Re: [patch 4/5] [RFC] Add MMC Password Protection (lock/unlock) support V7: mmc_sysfs.diff

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Anderson Briglia wrote:
> Hi Pierre,
>
> ext Pierre Ossman wrote:
>> Patch looks ok. But I never got an answer what the difference between
>> "change" and "assign" is.
>
> You're right, the command is the same, but the difference is the
> password's
> length and password itself sent to the card.
> According to MMC spec 4.1, when a password replacement is done, the
> length value
> (PWD_LEN) shall include both passwords, the old and the new one, and
> the password
> (PWD) shall include the old (currently) followed by the new password.

So shouldn't this be something that userspace handles?

-- 
     -- Pierre Ossman

  Linux kernel, MMC maintainer        http://www.kernel.org
  PulseAudio, core developer          http://pulseaudio.org
  rdesktop, core developer          http://www.rdesktop.org

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