On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 09:06:38PM +0200, Pekka Paalanen wrote: > - Is there anything coming to replace register_page_fault_notifier()?
no. > - Has someone found another way to accomplish the same without patching > the kernel? no. > - Should I start writing a patch to bring back the notifiers, based on > the commit that removed them? no. > People started to complain to me that mmio-trace does not compile for > 2.6.24. At least the Nouveau project is a regular user of mmio-trace > for reverse-engineering, and the tool should be easy to use. Therefore > I would prefer not to force casual contributors to patch their kernels > as it might be too much for some. I am hoping that 2.6.25, if not > 2.6.24, would contain a mechanism to accomplish what I need. Please make mmio tracing generic enough so it works for every device and submit it for inclusion as a config option. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
