Re: [PATCH] mmc: core: Add a capability for disabling mmc cards

From: Nicolas Pitre
Date: Tue May 14 2013 - 12:50:46 EST


On Tue, 14 May 2013, Chris Ball wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, May 14 2013, Adam Lee wrote:
> > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 03:38:17PM +0800, Adam Lee wrote:
> >> On some systems we need a way to disable MMC card support in a MMC/SD
> >> card slot due to the legal concern.
> >>
> >> Add support in the core SD/MMC code to support this.
> >
> > CC more addresses.
> >
> > Yes, this capability seems odd, but linux computer vendors need this to
> > avoid legal problems. Please review, thanks.
>
> This has already been NACKed by Nicolas:
>
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1359121/
>
> (At least, I think it has -- your forward doesn't include the patch
> itself.)

I certainly did. Technical amputations driven by legal stupidities
don't belong in the mainline kernel.


Nicolas
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