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

[Adrian Bunk]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 02:18:06PM -0800, Khem Raj wrote:
> 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

In a -O2 build for arm64 busybox.nosuid grows 4 kB.

cu
Adrian

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