[OE-core] [PATCH] busybox: add devmem

[Khem Raj]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 12:31 PM Adrian Bunk <bunk at stusta.de> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 08:50:02AM -0800, Khem Raj wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 1:34 AM Adrian Bunk <bunk at stusta.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > This is a tiny but pretty useful tool.
> > >
> >
> > question is, do we need this enabled in default config, or could be add
> it via
> > some DISTRO_FEATURE meant for validation etc. May be if you explain your
> > usecase then we might be able to make a better assessment.
>
> Sorry for being too terse.
>
> devmem allows reading and writing hardware configuration registers,
> which is useful both for debugging and for scripts.
>

Thanks for the info this seems useful can you also report how much does it
increase size of busybox

>
> cu
> Adrian
>
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