Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] sfc: add MCDI tracing

2015-05-22 Thread David Miller
From: Edward Cree Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 15:49:46 +0100 > On 21/05/15 23:52, David Miller wrote: >> All of this work to allocate the buffer, add messages to it, and dump it >> to some user obtainable location duplicates existing infrastructure in >> the kernel. >> Please do not do this, and inste

Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] sfc: add MCDI tracing

2015-05-22 Thread Edward Cree
On 21/05/15 23:52, David Miller wrote: > All of this work to allocate the buffer, add messages to it, and dump it > to some user obtainable location duplicates existing infrastructure in > the kernel. > Please do not do this, and instead use the kernel's existing tracing > infrastructure to impleme

Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/4] sfc: add MCDI tracing

2015-05-21 Thread David Miller
From: Edward Cree Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 16:49:09 +0100 > This patchset adds support for logging MCDI (Management-Controller-to- > Driver Interface) interactions between the sfc driver and a bound device, > to aid in debugging. > Solarflare has a tool to decode the resulting traces and will loo

[PATCH net-next v2 0/4] sfc: add MCDI tracing

2015-05-20 Thread Edward Cree
This patchset adds support for logging MCDI (Management-Controller-to- Driver Interface) interactions between the sfc driver and a bound device, to aid in debugging. Solarflare has a tool to decode the resulting traces and will look to open-source this if there is any external interest, but the