linux-kernel - Re: [bisect] Merge tag 'mmc-v4.6' of git://git.linaro.org/people/ulf.hansson/mmc (was [GIT PULL] MMC for v.4.6)

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Message-ID: <57045759.70308@hurleysoftware.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Apr 2016 17:24:57 -0700
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [bisect] Merge tag 'mmc-v4.6' of
 git://git.linaro.org/people/ulf.hansson/mmc (was [GIT PULL] MMC for v.4.6)

On 04/05/2016 01:59 AM, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> Although, what puzzles me around this particular issue, is how an SoC
> configuration can rely on this fragile behaviour.
> All you have to do to break the assumption of fixed mmcblk ids, is to
> boot with an SD card inserted and then without. Perhaps these SoCs
> just doesn't support this use case!?

Both configurations boot reliably; without the uSD inserted, the
boot and root partitions on the eMMC are booted instead.

Without a uSD inserted, the only mmc block device is the eMMC which is
/dev/mmcblk0, and the root partition is still /dev/mmcblk0p2.

Note though that this particular bootscript can load add'l bootscripts
from the boot partition; in this particular case, the eMMC root
partition is set as a fixed UUID in the bootscript from the
boot partition.

Regards,
Peter Hurley