From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753845AbeFDPDy (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2018 11:03:54 -0400 Received: from mail-ot0-f193.google.com ([74.125.82.193]:46680 "EHLO mail-ot0-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753787AbeFDPDq (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2018 11:03:46 -0400 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKITjvq9pQZ0xiAwIAQ9IwvAGCA/Tk7BNWggJXZy0qMJW52xwjrEORcAFMdcuIKAhHNr8jjsBQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20180529181740.195362-1-evgreen@chromium.org> In-Reply-To: From: Evan Green Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 08:03:07 -0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Enable UFS provisioning via Linux To: chlrbgh0@gmail.com Cc: Vinayak Holikatti , jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com, martin.petersen@oracle.com, stanislav.nijnikov@wdc.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Gwendal Grignou Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Kyuho, On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 4:11 AM Kyuho Choi wrote: > > Hi Evan, > > I've some question about end user's provisioning. > > On 5/30/18, Evan Green wrote: > > This series enables provisioning UFS devices using the existing sysfs > > interface. This functionality is primarily useful along the assembly > > line, but might also be useful for end users that receive devices that > > aren't locked down. > > As we knew, ufs are mainly adopted to boot device like mobile phone. > Usally after provisioning operation, every data in ufs (eg. Android : > system, userdata, boot info and etc) would be removed. How end user > download and flash all data to ufs?. dd or another download tools?. > You're right, the user would need to be booted into a RAM disk, or off of removable media like micro SD, and use dd or custom tools to set up data inside the new provisioning scheme. So yes, on a mobile phone, it would be a fairly advanced end user. -Evan