Re: [patch 0/6] [RFC] Add MMC Password Protection (lock/unlock) supportV6

[Pierre Ossman]

David Brownell wrote:
> I thought the MMC vendors expected to see the actual user-typed
> password get SHA1-hashed into a value which would take up the whole
> buffer?  In general that's a good idea, since it promotes use of
> longer passphrases (more information) over short ones (easy2crack).
>   

This sounds like policy though, so it is something user space should
concern itself with. We should just provide the infrastructure.

Rgds

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