Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] mmc: Add access to RPMB partition

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Hi Loic,

On Mon, Aug 06 2012, Loic Pallardy wrote:
> The goal of this patchserie is to offer access to MMC RPMB 
> (Replay Protected Memory Block) partition.
> The RPMB partition is used in general to store some secure data.
> It is accessible through a trusted mechanism described in 
> JEDEC standard JESD84-A441.
>
> This patchserie proposes following modifications:
> - detect RPMB capability and create RPMB block device if supported
> - extend MMC sysfs to provide access to RPMB partition size and 
>   reliable write sector count (information needed by user space to 
>   acces RPMB partition)
> - update IOCTL to support RPMB access. This includes automatic partition
>   switch and sending of Set Block Count (CMD23) message.
>
> RPMB partition becomes accessible using standard IOCTL interface.
> Patches don't include trusted mechanism or any verification. 
> It is user space or secure application responsability to provide the right 
> command and the entire data frame as defined by JEDEC standard.

I've merged this to mmc-next for 3.8 now; thanks to everyone who Acked.

If you have any userspace sample code that could be added to mmc-utils
to show how the interface can be used, feel free to send a patch.
Thanks,

- Chris.
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