Re: [PATCH 1/3] brcmfmac: add a timer to read console periodically in PCIE bus

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>]

Ian Lin <ian.lin@infineon.com> writes:

> From: Wright Feng <wright.feng@cypress.com>
>
> Currently, host only reads console buffer when receiving mailbox data or
> hit crash with PCIE bus. Therefore, we add timer in PCIE code to read
> console buffer periodically to help developer and user check firmware
> message when there is no data transmission between host and dongle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wright Feng <wright.feng@cypress.com>
> Signed-off-by: Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@cypress.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Lin <ian.lin@infineon.com>

[...]

> @@ -340,6 +342,11 @@ struct brcmf_pciedev_info {
>  			  u16 value);
>  	struct brcmf_mp_device *settings;
>  	struct brcmf_otp_params otp;
> +#ifdef DEBUG
> +	u32 console_interval;
> +	bool console_active;
> +	struct timer_list timer;
> +#endif
>  };

I was wondering where that DEBUG is defined and found that it's done in
the Makefile:

subdir-ccflags-$(CONFIG_BRCMDBG)	+= -DDEBUG

I think that DEBUG define should be removed and instead CONFIG_BRCMDBG
should be used all over the brcmfmac and brcmsmac code. A cleanup patch
doing this is very welcome.

This would be a good task for someone new to kernel development, is
there a way to report these kind of simple tasks?

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