+ Olof (forgot to add him last time) On 22 December 2015 at 09:55, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > + Gwendal, Grant, Olof, Seshagiri, Jon > > On 22 December 2015 at 09:15, Holger Schurig <holgerschurig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Sorry for the delay. >> >> No problem, I was busy with many other projects as well. >> >>> My advise right now is to try this out via the mmc ioctl in userspace, >>> yes. Although, if you encounter any issues with that approach that it >>> might not be reliable, I am open to look into the in-kernel solution >>> again. >> >> I managed to update my Kingston eMMCs with a slighly modified patch to >> what I submitted. I however didn't bother to submit this, as I saw no >> chance of getting it applied. >> >> Also I once asked in the mailing list if there is some user-space >> example of how to use the multi-block feature that is supposed to enable >> this, but I haven't gotten an answer. >> >>> Regarding mmc-utils as where I recommend you to implement this, I have >>> been thinking of moving this tool into the tools directory in the >>> kernel. >> >> Sounds good to me. >> >> >> >> Remotely related: >> >> Do you know that some google people made their own version of mmc-utils >> for ChromeOS? And the don't seem to give much effort in unification of >> them? As if the world wouldn't know how hard it can be to re-unite >> things again, Google should know from their custom kernels they use on >> Android ... Sigh. >> >> >> So you can >> >> * git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc-utils.git >> * git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/mmc-utils > > Thanks for sharing the information. Some Chromium folkz has certainly > been helpful in upstreaming activities, but you are right that there > is more to be done for mmc utils. > > Perhaps by moving the code into the kernel tools dir and finding > someone who actively wants to maintain it, will enable improved > upstream activities!? > > Kind regards > Uffe -- 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
