From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrei Warkentin Subject: MMC/eMMC partitioning support. Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:18:10 -0500 Message-ID: <1300533491-2378-1-git-send-email-andreiw@motorola.com> Return-path: Received: from exprod5og101.obsmtp.com ([64.18.0.141]:40481 "EHLO exprod5og101.obsmtp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752685Ab1CSKgC (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:36:02 -0400 Received: from DE01MGRG01.AM.MOT-MOBILITY.COM ([10.22.94.168]) by DE01MGRG01.AM.MOT-MOBILITY.COM (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p2JAaHkh022970 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:36:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-gy0-f170.google.com (mail-gy0-f170.google.com [209.85.160.170]) by DE01MGRG01.AM.MOT-MOBILITY.COM (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p2JAaGm8022967 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:36:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: by gyb11 with SMTP id 11so2790090gyb.15 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:35:58 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-mmc-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org To: linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org MMC devices can have boot partitions, as well as a non-replayable memory block and some general purpose partitions present. As of the moment, these are not accessible from Linux. I'm sending a patch for comments and review to enable the boot partitions. The MMC partitions are effectively separate devices from the default-accessible user area partition, hence, the extra partitions are exposed as separate block devices. TOC: [RFC] MMC: MMC boot partitions support. Thanks, A