Ecc Errors In Dmesg


stragulus

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Hello,

I just got the gp2x and got the serial console over usb working.

When I type dmesg, I see a lot of this:

**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1089:0
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1089:1
**>>Block 34 marked for retirement
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1090:0
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1090:1
**>>Block 34 marked for retirement
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1091:0
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1091:1
**>>Block 34 marked for retirement
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1092:0
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1092:1
**>>Block 34 marked for retirement
fclk 100MHZ
net2272: ep0 status ack
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 2521:0
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 2521:1
**>>Block 78 marked for retirement
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1771:0
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1771:1
**>>Block 55 marked for retirement
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1772:0
**>>ecc error unfixed on chunk 1772:1
**>>Block 55 marked for retirement

Is this reason for concern? It seems awfully quick to get such errors on a brand new device :/
 
Yes, that's normal. NAND has errors when bought new from the factory, you just don't know where there are until you try and write to them, and others appear over time.

Also, the file system gph use in 2.0 is particularly noisy about such "errors".

Don't worry about it unless the device starts becoming unstable.
 
Yes, that's normal. NAND has errors when bought new from the factory, you just don't know where there are until you try and write to them, and others appear over time.

Ok, thanks for your reply. It hasn't shown any sign of being unstable yet, luckily B)
 
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