Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Nov 2014 13:48:30 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v9 01/12] coresight: add CoreSight core layer framework |
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On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 02:39:31PM -0700, Mathieu Poirier wrote: > On 7 November 2014 12:30, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 11:30:16AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 11:07:35AM -0700, mathieu.poirier@linaro.org wrote: > >> > From: Pratik Patel <pratikp@codeaurora.org> > >> > > >> > CoreSight components are compliant with the ARM CoreSight > >> > architecture specification and can be connected in various > >> > topologies to suit a particular SoC tracing needs. These trace > >> > components can generally be classified as sources, links and > >> > sinks. Trace data produced by one or more sources flows through > >> > the intermediate links connecting the source to the currently > >> > selected sink. > >> > > >> > The CoreSight framework provides an interface for the CoreSight trace > >> > drivers to register themselves with. It's intended to build up a > >> > topological view of the CoreSight components and configure the > >> > correct serie of components on user input via sysfs. > >> > > >> > For eg., when enabling a source, the framework builds up a path > >> > consisting of all the components connecting the source to the > >> > currently selected sink(s) and enables all of them. > >> > > >> > The framework also supports switching between available sinks > >> > and provides status information to user space applications > >> > through the debugfs interface. > >> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Pratik Patel <pratikp@codeaurora.org> > >> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> > >> > >> You don't seem to document the sysfs files you create here in > >> Documentation/ABI/ anywhere in the series. Can you fix that up? > > Thanks for the review. Do you want sysfs entries documented for the > framework only or all the ones created by the drivers as well?
All need to be documented.
> >> Other than that minor nit, this looks good to me. Feel free to take it > >> through some random ARM tree. > > > > Wait, did you want me to take this through my tree? If so, I'll be glad > > to do so, I can't remember what we talked about here... > > I was hoping to go through yours.
Ok, I can take it, can you send me a follow-on patch for the sysfs files?
thanks,
greg k-h
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