Comment by msarnoff

I’d also recommend this if you’re using eMMC in embedded devices. On a Linux system, you can use the `mmc` command from `mmc-utils` to configure your device in pSLC mode. It can also be done in U-Boot but the commands are a bit more obtuse. (It’s one-time programmable, so once set it’s irreversible.)

In mass-production quantities, programming houses can preconfigure this and any other eMMC settings for you.