From: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
To: Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Cc: Coresight ML <coresight@lists.linaro.org>,
linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
"open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 03/14] coresight: cti: Add sysfs access to program function regs
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 12:50:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ9a7Vh=J8QbPbng0OMmH6uNjhTZJMfm9hn63zw8rNcr00msbw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cc0eb144-48a2-bde5-4790-2fd5e1168360@arm.com>
Hi Suzuki, Mathieu,
On Thu, 28 Nov 2019 at 10:54, Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
<suzuki.poulose@arm.com> wrote:
>
> On 19/11/2019 23:19, Mike Leach wrote:
> > Adds in sysfs programming support for the CTI function register sets.
> > Allows direct manipulation of channel / trigger association registers.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
>
>
> > +/*
> > + * #define CTI_DEBUG_INTEGRATION_CTRL to enable the access to the integration
> > + * control registers. Normally only used to investigate connection data.
> > + */
>
> On a second thought, I have some comments on this symbol.
>
> Given that the integration control registers may be useful for people to
> find the device connections, I strongly feel that this is provided
> via a CONFIG symbol rather than a debug symbol within the code.
>
> i.e, CONFIG_CTI_DEBUG_INTEGRATION_CTRL, to help the people better.
> Codewise this doesn't make much difference, but it certainly makes
> it more easier for people to use it.
>
> We have used debug symbols elsewhere in the drivers for pure functional
> debugging purposes. However I feel this is case is superior.
>
>
> Cheers
> Suzuki
Per the comment above, and the discussions following, I would agree
that using a config symbol makes it easier for users to select the
feature and gives us an opportunity to put in some explanation as to
what it does.
Thanks
Mike
--
Mike Leach
Principal Engineer, ARM Ltd.
Manchester Design Centre. UK
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-29 12:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-19 23:18 [PATCH v5 00/14] CoreSight CTI Driver Mike Leach
2019-11-19 23:18 ` [PATCH v5 01/14] coresight: cti: Initial " Mike Leach
2019-11-21 20:21 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-29 12:05 ` Mike Leach
2019-12-03 16:53 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-25 19:03 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-11-29 12:06 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 02/14] coresight: cti: Add sysfs coresight mgmt reg access Mike Leach
2019-11-22 17:19 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 03/14] coresight: cti: Add sysfs access to program function regs Mike Leach
2019-11-27 18:26 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-11-29 12:47 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-28 10:54 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-11-28 17:20 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-28 18:00 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-11-29 12:50 ` Mike Leach [this message]
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 04/14] coresight: cti: Add sysfs trigger / channel programming API Mike Leach
2019-11-22 18:40 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-27 18:40 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-11-29 13:01 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 05/14] dt-bindings: arm: Adds CoreSight CTI hardware definitions Mike Leach
2019-11-20 19:06 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-20 22:39 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-22 23:33 ` Rob Herring
2019-11-29 13:50 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-29 14:12 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-11-28 18:38 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-11-29 13:57 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 06/14] coresight: cti: Add device tree support for v8 arch CTI Mike Leach
2019-11-25 19:00 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-29 11:33 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-12-03 10:59 ` Mike Leach
2019-12-03 11:28 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-12-03 12:25 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 07/14] coresight: cti: Add device tree support for custom CTI Mike Leach
2019-11-25 21:22 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-29 14:16 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-11-29 21:11 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-29 14:18 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-12-03 14:05 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 08/14] coresight: cti: Enable CTI associated with devices Mike Leach
2019-11-25 22:45 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-12-05 16:33 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-29 18:28 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-11-29 21:25 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-12-05 16:33 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 09/14] coresight: cti: Add connection information to sysfs Mike Leach
2019-11-27 18:09 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-12-06 16:24 ` Mike Leach
2019-12-02 9:47 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-12-06 16:24 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 10/14] dt-bindings: qcom: Add CTI options for qcom msm8916 Mike Leach
2019-11-27 18:18 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 11/14] dt-bindings: arm: Juno platform - add CTI entries to device tree Mike Leach
2019-11-27 18:25 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 12/14] dt-bindings: hisilicon: Add CTI bindings for hi-6220 Mike Leach
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 13/14] docs: coresight: Update documentation for CoreSight to cover CTI Mike Leach
2019-11-27 19:00 ` Mathieu Poirier
2019-12-02 10:43 ` Suzuki Kuruppassery Poulose
2019-12-06 17:39 ` Mike Leach
2019-11-19 23:19 ` [PATCH v5 14/14] docs: sysfs: coresight: Add sysfs ABI documentation for CTI Mike Leach
2019-11-27 19:08 ` Mathieu Poirier
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