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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmc: card: Don't show eMMC RPMB and BOOT areas in
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On Saturday 10 March 2018 05:29 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:
>
> But this patch doesn't hide the partition from userspace does it?
>
> They will still appear in /dev/mmcblk0boot1 etc.
>
> Just not reported as "real" partitions in /proc/partitions.
>
> Or do I misunderstand it?
>
>

You are correct. This patch does not hide partition from userspace.
They will still appear in /dev/. But not reported as "real" partitions in /proc/partiotions.

Thanks,
Harish Jenny K N