4 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
6 This small document introduces how to test DMA drivers using dmatest module.
8 Part 1 - How to build the test module
10 The menuconfig contains an option that could be found by following path:
11 Device Drivers -> DMA Engine support -> DMA Test client
13 In the configuration file the option called CONFIG_DMATEST. The dmatest could
14 be built as module or inside kernel. Let's consider those cases.
16 Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module...
18 After mounting debugfs and loading the module, the /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest
19 folder with nodes will be created. There are two important files located. First
20 is the 'run' node that controls run and stop phases of the test, and the second
21 one, 'results', is used to get the test case results.
23 Note that in this case test will not run on load automatically.
26 % echo dma0chan0 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
27 % echo 2000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/timeout
28 % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations
29 % echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/run
31 Hint: available channel list could be extracted by running the following
33 % ls -1 /sys/class/dma/
35 After a while you will start to get messages about current status or error like
38 Note that running a new test will not stop any in progress test.
40 The following command should return actual state of the test.
41 % cat /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/run
43 To wait for test done the user may perform a busy loop that checks the state.
45 % while [ $(cat /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/run) = "Y" ]
52 Part 3 - When built-in in the kernel...
54 The module parameters that is supplied to the kernel command line will be used
55 for the first performed test. After user gets a control, the test could be
56 re-run with the same or different parameters. For the details see the above
57 section "Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module..."
59 In both cases the module parameters are used as the actual values for the test
60 case. You always could check them at run-time by running
61 % grep -H . /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/*
63 Part 4 - Gathering the test results
65 The module provides a storage for the test results in the memory. The gathered
66 data could be used after test is done.
68 The special file 'results' in the debugfs represents gathered data of the in
69 progress test. The messages collected are printed to the kernel log as well.
72 % cat /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/results
73 dma0chan0-copy0: #1: No errors with src_off=0x7bf dst_off=0x8ad len=0x3fea (0)
75 The message format is unified across the different types of errors. A number in
76 the parens represents additional information, e.g. error code, error counter,
79 Comparison between buffers is stored to the dedicated structure.
81 Note that the verify result is now accessible only via file 'results' in the