Re: [PATCH] mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: Enable boot partition access from DT

[Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>]

On 09/03/2014 11:30 AM, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> On 2 September 2014 17:49, Jean-Michel Hautbois
> <jean-michel.hautbois@vodalys.com> wrote:
>> This property is useful when we don't want to access boot partitions on eMMC
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jean-Michel Hautbois <jean-michel.hautbois@vodalys.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc.txt | 1 +
>>  drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c            | 8 ++++++++
>>  include/linux/platform_data/mmc-esdhc-imx.h   | 1 +
>>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc.txt
>> index 431716e..59cc854 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc.txt
>> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Optional properties:
>>  - mmc-hs200-1_2v: eMMC HS200 mode(1.2V I/O) is supported
>>  - mmc-hs400-1_8v: eMMC HS400 mode(1.8V I/O) is supported
>>  - mmc-hs400-1_2v: eMMC HS400 mode(1.2V I/O) is supported
>> +- no-boot-part : when preset, tells to access boot partitions
>>
>>  *NOTE* on CD and WP polarity. To use common for all SD/MMC host controllers line
>>  polarity properties, we have to fix the meaning of the "normal" and "inverted"
>> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
>> index ccec0e3..439e663 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
>> @@ -942,6 +942,11 @@ sdhci_esdhc_imx_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
>>         if (of_property_read_u32(np, "fsl,delay-line", &boarddata->delay_line))
>>                 boarddata->delay_line = 0;
>>
>> +       if (of_find_property(np, "no-boot-part", NULL))
>> +               boarddata->access_boot_part = false;
>> +       else
>> +               boarddata->access_boot_part = true;
>> +
>>         return 0;
>>  }
>>  #else
>> @@ -1119,6 +1124,9 @@ static int sdhci_esdhc_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>                 host->quirks2 |= SDHCI_QUIRK2_NO_1_8_V;
>>         }
>>
>> +       if (!boarddata->access_boot_part)
>> +               host->mmc->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_BOOTPART_NOACC;
>> +
> 
> Hmm, I don't think MMC_CAP2_BOOTPART_NOACC should have a DT binding.
> Does it describe the hardware in some form?
> 
> Actually I would like to question why MMC_CAP2_BOOTPART_NOACC exists
> at all. If there are cards that don't supports the BOOT area,
> shouldn't we have a card quirk for it instead of a host cap? Maybe
> Adrian Hunter, how originally wrote the patch for adding
> MMC_CAP2_BOOTPART_NOACC, could help me understand the reasons behind
> it!?

It was added because platform firmware was able to prevent access to the
boot partitions (for security I think), so attempts to access them would
fail messily.  It was not related to any specific card.