linux-kernel - Re: [rfc] exposing MMR's of on-chip peripherals for debugging purposes

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:30:09 -0500 (EST)
From:	Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@...ervon.org>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
cc:	richard kennedy <richard@....demon.co.uk>, bryan.wu@...log.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bryan Wu <cooloney.lkml@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [rfc] exposing MMR's of on-chip peripherals for debugging
 purposes

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> On Jan 28, 2008 7:08 PM, Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@...ervon.org> wrote:
> > Could you submit the XML files and the autogeneration code? The C file
> > isn't really source. Not only is it big, it'll probably change around a
> > whole lot when you make small changes to your process, be hard to review,
> > etc.
> 
> that would require the build system to have xml tools installed ...
> that doesnt sound pleasant.

If they're only required for building blackfin debugging stuff, that 
shouldn't be a big deal. People building embedded kernels with debugging 
from source can probably handle the extra requirement. Setting up a 
cross-compilation toolchain for embedded processors is much trickier than 
getting xml tools.

> that said, the XML files in question are probably 10x+ the size of the
> C file.  swapping 1 meg for 10+ megs ? :)

If it's a bunch of smaller files, and if changes tend to be localized, 
that would be a good tradeoff. Alternatively, have them packaged 
separately, which might be more appropriate anyway if people might want to 
use them for other purposes (on the host when using jtag, perhaps).

	-Daniel
*This .sig left intentionally blank*
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/