On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 14:13 +0530, Venkatraman S wrote: > Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 20:58 +0530, Venkatraman S wrote: > >> Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > HW: Beagleboard rev. C2 and C4 > >> > Processor: OMAP3 > >> > Kernel: 2.6.35-rc2 > >> > Driver: mmci-omap-hs > >> > > >> > I am faced with an SDHC card problem on a beagleboard. Some cards > >> > cannot be initialized on startup while others work perfectly. I tracked > >> > the issue down to one single kernel config: PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY. > >> > > >> > When going from PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY to PREEMPT_NONE the problem goes away. > >> > > >> > When booting, a failing card (PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY) will output the > >> > following: > >> > [ 2.283355] mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising SD card > >> > > >> > I have also seen transfer errors such as this one: > >> > [ 105.343780] mmcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 798431, nr > >> > 26, card status 0xc00 > >> > > >> > When working properly (PREEMPT_NONE), you get: > >> > [ 27.026519] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address 0007 > >> > [ 27.075775] mmcblk0: mmc0:0007 SD08G 7.49 GiB > >> > > >> > We seem to have a little timing problem - has anyone seen the same > >> > issue ? Can driver "mmci-omap-hs" actually work under > >> > PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY ? > >> > > >> > Thanks, Mathieu. > >> > > >> > >> I will check this out - not tested with PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY so far. > >> If it's not too much trouble, can you provide a log with CONFIG_MMC_DEBUG ? > >> Also, some details about the failing card would be helpful. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Venkat. > > > > Venkat, > > > > Unfortunately enabling CONFIG_MMC_DEBUG doesn't yield more information - > > the error message is the same and no additional output shows on the > > console. > > > > As for the cards, had failures with 3 different manufacturer: > > - Patriot Memory, MicroSD card, 8GB, class 4, SDHC. > > - Kinston, 4GB, class 6, SDHC. > > - Sandisk, 4GB, Class 2, SDHC. > > > > I am more than willing to test kernels for you if need be. > > > > Thanks, Mathieu. > > > > For MMC/SD logs to be sent to the console, you need to > a) "echo 8 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk" in the shell and > b) insert the card > > If you are booting from the card itself, then this won't work and > DEBUG_LL has to be enabled (in addition to CONFIG_MMC_DEBUG) > > Apologies - I should have explained this initially. > > Regards, > Venkat. Venkat, I am indeed booting from the card itself, making things more difficult. DEBUG_LL has been configured since the very beginning and still not much to look at on the console. To see something I had to pass loglevel=8 on the kernel command line. At that point there is tones of stuff coming out and the card is initialized properly, which points to a timing issue. Since I couldn't reproduce the failure when debug messages are enabled, I turned them back off and started to instrument the code on the hunt for the failure. I have cornered the source of the problem in "drivers/mmc/core/sd_ops.c", function "mmc_sd_switch". When the kernel is configured with PREEMPT_NONE, the value of "data.error" is set to "0" after "mmc_wait_for_req" returns. When PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY is configured, "data.error" gets set to "-110" upon "mmc_wait_for_req" returning, which prevent the remaining of the configuration to take place. I am out of time for today but tomorrow I'll dive in "mmc_wait_for_req". Send me a line if the above rings a bell or you find something. Ghorai, please find an answer to your question in the above trail. Thanks, Mathieu. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html