linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] stm: class: Add MIPI OST protocol support

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Message-ID: <0ed08d07-5736-4874-9a0f-0f848e8419b6@infradead.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:31:47 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Yingchao Deng <yingchao.deng@....qualcomm.com>,
 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Masami Hiramatsu
 <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
 Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
 Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, quic_yingdeng@...cinc.com,
 Tingwei Zhang <tingwei.zhang@....qualcomm.com>,
 Yuanfang Zhang <yuanfang.zhang@....qualcomm.com>,
 Jinlong Mao <jinlong.mao@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] stm: class: Add MIPI OST protocol support



On 1/29/26 6:25 AM, Yingchao Deng wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig
> index eda6b11d40a1..daa4aa09f64d 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig
> @@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ config STM_PROTO_SYS_T
>  
>  	  If you don't know what this is, say N.
>  
> +config STM_PROTO_OST
> +	tristate "MIPI OST STM framing protocol driver"
> +	default CONFIG_STM

	default STM

Other places where you may have seen this (and copied it) already have
patches.

> +	help
> +	  This is an implementation of MIPI OST protocol to be used
> +	  over the STP transport. In addition to the data payload, it
> +	  also carries additional metadata for entity, better
> +	  means of trace source identification, etc.
> +
> +	  The receiving side must be able to decode this protocol in
> +	  addition to the MIPI STP, in order to extract the data.
> +
> +	  If you don't know what this is, say N.
> +

-- 
~Randy