Good Morning Alan,

Can't really tell you why, decisions made by the hardware designer. Bet bet  I 
have. Unfortunately the layout is hardwired like this, so no qspi or SDIO 
available without a change.

Reto

On 2021/05/19 15:27:38, Alan Carvalho de Assis <acas...@gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hi Reto,
> 
> Just a curiosity: why are you using SDCard support over SPI?
> Isn't your board prepared to use native SDCard/SDIO peripheral?
> 
> BR,
> 
> Alan
> 
> On 5/19/21, Reto Gähwiler <gret.hexa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey again,
> >
> > About the requested configuration of the SD-Card, here we go:
> >   CONFIG_MMCSD=y
> >   CONFIG_MMCSD_SPI=y
> >   CONFIG_MMCSD_SPICLOCK=25000000
> >
> > About the multiblock, I don't think we are using that. Let me know how I
> > could recognise it if not in the config.
> >
> > Thanks, Reto
> >
> > On 2021/05/19 12:13:35, David Sidrane <david.sidr...@nscdg.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Reto,
> >>
> >> What is the clock rate to the card and is multiblock enabled?
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Reto Gähwiler [mailto:gret.hexa...@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 5:08 AM
> >> To: dev@nuttx.apache.org
> >> Subject: Re: RE: Nuttx FAT32 issues - corrupted files, wrongly stated
> >> free
> >> clusters by statfs
> >>
> >> Hi David,
> >>
> >> It is running on an STM32h743zi version V or Y. The SD-card in use is a
> >> SwissBit S-45u.
> >>
> >> Reto
> >>
> >> On 2021/05/19 11:11:22, David Sidrane <david.sidr...@nscdg.com> wrote:
> >> > hi Reto,
> >> >
> >> > What SoC is this on? What type of card are you using?
> >> >
> >> > David
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Reto Gähwiler [mailto:gret.hexa...@gmail.com]
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 3:22 AM
> >> > To: dev@nuttx.apache.org
> >> > Subject: Re: Nuttx FAT32 issues - corrupted files, wrongly stated free
> >> > clusters by statfs
> >> >
> >> > Hello Jukka,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your quick reaction. I applied your PR to our "outdated"
> >> > nuttx.
> >> > Unfortunately, it did not show any impact on the statfs behaviour if
> >> > the
> >> > card is corrupted. Though, meanwhile I do have hands on two images.
> >> >
> >> > #1 the mentioned one. Although, the files/dirs are all deleted. But
> >> > still
> >> > same behvaiour and a chkdsk error. statfs reports 703 MB free while the
> >> > sd-card was deleted!
> >> >
> >> > #2 Having the file structure in place and contains plenty of logfiles.
> >> > Many
> >> > of them with the mentioned corruptions. The card is filled to 100%. But
> >> > here
> >> > the behaviour is slightly different. Checking the FSINFO block and then
> >> > removing some files under Windows doesn't impact the FSINFO section.
> >> > But
> >> > once inserted to the device statfs reports the correct size and updates
> >> > the
> >> > FSINFO section. However, the card also shows corruptions if chkdsk is
> >> > applied to it.
> >> > This behaviour is identical before and after applying your PR.
> >> >
> >> > Brgds, Reto
> >> >
> >> > On 2021/05/18 19:55:06, Jukka Laitinen <jukka.laiti...@iki.fi> wrote:
> >> > > Hi,
> >> > >
> >> > > There seems to be a bug in sector calculation which may trigger with
> >> > > e.g. corrupted fs. I just made a PR for this,
> >> > >
> >> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/pull/3740
> >> > >
> >> > > But I really don't know if this is related to your issues, this is
> >> > > just
> >> > > something that suddenly popped up elsewhere.
> >> > >
> >> > > -Jukka
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On 18.5.2021 16.10, Reto Gähwiler wrote:
> >> > > > Dear All,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > First of all, in case a similar thread pops-up authored by myself,
> >> > > > please
> >> > > > ignore.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Recently we discovered some issues with the FAT32 partition on the
> >> > > > SD-Card
> >> > > > used in our device running on nuttx. There are actually a bunch of
> >> > > > issues
> >> > > > we are strugle to understand related to the filesystem.
> >> > > > The issue discovered recently is, that a statfs call won't return
> >> > > > the
> >> > > > true
> >> > > > number of free clusters. It rather returns what ever is in the FS
