[cmd] clarification on syntax of 'chpart' command

Hi,
u-boot version: U-Boot 2021.07-rc1 Board: Beaglebone Black
I was trying to verify and use 'chpart' command on Beaglebone black with an SDHC card ( with multiple partitions ) and am unable to get its exact syntax.Is this command applicable to any particular category of storage devices (viz. NOR flash,NAND flash etc)?? I tried using it as in its "help output" and also other combinations, Am I missing anything,Please suggest its correct usage.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Output Log from U-boot shell: ---------------------------------------- => mmc list OMAP SD/MMC: 0 (SD) OMAP SD/MMC: 1 => mmc dev 0 switch to partitions #0, OK mmc0 is current device => mmc part
Partition Map for MMC device 0 -- Partition Type: DOS
Part Start Sector Num Sectors UUID Type 1 2048 524288 11d09956-01 0c Boot 2 526336 524288 11d09956-02 0c 3 1050624 524288 11d09956-03 83 4 1574912 524288 11d09956-04 83 => chpart mmc0:2 Device nand0 not found! => chpart mmc0:3 Device nand0 not found! => chpart mmc2 Device nand0 not found! => chpart Device nand0 not found! => help chpart chpart - change active partition
Usage: chpart part-id - change active partition (e.g. part-id = nand0,1) => => chpart part-id=mmc0 Device nand0 not found! => chpart part-id=mmc1 Device nand0 not found! => chpart part-id = mmc1 chpart - change active partition
Usage: chpart part-id - change active partition (e.g. part-id = nand0,1) => --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Adarsh

Dear Adarsh,
In message CAJgxa7eTn4L5Jbg2YbDExPFc1_69viALtW2YQYHj9VsU7xzQbA@mail.gmail.com you wrote:
I was trying to verify and use 'chpart' command on Beaglebone black with an SDHC card ( with multiple partitions ) and am unable to get its exact syntax.Is this command applicable to any particular category of storage devices (viz. NOR flash,NAND flash etc)??
I agree that it is not obvious from the help output, but the fact that the chpart command is implemented in the cmd/mtdparts.c source file gives a clear hint: it works only for MTD devices, not for general storage devides using DOS (or GPT) partitions.
=> mmc dev 0 switch to partitions #0, OK mmc0 is current device
This is what you should look for. THe help output shoud tell you:
... mmc dev [dev] [part] - show or set current mmc device [partition] ...
So instead of
=> chpart mmc0:2 Device nand0 not found!
you would use:
=> mmc dev 0 2
Hope this helps.
Wolfgang Denk
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Adarsh Babu Kalepalli
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Wolfgang Denk