TS-7180 EMMC
This board includes a Micron eMMC module. Our off-the-shelf builds are 4GiB, but up to 64GiB are available for larger builds. The eMMC flash appears to Linux as an SD card at /dev/mmcblk1. Our default programming will include one partition programmed with our Debian image.
eMMC also provides ways to estimate the wear on the module. First, determine your eMMC chipset revision:
root@tsimx6:~# mmc extcsd read /dev/mmcblk1 | grep "CSD rev" [64446.059203] mmcblk1: p1 Extended CSD rev 1.7 (MMC 5.0)
or
root@tsimx6:~# mmc extcsd read /dev/mmcblk1 | grep "CSD rev" [64446.059203] mmcblk1: p1 Extended CSD rev 1.5 (MMC 4.41)
In eMMC revision 5.0 and above, part of the specification includes a way to estimate lifetime of the chipset. For example:
root@tsimx6:~# mmc extcsd read /dev/mmcblk1 | grep -e EXT_CSD_DEVICE_LIFE_TIME -e PRE_EOL [64618.159298] mmcblk1: p1 eMMC Life Time Estimation A [EXT_CSD_DEVICE_LIFE_TIME_EST_TYP_A]: 0x01 eMMC Life Time Estimation B [EXT_CSD_DEVICE_LIFE_TIME_EST_TYP_B]: 0x01 eMMC Pre EOL information [EXT_CSD_PRE_EOL_INFO]: 0x01
If you have reconfigured your device as SLC, use TYP_A. If you are using the default MLC setting, use TYP_B. These LIFE_TIME_EST values indicate in 10s of percent how much of the reserve blocks are still available. The 0x1 value indicates < 10%. 0x7 would indicate < 70%.
EXT_CSD_PRE_EOL_INFO can also be used as an early warning indicator.
Value | Description |
---|---|
0x1 | Normal (< 80% blocks used) |
0x2 | Warning (> 80% blocks used) |
0x3 | Urgent (>90% blocks used) |
If this is below 5.0, you must use a vendor specific utility. Micron eMMC uses the emmcparm utility. Refer to Micron's TN-FC-25 for the emmcparm utility and related documentation.