On 5/19/24 08:08, linux-mmc@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > ------ Tessian Warning ------ > > Be careful, the email's sending domain "@danman[.]eu" has never been seen on your company's network before today > > This warning message will be removed if you reply to or forward this email to a recipient outside of your organization. > > ---- Tessian Warning End ---- > > From: Daniel Kucera <linux-mmc@xxxxxxxxx> > > Implemented locking/unlocking using CMD42 according to Micron > Technical Note > > original link https://media-www.micron.com/-/media/client/global/documents/products/technical-note/sd-cards/tnsd01_enable_sd_lock_unlock_in_linux.pdf?rev=03f03a6bc0f8435fafa93a8fc8e88988 > currently available at https://github.com/danielkucera/esp32-sdcard/blob/master/tnsd01_enable_sd_lock_unlock_in_linux.pdf You explained it nicely in v1 why this feature is indeed more dangerous than a simple erase: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mmc/DM6PR04MB6575AC22506EDEBB7C7E9310FCE82@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m4241fce85459336e2ca4d2abbcccf6d6227e9501 Locking a card will essentially brick it for all practical purposes if it is removed (or the system shuts down) between locking and unlocking until mmcblk supports initialization of locked cards. I'd upstream that first, I had a similar patch like you mentioned, but didn't get around to it.