# Re: \[PATCH v6 0/5\] Support EFI partition on NVIDIA Tegra devices

- From: Dmitry Osipenko \<digetx@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2021-08-21 17:27:20 
- List: linux-block
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2021/08/6404912
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-tegra/2021/08/6404839/t.md

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21.08.2021 01:41, Michał Mirosław пишет:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 01:19:15AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>> This series adds the most minimal EFI partition support for NVIDIA Tegra
>> consumer devices, like Android tablets and game consoles, making theirs
>> eMMC accessible out-of-the-box using downstream bootloader and mainline
>> Linux kernel.  eMMC now works on Acer A500 tablet and Ouya game console
>> that are already well supported in mainline and internal storage is the
>> only biggest thing left to support.
> [...]
> 
> Could we provide the GPT sector via DT? As I understand this is for
> non-removable eMMC storage. It would remove the need for a cap bit and
> hardcoded calculations instead just checking if DT node of the controller
> contains a magic entry with a number.

The same device model usually comes in different flavors that have a
different eMMC unit and size. So no, it can't be hardcoded in DT.
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