linux-kernel - Re: MMC block addressing mode.

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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:18:30 +0200
From:   Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
To:     "Steven J. Hill" <Steven.Hill@...ium.com>
Cc:     linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>,
        Jan Glauber <jan.glauber@...iumnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: MMC block addressing mode.

On 13 April 2017 at 21:49, Steven J. Hill <Steven.Hill@...ium.com> wrote:
> Uffe,
>
> The Cavium hardware requires knowledge of the card addressing mode.
> We need to either restore mmc_card_blockaddr(), or create another
> way to generate the same information. You previously suggested use
> of the 'blksz' value, however, it has the same value regardless of
> the card capacity. What would you suggest? Cheers.

Right. Can you explain what the Cavium hardware need it for?

Kind regards
Uffe