> >> > > > INFO
> >> > > > section of the FAT32 partition. Inserting such a "corrupted" card
> >> > > > into
> >> > > > an
> >> > > > SD-Card reader and mounting it to Windows shows following:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > #1 Windows file explorer reports the correct free space.
> >> > > > #2 Comparing the free space in file explorer and looging at FS INFO
> >> > > > section
> >> > > > with "Active - Disk Editor" doesn't line up. Windows wouldn't write
> >> > > > any
> >> > > > longer the FS INFO section on that card. Even if all the
> >> > > > files/dires
> >> > > > are
> >> > > > wiped from the card.
> >> > > > #3 Whenever files are added / removed under nuttx the FS INFO
> >> > > > section
> >> > > > would
> >> > > > be updated by nuttx, but to the wrong number since the base is
> >> > > > wrong.
> >> > > > #4 Mounting the card to linux and properly unmount it might
> >> > > > actually
> >> > > > fix
> >> > > > the issue. But not always!
> >> > > > #5 Quick format the card resolved the issue too. Windows would once
> >> > > > again
> >> > > > write the FS INFO section and nuttx would shows the correct free
> >> > > > space.
> >> > > > #5 Running a "chkdsk /f" under windows on that broken SD-Card fixes
> >> > > > the
> >> > > > issue too. Reporting a broken file in a root folder on that card.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > We indeed had issues with corrupted files in the past. Usually in
> >> > > > the
> >> > > > logging directory, which is accessed most. How they corrupt we do
> >> > > > not
> >> > > > know.
> >> > > > The corruption is recognised in the following ways:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > #A cryptic and too long file names, we only make use of short file
> >> > > > names
> >> > > > (8.3)
> >> > > > #B files whcih became folders
> >> > > > #C sizes which are not possible
> >> > > > #D combinations of the above
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Our application supervises the SD-Card with statfs and removes
> >> > > > files
> >> > > > once
> >> > > > we hit a quota of 0.85. Therefore, the card is not filling up.
> >> > > > However,
> >> > > > the
> >> > > > most recent recognition of this behvaiour was due to an application
> >> > > > bug
> >> > > > which allowed the card to fill up under some circumstances.
> >> > > > Playing around with a quickformated SD-Card, filled up with data
> >> > > > and
> >> > > > trying
> >> > > > to retrigger the issue revealed that I never get the ENOSPC but
> >> > > > only
> >> > > > EIO
> >> > > > once the card is full! But never managed to get the statfs issue.
> >> > > > For the logging we use the fstream family (fopen, fwrite, fread,
> >> > > > fflush,
> >> > > > fsync) commands. For config files and other things also the low
> >> > > > level
> >> > > > read/write are used.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > One more thing, among all the logging files we once in a while have
> >> > > > corrupted file content. Typically that is a skipped byte or doubled
> >> > > > byte
> >> > > > (we use protobuf and can see that encoding the binary). This seems
> >> > > > to
> >> > > > happen during reading but also writing the file.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > At the moment we didn't investigate the fat driver of nuttx but
> >> > > > rather
> >> > > > tried to analyse the problem. And now we have a bunch of question
> >> > > > marks.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > #1 Has anyone recongised similar issues?
> >> > > > #2 Does anyone know a tool which can be used in nuttx equivalent to
> >> > > > chkdsk
> >> > > > under windows? Or do quick format?
> >> > > > #3 Why is there no ENOSPC but EIO once the card is full?
> >> > > > #4 What triggers the corrupted files? How robust is the nuttx FAT32
> >> > > > considering stackdumps and powerlosses?
> >> > > >
> >> > > > For the purpose of investigation, I have an image of the SD-Card
> >> > > > when
> >> > > > it
> >> > > > was in the state of reporting wrong sizes in nuttx.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Looking forward to your answers and ideas. Appreciate your help,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Reto
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> 

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