[Gumstix-users] boot failure after running for a long time

[Henry B. <hen...@ya...>]

After reset I am getting the following error:

Scanning JFFS2 FS: ................../ add_node: malloc failed
add_node failed!
load: Failed to scan JFFSv2 file structure
### JFFS2 LOAD ERROR<0> for boot/uImage!


I
am using U-Boot 1.1.4 (release 1363) modified for use with SD cards.
>From the notes and previous messages this problem should have been
fixed. 

The problem only appears after lots of file activity.
In our application the file system is read-only  except for very brief
periods when  entries are written to our log file approxiametly every
30 seconds. After ~ 7,000  entries  reboot  fails  with the above
error. shorter runs ~3,000 entries reboot still works. There is plenty
of storage space let over so thats not the problem. 

Is there a way in software that I can avoid this problem? or can we increase the memory allocation in uboot ?

Henry Beblo
Selcom Industries Inc.