linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 2/4] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8996: Add Coresight support

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Date:   Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:04:20 +0000
From:   Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
To:     saiprakash.ranjan@...eaurora.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        mathieu.poirier@...aro.org, leo.yan@...aro.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, andy.gross@...aro.org,
        david.brown@...aro.org, vivek.gautam@...eaurora.org,
        dianders@...omium.org, sboyd@...nel.org,
        bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com
Cc:     rnayak@...eaurora.org, sibis@...eaurora.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 2/4] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8996: Add Coresight support

Hi,

On 18/01/2019 11:48, Sai Prakash Ranjan wrote:
> Hi Suzuki,
> 
> On 1/18/2019 4:27 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
>>
>> If you want to use the scatter-gather mode, you must add
>> "arm,scatter-gather"
>> property to the node here.
>>
>> Have you tested the scatter-gather mode on the chip ? Does that work at
>> all ?
>> Note: You could try this by setting a buffer_size > 1M for the ETR and use
>> it as a sink from the sysfs mode.
>>
> 
> Yes the chip supports scatter-gather mode[1]. But is it required in
> dt node since it's an optional property?

If you would like to use the scatter-gather mode, you must specify it
explicitly. We have had some other boards with broken scatter-gather
mode integration which causes mysterious issues when used. So we have
a white-list approach for enabling the scatter-gather mode in the driver.

So, if you have tested to make sure that the mode works fine with a recent
kernel version (v4.19 onwards), you may want to add the property.

Suzuki