From 849369d6c66d3054688672f97d31fceb8e8230fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 04:40:36 +0000 Subject: initial_commit --- Documentation/mmc/mmc-dev-parts.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/mmc/mmc-dev-parts.txt (limited to 'Documentation/mmc/mmc-dev-parts.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/mmc/mmc-dev-parts.txt b/Documentation/mmc/mmc-dev-parts.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2db28b8e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/mmc/mmc-dev-parts.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +SD and MMC Device Partitions +============================ + +Device partitions are additional logical block devices present on the +SD/MMC device. + +As of this writing, MMC boot partitions as supported and exposed as +/dev/mmcblkXboot0 and /dev/mmcblkXboot1, where X is the index of the +parent /dev/mmcblkX. + +MMC Boot Partitions +=================== + +Read and write access is provided to the two MMC boot partitions. Due to +the sensitive nature of the boot partition contents, which often store +a bootloader or bootloader configuration tables crucial to booting the +platform, write access is disabled by default to reduce the chance of +accidental bricking. + +To enable write access to /dev/mmcblkXbootY, disable the forced read-only +access with: + +echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblkXbootY/force_ro + +To re-enable read-only access: + +echo 1 > /sys/block/mmcblkXbootY/force_ro -- cgit v1.2.3