From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Andrei Warkentin <andreiw@motorola.com>
Cc: Chris Ball <cjb@laptop.org>, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4] MMC: MMC boot partitions support.
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 11:23:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201104011123.14675.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinUyixNuOnEVdwWVKQ6sf=CdwEGTOGd9RQuGTX_@mail.gmail.com>
On Thursday 31 March 2011, Andrei Warkentin wrote:
> > Another strawman, after brainstorming a bit on IRC -- how about
> > the block device itself comes up read-only, until you use a module
> > parameter/sysfs entry to make it read-write. As a strawman:
> >
> > echo 1 > /sys/module/mmc_block/boot_partitions_are_writeable
> >
> > (That way people who write to it regularly can throw the module parameter
> > in their boot environment, and the rooting enthusiasts who didn't compile
> > the kernel are safe until they learn enough to be really dangerous..)
>
> Sure, I like this, I'll do it.
I don't think it's even needed, but it sounds much more useful than
a Kconfig option, so no objections from me.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-01 9:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-19 11:18 MMC/eMMC partitioning support Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-19 11:18 ` [RFC] MMC: MMC boot partitions support Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-19 12:13 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-21 14:19 ` [PATCH] " Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-22 3:54 ` [PATCHv3] " Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-22 21:11 ` MMC partitions support (4th revision) Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-22 21:11 ` [PATCHv4] MMC: MMC boot partitions support Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-29 22:45 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-30 12:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-30 20:07 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-30 22:43 ` Chris Ball
2011-03-30 22:46 ` Chris Ball
2011-03-30 23:18 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-30 23:34 ` Chris Ball
2011-03-31 6:57 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-31 11:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-31 19:17 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-31 19:37 ` Chris Ball
2011-03-31 20:01 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-03-31 20:03 ` Chris Ball
2011-03-31 20:01 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-01 9:23 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2011-04-01 14:52 ` Chris Ball
2011-04-01 9:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-31 11:17 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-31 19:29 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-01 10:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-01 18:42 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-01 19:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-01 19:42 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-04 12:22 ` [PATCH] " Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-04 11:52 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-11 21:13 ` [patchv3 1/4] MMC: Rename erase_timeout to cmd_timeout_ms Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-11 21:13 ` [patchv3 2/4] MMC: SDHCI R1B command handling + MMC_CAP_ERASE Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-12 9:06 ` Dong, Chuanxiao
2011-04-12 18:05 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-13 1:59 ` Dong, Chuanxiao
2011-04-13 5:44 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-15 21:34 ` Cyril Hrubis
2011-08-10 13:30 ` Chris Ball
2011-04-11 21:13 ` [patchv3 3/4] MMC: Allow setting CMD timeout for CMD6 (SWITCH) Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-11 21:13 ` [patchv3 4/4] MMC: MMC boot partitions support Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-11 22:00 ` Chris Ball
2011-04-11 22:10 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-11 22:22 ` Chris Ball
2011-04-11 22:18 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-11 23:10 ` [patchv4 1/2] MMC: block.c cleanup for host claim/release Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-11 23:10 ` [patchv4 2/2] MMC: MMC boot partitions support Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-11 23:20 ` [patchv3 4/4] " Chris Ball
2011-04-11 23:24 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-21 1:13 ` Chris Ball
2011-04-21 1:30 ` Chris Ball
2011-04-21 5:09 ` Philip Rakity
2011-04-21 5:22 ` Chris Ball
2011-04-21 5:31 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-21 6:07 ` [RFC] MMC: Block: Ensure hardware partitions don't mess with mmcblk device naming Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-21 8:17 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-21 14:44 ` Chris Ball
2011-04-22 0:20 ` Chris Ball
2011-04-22 3:46 ` [PATCH] " Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-22 3:50 ` Andrei Warkentin
2011-04-22 22:34 ` Chris Ball
2011-04-21 4:31 ` [patchv3 4/4] MMC: MMC boot partitions support Jaehoon Chung
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