linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Patches to allow consistent mmc / mmcblk numbering w/ device tree

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Date:	Wed, 4 May 2016 07:25:42 -0500
From:	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
	Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@...sung.com>,
	Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>,
	"linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>,
	"open list:ARM/Rockchip SoC..." <linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"devicetree-spec@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree-spec@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Venu Byravarasu <vbyravarasu@...dia.com>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	"Luca Porzio (lporzio)" <lporzio@...ron.com>,
	Chaotian Jing <chaotian.jing@...iatek.com>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
	zhonghui.fu@...ux.intel.com, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Patches to allow consistent mmc / mmcblk numbering
 w/ device tree

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:18 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
> On Fri 2016-04-29 19:12:48, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 10:32:15AM -0700, Douglas Anderson wrote:
>> > This series picks patches from various different places to produce what
>> > I consider the best solution to getting consistent mmc and mmcblk
>> > ordering.
>> >
>> > Why consistent ordering and why not just use UUIDs?  IMHO consistent
>> > ordering solves a few different problems:
>>
>> NAK.  Really.  Use UUIDs, that's the proper solution here.
>
> Except that UUIDs do not solve the problem.
>
> You have just booted of nfsroot, and you want to format u-SD card in
> the external slot. How do you do that?

The same way you format a USB stick when you insert it.

If you have built-in versus removable, then we should expose that
information to userspace rather than some arbitrary encoding in DT
that 0 means built-in and 1 means removable. Or if you have multiple
slots, then use "label" to provide meaningful slot names.

Rob