On Thursday 31 March 2011, Andrei Warkentin wrote: > > Another strawman, after brainstorming a bit on IRC -- how about > > the block device itself comes up read-only, until you use a module > > parameter/sysfs entry to make it read-write. As a strawman: > > > > echo 1 > /sys/module/mmc_block/boot_partitions_are_writeable > > > > (That way people who write to it regularly can throw the module parameter > > in their boot environment, and the rooting enthusiasts who didn't compile > > the kernel are safe until they learn enough to be really dangerous..) > > Sure, I like this, I'll do it. I don't think it's even needed, but it sounds much more useful than a Kconfig option, so no objections from me. Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html