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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-10 19:19:14 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-10 19:19:14 -0400
commit3f6280ddf25fa656d0e17960588e52bee48a7547 (patch)
tree006854e51246e400c248a9722418bc7a7cce2dbf /Documentation/DMA-API.txt
parent75063600fd7b27fe447112c27997f100b9e2f99b (diff)
parent92db1e6af747faa129e236d68386af26a0efc12b (diff)
Merge branch 'iommu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'iommu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (61 commits) amd-iommu: remove unnecessary "AMD IOMMU: " prefix amd-iommu: detach device explicitly before attaching it to a new domain amd-iommu: remove BUS_NOTIFY_BOUND_DRIVER handling dma-debug: simplify logic in driver_filter() dma-debug: disable/enable irqs only once in device_dma_allocations dma-debug: use pr_* instead of printk(KERN_* ...) dma-debug: code style fixes dma-debug: comment style fixes dma-debug: change hash_bucket_find from first-fit to best-fit x86: enable GART-IOMMU only after setting up protection methods amd_iommu: fix lock imbalance dma-debug: add documentation for the driver filter dma-debug: add dma_debug_driver kernel command line dma-debug: add debugfs file for driver filter dma-debug: add variables and checks for driver filter dma-debug: fix debug_dma_sync_sg_for_cpu and debug_dma_sync_sg_for_device dma-debug: use sg_dma_len accessor dma-debug: use sg_dma_address accessor instead of using dma_address directly amd-iommu: don't free dma adresses below 512MB with CONFIG_IOMMU_STRESS amd-iommu: don't preallocate page tables with CONFIG_IOMMU_STRESS ...
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@@ -704,12 +704,24 @@ this directory the following files can currently be found:
704 The current number of free dma_debug_entries 704 The current number of free dma_debug_entries
705 in the allocator. 705 in the allocator.
706 706
707 dma-api/driver-filter
708 You can write a name of a driver into this file
709 to limit the debug output to requests from that
710 particular driver. Write an empty string to
711 that file to disable the filter and see
712 all errors again.
713
707If you have this code compiled into your kernel it will be enabled by default. 714If you have this code compiled into your kernel it will be enabled by default.
708If you want to boot without the bookkeeping anyway you can provide 715If you want to boot without the bookkeeping anyway you can provide
709'dma_debug=off' as a boot parameter. This will disable DMA-API debugging. 716'dma_debug=off' as a boot parameter. This will disable DMA-API debugging.
710Notice that you can not enable it again at runtime. You have to reboot to do 717Notice that you can not enable it again at runtime. You have to reboot to do
711so. 718so.
712 719
720If you want to see debug messages only for a special device driver you can
721specify the dma_debug_driver=<drivername> parameter. This will enable the
722driver filter at boot time. The debug code will only print errors for that
723driver afterwards. This filter can be disabled or changed later using debugfs.
724
713When the code disables itself at runtime this is most likely because it ran 725When the code disables itself at runtime this is most likely because it ran
714out of dma_debug_entries. These entries are preallocated at boot. The number 726out of dma_debug_entries. These entries are preallocated at boot. The number
715of preallocated entries is defined per architecture. If it is too low for you 727of preallocated entries is defined per architecture. If it is too low for you