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From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: ath10k@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 6/7] ath10k: save firmware RAM and ROM BSS sections on crash
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:36:34 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53E550F2.1040209@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140808202920.20713.58726.stgit@potku.adurom.net>

On 08/08/2014 01:29 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>  
> +/* estimated values, hopefully these are enough */
> +#define ATH10K_ROM_BSS_BUF_LEN 10000
> +#define ATH10K_RAM_BSS_BUF_LEN 30000
> +
>  /* used for crash-dump storage, protected by data-lock */
>  struct ath10k_fw_crash_data {
>  	bool crashed_since_read;
> @@ -301,6 +305,9 @@ struct ath10k_fw_crash_data {
>  	u32 reg_dump_values[REG_DUMP_COUNT_QCA988X];
>  	u8 stack_buf[ATH10K_FW_STACK_SIZE];
>  	u8 exc_stack_buf[ATH10K_FW_STACK_SIZE];
> +
> +	u8 rom_bss_buf[ATH10K_ROM_BSS_BUF_LEN];
> +	u8 ram_bss_buf[ATH10K_RAM_BSS_BUF_LEN];
>  };

That (using estimates instead of allocating memory when we know
the true value and/or when we need it)
is wasting quite a bit of RAM.  Doesn't matter on my systems,
but AP manufacturers might be more ticklish about RAM usage...


> +	/* These are written to only during first firmware boot so no need
> +	 * for locking. */

It's 'firmware load' instead of boot maybe?


Thanks,
Ben

-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com


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  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-08 22:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-08 20:28 [PATCH v5 0/7] ath10k: firmware crash dump Kalle Valo
2014-08-08 20:28 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] ath10k: add ath10k_pci_diag_* helpers Kalle Valo
2014-08-08 20:28 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] ath10k: provide firmware crash info via debugfs Kalle Valo
2014-08-08 22:26   ` Ben Greear
2014-08-09  5:52     ` Kalle Valo
2014-08-08 20:28 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] ath10k: save firmware debug log messages Kalle Valo
2014-08-08 20:29 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] ath10k: save firmware stack upon firmware crash Kalle Valo
2014-08-08 20:29 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] ath10k: dump exception stack contents on " Kalle Valo
2014-08-08 20:29 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] ath10k: save firmware RAM and ROM BSS sections on crash Kalle Valo
2014-08-08 22:36   ` Ben Greear [this message]
2014-08-09  6:05     ` Kalle Valo
2014-08-09 16:54       ` Ben Greear
2014-08-09 17:31         ` Kalle Valo
2014-08-08 20:29 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] ath10k: rename ath10k_pci_hif_dump_area() to ath10k_pci_firmware_crashed() Kalle Valo
2014-08-08 21:32 ` [PATCH v5 0/7] ath10k: firmware crash dump Ben Greear
2014-08-09  5:50   ` Kalle Valo
2014-08-09 16:51     ` Ben Greear

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