Commit 179a214e authored by Vinod Koul's avatar Vinod Koul Committed by Jonathan Corbet

dmaengine: doc: ReSTize dmatest doc

This converts and moves dmatest file with some format
changes for RST style
Signed-off-by: default avatarVinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent eeb1c643
DMA Test Guide
==============
==============
DMA Test Guide
==============
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
This small document introduces how to test DMA drivers using dmatest module.
Part 1 - How to build the test module
Part 1 - How to build the test module
=====================================
The menuconfig contains an option that could be found by following path:
Device Drivers -> DMA Engine support -> DMA Test client
......@@ -13,25 +15,31 @@ The menuconfig contains an option that could be found by following path:
In the configuration file the option called CONFIG_DMATEST. The dmatest could
be built as module or inside kernel. Let's consider those cases.
Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module...
Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module
==========================================
Example of usage:
% modprobe dmatest channel=dma0chan0 timeout=2000 iterations=1 run=1
Example of usage: ::
...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 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
% modprobe dmatest channel=dma0chan0 timeout=2000 iterations=1 run=1
...or on the kernel command line:
...or: ::
dmatest.channel=dma0chan0 dmatest.timeout=2000 dmatest.iterations=1 dmatest.run=1
% modprobe dmatest
% echo dma0chan0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
% echo 2000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/timeout
% echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations
% echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
Hint: available channel list could be extracted by running the following
command:
% ls -1 /sys/class/dma/
...or on the kernel command line: ::
dmatest.channel=dma0chan0 dmatest.timeout=2000 dmatest.iterations=1 dmatest.run=1
..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
......@@ -39,8 +47,9 @@ stops.
Note that running a new test will not stop any in progress test.
The following command returns the state of the test.
% cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
The following command returns the state of the test. ::
% cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
To wait for test completion userpace can poll 'run' until it is false, or use
the wait parameter. Specifying 'wait=1' when loading the module causes module
......@@ -50,15 +59,19 @@ before returning. For example, the following scripts wait for 42 tests
to complete before exiting. Note that if 'iterations' is set to 'infinite' then
waiting is disabled.
Example:
% modprobe dmatest run=1 iterations=42 wait=1
% modprobe -r dmatest
...or:
% modprobe dmatest run=1 iterations=42
% cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/wait
% modprobe -r dmatest
Example: ::
% modprobe dmatest run=1 iterations=42 wait=1
% modprobe -r dmatest
Part 3 - When built-in in the kernel...
...or: ::
% modprobe dmatest run=1 iterations=42
% cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/wait
% modprobe -r dmatest
Part 3 - When built-in in the kernel
====================================
The module parameters that is supplied to the kernel command line will be used
for the first performed test. After user gets a control, the test could be
......@@ -66,27 +79,32 @@ 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 the actual values for the test
case. You always could check them at run-time by running
% grep -H . /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/*
case. You always could check them at run-time by running ::
% grep -H . /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/*
Part 4 - Gathering the test results
Part 4 - Gathering the test results
===================================
Test results are printed to the kernel log buffer with the format:
Test results are printed to the kernel log buffer with the format: ::
"dmatest: result <channel>: <test id>: '<error msg>' with src_off=<val> dst_off=<val> len=<val> (<err code>)"
"dmatest: result <channel>: <test id>: '<error msg>' with src_off=<val> dst_off=<val> len=<val> (<err code>)"
Example of output:
% dmesg | tail -n 1
dmatest: result dma0chan0-copy0: #1: No errors with src_off=0x7bf dst_off=0x8ad len=0x3fea (0)
Example of output: ::
% dmesg | tail -n 1
dmatest: result dma0chan0-copy0: #1: No errors with src_off=0x7bf dst_off=0x8ad len=0x3fea (0)
The message format is unified across the different types of errors. A number in
the parens represents additional information, e.g. error code, error counter,
or status. A test thread also emits a summary line at completion listing the
number of tests executed, number that failed, and a result code.
Example:
% dmesg | tail -n 1
dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: summary 1 test, 0 failures 1000 iops 100000 KB/s (0)
Example: ::
% dmesg | tail -n 1
dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: summary 1 test, 0 failures 1000 iops 100000 KB/s (0)
The details of a data miscompare error are also emitted, but do not follow the
above format.
......@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ API of the DMAEngine. This is applicable only for slave DMA usage only.
client
DMA Test documentation
----------------------
This book introduces how to test DMA drivers using dmatest module.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
dmatest
.. only:: subproject
Indices
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