Byte 0x1ea83d is c7 should be 87
>
> It seems like for the bytes with error, there are always 1 bit errors, and
> the bit location is random. If I tried to perform nandtest several time, the
> address of the error bytes are different as well.
>
> I am using linux kernel version 3.0.35. Anybody has any idea why is this
> happening? Is there any setting that I need to tweak to make it work?
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> zc
>
>
>
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