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EMMC partition from kernel

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vinothkumars
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Dear NXP,

 

I unable to create more partition from Linux,

by default,

 

root@imx8mnevk:~# ls -l /dev/mmcblk2*
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 0 May 26 16:51 /dev/mmcblk2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 32 May 26 16:51 /dev/mmcblk2boot0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 64 May 26 16:51 /dev/mmcblk2boot1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 1 May 26 16:51 /dev/mmcblk2p1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 179, 2 May 26 16:51 /dev/mmcblk2p2
crw------- 1 root root 237, 0 May 26 16:51 /dev/mmcblk2rpmb

 

I want to create mmcblk2p3 to mmcblk2p7. But, I unable to do it. will you please provide the proper steps or scripts to create EMMC partition from script or Linux commands

 

 

Regards,
Vinothkumar Sekar
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b36401
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

You can use "fdisk" Linux command to manage EMMC partitions. Please refer to chapter 4.3.3 "Partitioning the SD/MMC card" of i.MX Linux User's Guide:
https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/IMX_LINUX_USERS_GUIDE.pdf

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