linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/PCI: Make pci=earlydump output neat

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Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:58:33 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        x86@...nel.org, Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/PCI: Make pci=earlydump output neat


* Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> Currently the early dump of PCI configuration space looks quite unhelpful, e.g.
> 
> [    0.000000]   60:
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]  00
> [    0.000000]
> 
> which makes really hard to get anything out of this. Convert the function to
> use print_hex_dump() to make output neat.
> 
> In the result we will have
> 
> [    0.000000] 00000060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 
> which is much, much better.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>

Thanks,

	Ingo