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Running out of CF disk space
- 10-19-2006
- istakoz2000
October 19, 2006, 5:27 pm
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I 'm working on a CPCI board with Slackware-10.2 linux installed
on a 1GB Compact Flash . I tried to use the CF as a hard disk and
didn't make any ramdisk file system .
I wrote a kernel module as device driver of an fpga on another board .
When I insert and run the kernel module to do pci dma for 100 K
times -each time 80 Kbytes is transferred - then remove the module
,the CF diskspace is decreasing about 300Kbytes ?
Where should I look , actually I'm opening the device and dont ' close
it but I 'm removing the module ?
on a 1GB Compact Flash . I tried to use the CF as a hard disk and
didn't make any ramdisk file system .
I wrote a kernel module as device driver of an fpga on another board .
When I insert and run the kernel module to do pci dma for 100 K
times -each time 80 Kbytes is transferred - then remove the module
,the CF diskspace is decreasing about 300Kbytes ?
Where should I look , actually I'm opening the device and dont ' close
it but I 'm removing the module ?
Re: Running out of CF disk space
If I'm not mistaken, the module will not be removed if there is any
activity.
In hope that the activity will stop, the module will be removed for further
accesses, but the ongoing ones are able to finish (to prevent data loss).
You should close your device first.
May be I understood you wrong, but why don't you close the module?
Regards
Re: Running out of CF disk space
I found that a file is getting bigger and bigger, /var/logs/syslog
360Mbytes.
I have about ten printk lines in kernel module an each line is about
20 characters .When I run it in loop 100K times 200 *100K 20%Mbytes
message is logged into syslog . This is the explanation of running out
of CF disk space.
Sebastian yazdi:
360Mbytes.
I have about ten printk lines in kernel module an each line is about
20 characters .When I run it in loop 100K times 200 *100K 20%Mbytes
message is logged into syslog . This is the explanation of running out
of CF disk space.
Sebastian yazdi:
Re: Running out of CF disk space
You should on embedded systems start a ramdisk anyway because the system
will crash after a certain time anyway because of your /tmp directory (too
many write operations). Although cf disks can have lots of write
operations, linux can easily reach this number.
Perhaps a solution for your module /var/log problem: Remove all these printk
statements and use a fifo device for debugging. In user space you open this
device and read the strings
taco
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