Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:27:21 -0500 From: Jake Freeland <jake@technologyfriends.net> To: Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LinuxKPI debugfs Port Message-ID: <CAOgZAGa9GoUVspaU=kvcwDPBt6aiW25NkJy3eC0KwUOfmDXmqg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <YrxY7pZN2OlQv/oa@nuc> References: <CAOgZAGaQOhxS0oeM-797fHy3Zs1D4A=hnS3uVYqKnzw4HWn8CA@mail.gmail.com> <YrtwERomNF9FLEzw@nuc> <CAOgZAGYNe80kX55E9TxiEK8jz1fnmyMbPfiC8GaueXNobaQd2A@mail.gmail.com> <YrxY7pZN2OlQv/oa@nuc>
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--00000000000066e56b05e29a4eb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mark, I was able to get Manu's attention and schedule a meeting with him to discuss this. I just finished and he was able to confirm that you're pointing me in the right direction. I greatly appreciate your guidance and help. I plan to finish this project and hopefully have enough knowledge, with the help of peers, to write informative LinuxKPI and lindebugfs man pages. Thank you again, Jake Freeland On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 8:51 AM Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 05:11:49PM -0500, Jake Freeland wrote: > > Mark, > > > > Your reply clears up a lot. I just forked drm-kmod, applied your Makefile > > patch, and added DEBUGFS to kconfig.mk. I am extremely excited to be > > back on track, especially now that I know how to proceed. > > > > Just to clarify, my job is to extend the current debugfs implementation > > (debugfs.h and lindebugfs.c) to include the missing functionality > required > > for i915kms to compile and run successfully? I would ask manu@, but > > he has not responded to me in weeks. > > I think so, yes. That's the shortest path to getting i915's debugfs > files available for consumption by the test suite. > > > I greatly appreciate your explanations about LinuxKPI and lindebugfs. > > Extensive documentation is what draws me to FreeBSD, but I struggled > > to find any information regarding lindebugfs or LinuxKPI. I plan to write > > some of my own when I am done with this project to help others in my > > position :). > > That'd be welcome. This area is definitely under-documented, though it > can be difficult to write useful documentation targeting kernel > developers. A man page for lindebugfs would be a great start, as would > an introductory page for the linuxkpi. > --00000000000066e56b05e29a4eb5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Mark,<div><br></div><div>I was able to get Manu's atte= ntion and schedule a meeting with</div><div>him to discuss=C2=A0this. I jus= t finished and he was able to confirm that</div><div>you're pointing=C2= =A0me in the right direction. I greatly appreciate your</div><div>guidance = and help.</div><div><br></div><div>I plan to finish this project and hopefu= lly=C2=A0have enough knowledge,</div><div>with the help of peers, to write = informative LinuxKPI and lindebugfs</div><div>man pages.</div><div><br></di= v><div>Thank you again,</div><div>Jake Freeland</div></div><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 29, 2022= at 8:51 AM Mark Johnston <<a href=3D"mailto:markj@freebsd.org">markj@fr= eebsd.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding= -left:1ex">On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 05:11:49PM -0500, Jake Freeland wrote:<b= r> > Mark,<br> > <br> > Your reply clears up a lot. I just forked drm-kmod, applied your Makef= ile<br> > patch, and added DEBUGFS to <a href=3D"http://kconfig.mk" rel=3D"noref= errer" target=3D"_blank">kconfig.mk</a>. I am extremely excited to be<br> > back on track, especially now that I know how to proceed.<br> > <br> > Just to clarify, my job is to extend the current debugfs implementatio= n<br> > (debugfs.h and lindebugfs.c) to include the missing functionality requ= ired<br> > for i915kms to compile and run successfully? I would ask manu@, but<br= > > he has not responded to me in weeks.<br> <br> I think so, yes.=C2=A0 That's the shortest path to getting i915's d= ebugfs<br> files available for consumption by the test suite.<br> <br> > I greatly appreciate your explanations about LinuxKPI and lindebugfs.<= br> > Extensive documentation is what draws me to FreeBSD, but I struggled<b= r> > to find any information regarding lindebugfs or LinuxKPI. I plan to wr= ite<br> > some of my own when I am done with this project to help others in my<b= r> > position :).<br> <br> That'd be welcome.=C2=A0 This area is definitely under-documented, thou= gh it<br> can be difficult to write useful documentation targeting kernel<br> developers.=C2=A0 A man page for lindebugfs would be a great start, as woul= d<br> an introductory page for the linuxkpi.<br> </blockquote></div> --00000000000066e56b05e29a4eb5--
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