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This script can be useful for: - Figuring out the list of modules you need to pack in initrd - Figuring out the list of drivers you need to modularize for a device to be fully functional without building in any dependencies. - Figuring out which drivers to enable first, when porting drivers between kernels (say, to upstream). - Plotting graphs of system dependencies, etc. Usage: dev-needs.sh [-c|-d|-m|-f] [filter options] <list of devices> This script needs to be run on the target device once it has booted to a shell. The script takes as input a list of one or more device directories under /sys/devices and then lists the probe dependency chain (suppliers and parents) of these devices. It does a breadth first search of the dependency chain, so the last entry in the output is close to the root of the dependency chain. By default it lists the full path to the devices under /sys/devices. It also takes an optional modifier flag as the first parameter to change what information is listed in the output. If the requested information is not available, the device name is printed. -c lists the compatible string of the dependencies -d lists the driver name of the dependencies that have probed -m lists the module name of the dependencies that have a module -f list the firmware node path of the dependencies -g list the dependencies as edges and nodes for graphviz -t list the dependencies as edges for tsort The filter options provide a way to filter out some dependencies: --allow-no-driver By default dependencies that don't have a driver attached are ignored. This is to avoid following device links to "class" devices that are created when the consumer probes (as in, not a probe dependency). If you want to follow these links anyway, use this flag. --exclude-devlinks Don't follow device links when tracking probe dependencies. --exclude-parents Don't follow parent devices when tracking probe dependencies. Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200901224842.1787825-1-saravanak@google.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.