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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index 9431a839984..7c6496e2225 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -176,6 +176,33 @@ config PAGE_FAULT_HANDLERS register a function that is called on every page fault. Custom handlers are used by some debugging and reverse engineering tools. +config MMIOTRACE + tristate "Memory mapped IO tracing" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PAGE_FAULT_HANDLERS && RELAY && DEBUG_FS + default n + help + This will build a kernel module called mmiotrace. + + Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for debugging + and reverse engineering. The kernel module offers wrapped + versions of the ioremap family of functions. The driver to be traced + must be modified to call these wrappers. A user space program is + required to collect the MMIO data. + + See http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/MmioTrace + If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N. + +config MMIOTRACE_TEST + tristate "Test module for mmiotrace" + depends on MMIOTRACE && m + default n + help + This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous + as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address. + However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM. + + Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing. + # # IO delay types: # |