X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fdebugging-via-ohci1394.txt;h=c360d4e91b4892d6be5a6ed5efcb981d4a3ad19f;hb=700efc1b9f6afe34caae231b87d129ad8ffb559f;hp=de4804e8b396eb29000b37dd8fa575f5cd7dee8d;hpb=d870ec7281d8429ab17d2e0324f4d8ca3f3de62d;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt b/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt index de4804e8b39..c360d4e91b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt +++ b/Documentation/debugging-via-ohci1394.txt @@ -36,14 +36,15 @@ available (notebooks) or too slow for extensive debug information (like ACPI). Drivers ------- -The OHCI-1394 drivers in drivers/firewire and drivers/ieee1394 initialize -the OHCI-1394 controllers to a working state and can be used to enable -physical DMA. By default you only have to load the driver, and physical -DMA access will be granted to all remote nodes, but it can be turned off -when using the ohci1394 driver. - -Because these drivers depend on the PCI enumeration to be completed, an -initialization routine which can runs pretty early (long before console_init(), +The ohci1394 driver in drivers/ieee1394 initializes the OHCI-1394 controllers +to a working state and enables physical DMA by default for all remote nodes. +This can be turned off by ohci1394's module parameter phys_dma=0. + +The alternative firewire-ohci driver in drivers/firewire uses filtered physical +DMA, hence is not yet suitable for remote debugging. + +Because ohci1394 depends on the PCI enumeration to be completed, an +initialization routine which runs pretty early (long before console_init() which makes the printk buffer appear on the console can be called) was written. To activate it, enable CONFIG_PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT (Kernel hacking menu: