Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Patches to allow consistent mmc / mmcblk numbering w/ device tree
From: Russell King - ARM Linux <hidden>
Date: 2016-04-29 18:13:29
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linux-arm-kernel, linux-mmc, linux-rockchip, lkml
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. Exactly the same issue arises if you have more than one ATA or SCSI adapter in your PC - things can be probed out of order and end up in different /dev/sd* slots. -- RMK's Patch system: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net.