Re: [PATCH v11 00/19] arm: KGDB NMI/FIQ support

2014-09-03 Thread Daniel Thompson
On 03/09/14 11:06, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Daniel Thompson wrote: >> On 03/09/14 00:02, Thomas Gleixner wrote: >>> The use case you are looking for is the most irrelevant of all. Just >>> because KGDB is on some managerial "must have items" checklist does >>> not make it

Re: [PATCH v11 00/19] arm: KGDB NMI/FIQ support

2014-09-03 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Daniel Thompson wrote: > On 03/09/14 00:02, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > The use case you are looking for is the most irrelevant of all. Just > > because KGDB is on some managerial "must have items" checklist does > > not make it useful. > > The FIQ based interactive debugger

Re: [PATCH v11 00/19] arm: KGDB NMI/FIQ support

2014-09-03 Thread Daniel Thompson
On 03/09/14 00:02, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Tue, 2 Sep 2014, Daniel Thompson wrote: > >> This patchset makes it possible to use kgdb's NMI infrastructure on ARM >> platforms. >> >> The patches are seperated into three distinct groups: >> >> 1. arm specific changes; these provide multi-platform

Re: [PATCH v11 00/19] arm: KGDB NMI/FIQ support

2014-09-03 Thread Daniel Thompson
On 03/09/14 00:02, Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Tue, 2 Sep 2014, Daniel Thompson wrote: This patchset makes it possible to use kgdb's NMI infrastructure on ARM platforms. The patches are seperated into three distinct groups: 1. arm specific changes; these provide multi-platform support for

Re: [PATCH v11 00/19] arm: KGDB NMI/FIQ support

2014-09-03 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Daniel Thompson wrote: On 03/09/14 00:02, Thomas Gleixner wrote: The use case you are looking for is the most irrelevant of all. Just because KGDB is on some managerial must have items checklist does not make it useful. The FIQ based interactive debugger use case is

Re: [PATCH v11 00/19] arm: KGDB NMI/FIQ support

2014-09-03 Thread Daniel Thompson
On 03/09/14 11:06, Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Wed, 3 Sep 2014, Daniel Thompson wrote: On 03/09/14 00:02, Thomas Gleixner wrote: The use case you are looking for is the most irrelevant of all. Just because KGDB is on some managerial must have items checklist does not make it useful. The FIQ

Re: [PATCH v11 00/19] arm: KGDB NMI/FIQ support

2014-09-02 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014, Daniel Thompson wrote: > This patchset makes it possible to use kgdb's NMI infrastructure on ARM > platforms. > > The patches are seperated into three distinct groups: > > 1. arm specific changes; these provide multi-platform support for FIQ >(including raising an IPI

[PATCH v11 00/19] arm: KGDB NMI/FIQ support

2014-09-02 Thread Daniel Thompson
This patchset makes it possible to use kgdb's NMI infrastructure on ARM platforms. The patches are seperated into three distinct groups: 1. arm specific changes; these provide multi-platform support for FIQ (including raising an IPI using FIQ to ensure effective SMP support) and extend ARM

[PATCH v11 00/19] arm: KGDB NMI/FIQ support

2014-09-02 Thread Daniel Thompson
This patchset makes it possible to use kgdb's NMI infrastructure on ARM platforms. The patches are seperated into three distinct groups: 1. arm specific changes; these provide multi-platform support for FIQ (including raising an IPI using FIQ to ensure effective SMP support) and extend ARM

Re: [PATCH v11 00/19] arm: KGDB NMI/FIQ support

2014-09-02 Thread Thomas Gleixner
On Tue, 2 Sep 2014, Daniel Thompson wrote: This patchset makes it possible to use kgdb's NMI infrastructure on ARM platforms. The patches are seperated into three distinct groups: 1. arm specific changes; these provide multi-platform support for FIQ (including raising an IPI using FIQ