From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753585AbbLVIzw (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Dec 2015 03:55:52 -0500 Received: from mail-yk0-f176.google.com ([209.85.160.176]:34092 "EHLO mail-yk0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751727AbbLVIzu (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Dec 2015 03:55:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87r3ierjae.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1447426572-11756-1-git-send-email-holgerschurig@gmail.com> <87r3ierjae.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 09:55:49 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC 0/6] mmc: Field Firmware Update From: Ulf Hansson To: Holger Schurig Cc: Avi Shchislowski , "linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Alex Lemberg , Chris Ball , Baolin Wang , Gwendal Grignou , Grant Grundler , Seshagiri Holi , Jon Hunter Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org + Gwendal, Grant, Olof, Seshagiri, Jon On 22 December 2015 at 09:15, Holger Schurig 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