Modify documentation to add multi channel testing support. Signed-off-by: Seraj Alijan <seraj.alijan@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst index 7ce5e71..0a7e4c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst @@ -26,28 +26,43 @@ Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module Example of usage:: - % modprobe dmatest channel=dma0chan0 timeout=2000 iterations=1 run=1 + % modprobe dmatest timeout=2000 iterations=1 channel=dma0chan0 run=1 ...or:: % modprobe dmatest - % echo dma0chan0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel % echo 2000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/timeout % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations + % echo dma0chan0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run ...or on the kernel command line:: - dmatest.channel=dma0chan0 dmatest.timeout=2000 dmatest.iterations=1 dmatest.run=1 + dmatest.timeout=2000 dmatest.iterations=1 dmatest.channel=dma0chan0 dmatest.run=1 + +Example of multi-channel test usage: + % modprobe dmatest + % echo 2000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/timeout + % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations + % echo dma0chan0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel + % echo dma0chan1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel + % echo dma0chan2 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel + % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run +Note: the channel parameter should always be the last parameter set prior to +running the test (setting run=1), this is because upon setting the channel +parameter, that specific channel is requested using the dmaengine and a thread +is created with the existing parameters. This thread is set as pending +and will be executed once run is set to 1. Any parameters set after the thread +is created are not applied. .. hint:: available channel list could be extracted by running the following command:: % ls -1 /sys/class/dma/ -Once started a message like "dmatest: Started 1 threads using dma0chan0" is -emitted. After that only test failure messages are reported until the test -stops. +Once started a message like " dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan0" is +emitted. A thread for that specific channel is created and is now pending, the +pending thread is started once run is to 1. Note that running a new test will not stop any in progress test. -- 2.7.4