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@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ locations such as buffers like the printk buffer or the process table.
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Retrieving a full system memory dump is also possible over the FireWire,
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using data transfer rates in the order of 10MB/s or more.
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-Memory access is currently limited to the low 4G of physical address
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-space which can be a problem on IA64 machines where memory is located
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-mostly above that limit, but it is rarely a problem on more common
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-hardware such as hardware based on x86, x86-64 and PowerPC.
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+With most FireWire controllers, memory access is limited to the low 4 GB
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+of physical address space. This can be a problem on IA64 machines where
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+memory is located mostly above that limit, but it is rarely a problem on
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+more common hardware such as x86, x86-64 and PowerPC. However, at least
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+Agere/LSI FW643e and FW643e2 controllers are known to support access to
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+physical addresses above 4 GB.
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Together with a early initialization of the OHCI-1394 controller for debugging,
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this facility proved most useful for examining long debugs logs in the printk
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@@ -36,17 +38,11 @@ available (notebooks) or too slow for extensive debug information (like ACPI).
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Drivers
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-The ohci1394 driver in drivers/ieee1394 initializes the OHCI-1394 controllers
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-to a working state and enables physical DMA by default for all remote nodes.
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-This can be turned off by ohci1394's module parameter phys_dma=0.
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-
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-The alternative firewire-ohci driver in drivers/firewire uses filtered physical
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+The firewire-ohci driver in drivers/firewire uses filtered physical
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DMA by default, which is more secure but not suitable for remote debugging.
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-Compile the driver with CONFIG_FIREWIRE_OHCI_REMOTE_DMA (Kernel hacking menu:
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-Remote debugging over FireWire with firewire-ohci) to get unfiltered physical
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-DMA.
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+Pass the remote_dma=1 parameter to the driver to get unfiltered physical DMA.
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-Because ohci1394 and firewire-ohci depend on the PCI enumeration to be
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+Because the firewire-ohci driver depends on the PCI enumeration to be
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completed, an initialization routine which runs pretty early has been
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implemented for x86. This routine runs long before console_init() can be
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called, i.e. before the printk buffer appears on the console.
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@@ -64,7 +60,7 @@ be used to view the printk buffer of a remote machine, even with live update.
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Bernhard Kaindl enhanced firescope to support accessing 64-bit machines
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from 32-bit firescope and vice versa:
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-- http://halobates.de/firewire/firescope-0.2.2.tar.bz2
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+- http://v3.sk/~lkundrak/firescope/
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and he implemented fast system dump (alpha version - read README.txt):
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- http://halobates.de/firewire/firedump-0.1.tar.bz2
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@@ -92,11 +88,11 @@ Step-by-step instructions for using firescope with early OHCI initialization:
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1) Verify that your hardware is supported:
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- Load the ohci1394 or the fw-ohci module and check your kernel logs.
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+ Load the firewire-ohci module and check your kernel logs.
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You should see a line similar to
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- ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[18] MMIO=[fe9ff800-fe9fffff]
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- ... Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
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+ firewire_ohci 0000:15:00.1: added OHCI v1.0 device as card 2, 4 IR + 4 IT
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+ ... contexts, quirks 0x11
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when loading the driver. If you have no supported controller, many PCI,
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CardBus and even some Express cards which are fully compliant to OHCI-1394
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@@ -105,6 +101,9 @@ Step-by-step instructions for using firescope with early OHCI initialization:
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compliant, they are based on TI PCILynx chips and require drivers for Win-
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dows operating systems.
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+ The mentioned kernel log message contains ">4 GB phys DMA" in case of
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+ OHCI-1394 controllers which support accesses above this limit.
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+
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2) Establish a working FireWire cable connection:
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Any FireWire cable, as long at it provides electrically and mechanically
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@@ -113,20 +112,18 @@ Step-by-step instructions for using firescope with early OHCI initialization:
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If an driver is running on both machines you should see a line like
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- ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[0090270001b84bba]
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+ firewire_core 0000:15:00.1: created device fw1: GUID 00061b0020105917, S400
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on both machines in the kernel log when the cable is plugged in
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and connects the two machines.
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3) Test physical DMA using firescope:
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- On the debug host,
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- - load the raw1394 module,
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- - make sure that /dev/raw1394 is accessible,
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+ On the debug host, make sure that /dev/fw* is accessible,
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then start firescope:
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$ firescope
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- Port 0 (ohci1394) opened, 2 nodes detected
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+ Port 0 (/dev/fw1) opened, 2 nodes detected
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FireScope
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