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diff --git a/Documentation/dmatest.txt b/Documentation/dmatest.txt index 45b8c95f1a21..e6e16a7f3706 100644 --- a/Documentation/dmatest.txt +++ b/Documentation/dmatest.txt @@ -15,17 +15,19 @@ be built as module or inside kernel. Let's consider those cases. Part 2 - When dmatest is built as a module... -After mounting debugfs and loading the module, the /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest -folder with a file named 'run' nodes will be created. 'run' controls run and -stop phases of the test. - -Note that in this case test will not run on load automatically. - Example of usage: + % modprobe dmatest channel=dma0chan0 timeout=2000 iterations=1 run=1 + +...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/kernel/debug/dmatest/run + % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run + +...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: @@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ The following command should return actual state of the test. To wait for test done the user may perform a busy loop that checks the state. - % while [ $(cat /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/run) = "Y" ] + % while [ $(cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run) = "Y" ] > do > echo -n "." > sleep 1 |