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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:10:03 -0600 From: Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org> To: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: show dma_mask bits in /sys On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:50:12PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org> writes: > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 09:28:33PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 06:45:10PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote: > >> > Grant prefer to add it /sys instead of showing in bootlog > >> > > >> > so could catch if the driver set the correct dma_mask. > >> > >> I still don't think this is useful information to be exposing. > > > > It's useful for anyone involved with device drivers - we agree that's > > a very limited subset of users. I certainly get fed up with trying > > to figure out which dma_mask each driver is using since in some > > One simple way that doesn't need any kernel changes is to use > crash on the running kernel. I would agree if someone can show me how to script crash to dump all the struct pci_dev DMA masks and associate that output with a driver and device instance. > I personally just stuck in printks > when I needed that, but it doesn't strike me as something that > is generally useful in standard kernels (agreeing with Willy) Ok. thanks, grant -- 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/
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