NXFFS: When dumping the MTD content, don't abort on a read error. For NAND, the read error probably just means that an uncorrectable ECC was encountered

ChangeLog

@@ -6146,4 +6146,7 @@
 	* drivers/mtd/mtd_nand* and arch/arm/src/sama5/sam_nand.c:  NAND
 	  accesses now work (at least with software ECC and now DMA).  Still
 	  lots of testing to be done (2013-11-30).
+	* fs/nxffs/nxffs_dump.c: Do not abort on a read error.  Just not
+	  the error and continue.  Otherwise, we would not be able to dump
+	  NAND FLASH (2013-11-30).
 

configs/sama5d3x-ek/README.txt

@@ -2529,6 +2529,10 @@ Configurations
        Since you will not be able to re-enable the watchdog later, you may
        need to set CONFIG_SAMA5_WDT=y in the NuttX configuration file.
 
+    4. If you put norboot on the Serial FLASH, you can automatically
+       boot to NOR on reset.  See the section "Creating and Using NORBOOT"
+       above.
+
     STATUS:
        See the To-Do list below
 
@@ -2852,7 +2856,8 @@ To-Do List
    initializing .bss and .data.
 
 4) Neither USB OHCI nor EHCI support Isochronous endpoints.  Interrupt
-   endpoint support in the EHCI driver is untested.
+   endpoint support in the EHCI driver is untested (but works in similar
+   EHCI drivers).
 
 5) HSCMI TX DMA support is currently commented out.
 
@@ -2874,8 +2879,11 @@ To-Do List
    layers and other features of the LCDC.
 
 10) I have a Camera, but there is still no ISI driver.  I am not sure what to
-    do with the camera.  NuttX needs something liek V4L to provide the
+    do with the camera.  NuttX needs something like V4L to provide the
     definition for what a camera driver is supposed to do.
 
+    I will probably develop a test harness for ISI, but it is of only
+    minimal value with no OS infrastructure to deal with images and video.
+
 11) GMAC has only been tested on a 10/100Base-T network.  I don't have a
     1000Base-T network to support additional testing.

fs/nxffs/nxffs_dump.c

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /****************************************************************************
  * fs/nxffs/nxffs_dump.c
  *
- *   Copyright (C) 2011 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
+ *   Copyright (C) 2011, 2013 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
  *   Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
  *
  * References: Linux/Documentation/filesystems/romfs.txt
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static inline ssize_t nxffs_analyzeinode(FAR struct nxffs_blkinfo_s *blkinfo,
 
       return ERROR;
     }
-  
+
 
   /* Can we verify the inode?  We need to have the inode name in the same
    * block to do that (or get access to the next block)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static inline ssize_t nxffs_analyzeinode(FAR struct nxffs_blkinfo_s *blkinfo,
   nextblock = blkinfo->offset + blkinfo->geo.blocksize;
   if (noffs > nextblock)
     {
-      /* Not than we cannot verify the inode header */
+      /* Note than we cannot verify the inode header */
 
       if (blkinfo->verbose)
         {
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ static inline ssize_t nxffs_analyzedata(FAR struct nxffs_blkinfo_s *blkinfo,
     {
       fdbg(g_format, blkinfo->block, offset, "DATA ", "OK     ", datlen);
     }
+
   return SIZEOF_NXFFS_DATA_HDR + datlen;
 }
 #endif
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ static inline void nxffs_analyze(FAR struct nxffs_blkinfo_s *blkinfo)
               fdbg(g_format, blkinfo->block, 0, "BLOCK", "ERASED ",
                    blkinfo->geo.blocksize);
             }
+
           return;
         }
 #if 0 /* Too much output, to little information */
@@ -365,6 +367,7 @@ static inline void nxffs_analyze(FAR struct nxffs_blkinfo_s *blkinfo)
                 {
                   i = hdrndx + nbytes - 1;
                 }
+
               inndx = 0;
             }
         }
@@ -381,6 +384,7 @@ static inline void nxffs_analyze(FAR struct nxffs_blkinfo_s *blkinfo)
                 {
                   i = hdrndx + nbytes - 1;
                 }
+
               datndx = 0;
             }
         }
@@ -427,7 +431,7 @@ int nxffs_dump(FAR struct mtd_dev_s *mtd, bool verbose)
   if (ret < 0)
     {
       fdbg("ERROR: MTD ioctl(MTDIOC_GEOMETRY) failed: %d\n", -ret);
-      goto errout;
+      return ret;
     }
 
   /* Save the verbose output indication */
@@ -440,8 +444,7 @@ int nxffs_dump(FAR struct mtd_dev_s *mtd, bool verbose)
   if (!blkinfo.buffer)
     {
       fdbg("ERROR: Failed to allocate block cache\n");
-      ret = -ENOMEM;
-      goto errout;
+      return -ENOMEM;
     }
 
   /* Now read every block on the device */
@@ -459,20 +462,27 @@ int nxffs_dump(FAR struct mtd_dev_s *mtd, bool verbose)
       ret = MTD_BREAD(mtd, blkinfo.block, 1, blkinfo.buffer);
       if (ret < 0)
         {
-          fdbg("ERROR: Failed to read block %d\n", blkinfo.block);
-          goto errout_with_block;
+          /* A read error is probably fatal on all media but NAND.
+           * On NAND, the read error probably just signifies a block
+           * with an uncorrectable ECC failure.  So, to handle NAND,
+           * just report the read error and continue.
+           */
+
+          fdbg(g_format, blkinfo.block, 0, "BLOCK", "RD FAIL",
+               blkinfo.geo.blocksize);
         }
+      else
+        {
+          /* Analyze the block that we just read */
 
-      /* Analyze the block */
-
-      nxffs_analyze(&blkinfo);
+          nxffs_analyze(&blkinfo);
+        }
     }
+
   fdbg("%d blocks analyzed\n", blkinfo.nblocks);
 
-errout_with_block:
   kfree(blkinfo.buffer);
-errout:
-  return ret;
+  return OK;
 
 #else
   return -ENOSYS;

fs/nxffs/nxffs_initialize.c

@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ int nxffs_limits(FAR struct nxffs_volume_s *volume)
               return OK;
             }
 
-          // No?  Then it is some other failure that we do not know how to handle
+          /* No?  Then it is some other failure that we do not know how to handle */
 
           fdbg("ERROR: nxffs_getc failed: %d\n", -ch);
           return ch;