Philippe Gerum wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>> Commit from rpm (2006-04-26 17:41 CEST)
>>> ---------------
>>>
>>> Make IPIPE_TRACE_PATHS configurable
>>>
>>>  ipipe  v2.6/common/kernel/ipipe/tracer.c       1.10
>>>  ipipe  v2.6/common/kernel/ipipe/Kconfig.trace  1.4
>>
>>
>> From a quick glance it appears to me you provided a nice interface to
>> break some stuff :). At least the explanation is not correct.
>>
>> Those four paths are required to 1) always have an active path at hand
>> for recording, 2+3) keep the latest max or frozen path, and 4) escape
>> with to an alternative slot during max/frozen updates in case the
>> previous one is currently locked for output or whatever and cannot
>> become the new active path.
>>
>> So, the absolute minimum is 3 when there is definitely no concurrent
>> usage of ipipe_trace_begin/end vs. ipipe_trace_freeze (remember that
>> users may want to define their own begin/end points if
>> IPIPE_TRACE_IRQSOFF is not set). Raising it above 4 is of no practical
>> use so far.
>>
> 
> Oh, wait, you've just explained why passing -f to the latency test
> freezes my board! Thanks :o)
> 

Famous last words while reaching out the finger:

"Hey, what is this knob for?" :)

Jan

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