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1 SD and MMC Block Device Attributes
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3
4 These attributes are defined for the block devices associated with the
5 SD or MMC device.
6
7 The following attributes are read/write.
8
9 force_ro Enforce read-only access even if write protect switch is off.
10
11 SD and MMC Device Attributes
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13
14 All attributes are read-only.
15
16 cid Card Identifaction Register
17 csd Card Specific Data Register
18 scr SD Card Configuration Register (SD only)
19 date Manufacturing Date (from CID Register)
20 fwrev Firmware/Product Revision (from CID Register) (SD and MMCv1 only)
21 hwrev Hardware/Product Revision (from CID Register) (SD and MMCv1 only)
22 manfid Manufacturer ID (from CID Register)
23 name Product Name (from CID Register)
24 oemid OEM/Application ID (from CID Register)
25 prv Product Revision (from CID Register) (SD and MMCv4 only)
26 serial Product Serial Number (from CID Register)
27 erase_size Erase group size
28 preferred_erase_size Preferred erase size
29 raw_rpmb_size_mult RPMB partition size
30 rel_sectors Reliable write sector count
31 ocr Operation Conditions Register
32 dsr Driver Stage Register
33
34 Note on Erase Size and Preferred Erase Size:
35
36 "erase_size" is the minimum size, in bytes, of an erase
37 operation. For MMC, "erase_size" is the erase group size
38 reported by the card. Note that "erase_size" does not apply
39 to trim or secure trim operations where the minimum size is
40 always one 512 byte sector. For SD, "erase_size" is 512
41 if the card is block-addressed, 0 otherwise.
42
43 SD/MMC cards can erase an arbitrarily large area up to and
44 including the whole card. When erasing a large area it may
45 be desirable to do it in smaller chunks for three reasons:
46 1. A single erase command will make all other I/O on
47 the card wait. This is not a problem if the whole card
48 is being erased, but erasing one partition will make
49 I/O for another partition on the same card wait for the
50 duration of the erase - which could be a several
51 minutes.
52 2. To be able to inform the user of erase progress.
53 3. The erase timeout becomes too large to be very
54 useful. Because the erase timeout contains a margin
55 which is multiplied by the size of the erase area,
56 the value can end up being several minutes for large
57 areas.
58
59 "erase_size" is not the most efficient unit to erase
60 (especially for SD where it is just one sector),
61 hence "preferred_erase_size" provides a good chunk
62 size for erasing large areas.
63
64 For MMC, "preferred_erase_size" is the high-capacity
65 erase size if a card specifies one, otherwise it is
66 based on the capacity of the card.
67
68 For SD, "preferred_erase_size" is the allocation unit
69 size specified by the card.
70
71 "preferred_erase_size" is in bytes.
72
73 Note on raw_rpmb_size_mult:
74 "raw_rpmb_size_mult" is a mutliple of 128kB block.
75 RPMB size in byte is calculated by using the following equation:
76 RPMB partition size = 128kB x raw_rpmb_size_mult
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