netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] bna: Generic Netlink Interface to collect FW trace

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

Message-ID: <20110426185917.3d033636@nehalam>
Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:59:17 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<huangj@...cade.com>, <amathur@...cade.com>,
	Debashis Dutt <ddutt@...cade.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] bna: Generic Netlink Interface to collect FW
 trace

On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:51:57 -0700
Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com> wrote:

> This is a RFC patch to Brocade BNA 10G Ethernet driver. It adds the generic
> netlink communication interface to the BNA driver to collect firmware traces
> using the in-kernel generic netlink infrastructure. The driver uses the
> "dumpit" handler provided by the generic netlink layer to accomplish this. The
> driver can extend this interface later if required. 
> 
> As of today, there seems to be no standard mechanism to collect debug
> information such as firmware trace for a given hardware. Generic Netlinki seems
> to provide a suitable option to do the same, without any further
> addition/modification to the existing kernel implementation.
> 
> This is a RFC patch inviting suggestions/opinions for improvement/modification
> and requesting consideration for possible inclusion in net-next tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Debashis Dutt <ddutt@...cade.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>

Seems like a lot of work for a debug interface. What about debugfs?
Or is that out of favor now, I can never keep track...

-- 
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html