Re: Multiword instruction support and memory poll PC reporting.

Kevin O'Connor wrote:
>> I was using it to find out which modules where changing the registers I was
>> watching. The LSMOD commands reports VAs and without knowing the PID of
>> each process, the MVAs weren't much use to be.
>>
>
> Okay - I guess LSMOD does report VAs. However, ADDR2MOD takes MVAs,
> and one can work out the pid/module from lsmod by using the same
> formula that addr2mod uses.
>
>> Is there some way things like this can be added as options so if anyone
>> like me tries doing this, they have them available?
>>
>
> I think we can just turn it on by default. I'd just suppress
> reporting for IRQS variable, report the MVA, and make sure
> haretconsole is updated with the new format. (The IRQS variable is
> heavily used - even by inexperienced users - while the TRACES variable
> is already pretty esoteric.)
>
> I'll see if I can get haretconsole updated, and then I'll check in the
> patch.
>

Thats all fine by me. I'd make the change to haretconsole myself but I'm
no python programmer, sorry.

Thanks,

Oliver
Received on Wed Apr 30 2008 - 06:29:24 EDT