From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752431AbbLVI5O (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Dec 2015 03:57:14 -0500 Received: from mail-yk0-f182.google.com ([209.85.160.182]:33980 "EHLO mail-yk0-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751771AbbLVI5M (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Dec 2015 03:57:12 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1447426572-11756-1-git-send-email-holgerschurig@gmail.com> <87r3ierjae.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 09:57:11 +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 , Olof Johansson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org + Olof (forgot to add him last time) On 22 December 2015 at 09:55, Ulf Hansson wrote: > + 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