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diff --git a/Documentation/dmatest.txt b/Documentation/dmatest.txt index 132a094c7bc3..a2b5663eae26 100644 --- a/Documentation/dmatest.txt +++ b/Documentation/dmatest.txt @@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ be built as module or inside kernel. Let's consider those cases. Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module... After mounting debugfs and loading the module, the /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest -folder with nodes will be created. They are the same as module parameters with -addition of the 'run' node that controls run and stop phases of the test. +folder with nodes will be created. There are two important files located. First +is the 'run' node that controls run and stop phases of the test, and the second +one, 'results', is used to get the test case results. Note that in this case test will not run on load automatically. Example of usage: - % echo dma0chan0 > /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/channel - % echo 2000 > /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/timeout - % echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/iterations + % echo dma0chan0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel + % echo 2000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/timeout + % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations % echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/run Hint: available channel list could be extracted by running the following @@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ for the first performed test. After user gets a control, the test could be re-run with the same or different parameters. For the details see the above section "Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module..." -In both cases the module parameters are used as initial values for the test case. -You always could check them at run-time by running +In both cases the module parameters are used as the actual values for the test +case. You always could check them at run-time by running % grep -H . /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/* Part 4 - Gathering the test results |