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Convert CONFIG_CMD_IOTRACE to Kconfig
This converts the following to Kconfig: CONFIG_CMD_IOTRACE Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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@ -501,6 +501,40 @@ config CMD_IO
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checking the state of devices during boot when debugging device
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drivers, etc.
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config CMD_IOTRACE
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bool "iotrace - Support for tracing I/O activity"
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help
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Provides an 'iotrace' command which supports recording I/O reads and
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writes in a trace buffer in memory . It also maintains a checksum
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of the trace records (even if space is exhausted) so that the
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sequence of I/O accesses can be verified.
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When debugging drivers it is useful to see what I/O accesses were
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done and in what order.
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Even if the individual accesses are of little interest it can be
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useful to verify that the access pattern is consistent each time
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an operation is performed. In this case a checksum can be used to
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characterise the operation of a driver. The checksum can be compared
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across different runs of the operation to verify that the driver is
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working properly.
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In particular, when performing major refactoring of the driver, where
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the access pattern should not change, the checksum provides assurance
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that the refactoring work has not broken the driver.
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This works by sneaking into the io.h heder for an architecture and
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redirecting I/O accesses through iotrace's tracing mechanism.
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For now no commands are provided to examine the trace buffer. The
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format is fairly simple, so 'md' is a reasonable substitute.
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Note: The checksum feature is only useful for I/O regions where the
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contents do not change outside of software control. Where this is not
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suitable you can fall back to manually comparing the addresses. It
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might be useful to enhance tracing to only checksum the accesses and
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not the data read/written.
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config CMD_LOADB
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bool "loadb"
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default y
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