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author | Kim Kibum <kb0929.kim@samsung.com> | 2012-04-29 16:59:19 +0900 |
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committer | Kim Kibum <kb0929.kim@samsung.com> | 2012-04-29 16:59:19 +0900 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dfab7184 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ + APEI Error INJection + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +EINJ provides a hardware error injection mechanism +It is very useful for debugging and testing of other APEI and RAS features. + +To use EINJ, make sure the following are enabled in your kernel +configuration: + +CONFIG_DEBUG_FS +CONFIG_ACPI_APEI +CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_EINJ + +The user interface of EINJ is debug file system, under the +directory apei/einj. The following files are provided. + +- available_error_type + Reading this file returns the error injection capability of the + platform, that is, which error types are supported. The error type + definition is as follow, the left field is the error type value, the + right field is error description. + + 0x00000001 Processor Correctable + 0x00000002 Processor Uncorrectable non-fatal + 0x00000004 Processor Uncorrectable fatal + 0x00000008 Memory Correctable + 0x00000010 Memory Uncorrectable non-fatal + 0x00000020 Memory Uncorrectable fatal + 0x00000040 PCI Express Correctable + 0x00000080 PCI Express Uncorrectable fatal + 0x00000100 PCI Express Uncorrectable non-fatal + 0x00000200 Platform Correctable + 0x00000400 Platform Uncorrectable non-fatal + 0x00000800 Platform Uncorrectable fatal + + The format of file contents are as above, except there are only the + available error type lines. + +- error_type + This file is used to set the error type value. The error type value + is defined in "available_error_type" description. + +- error_inject + Write any integer to this file to trigger the error + injection. Before this, please specify all necessary error + parameters. + +- param1 + This file is used to set the first error parameter value. Effect of + parameter depends on error_type specified. For memory error, this is + physical memory address. + +- param2 + This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of + parameter depends on error_type specified. For memory error, this is + physical memory address mask. + +For more information about EINJ, please refer to ACPI specification +version 4.0, section 17.5. diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/debug.txt b/Documentation/acpi/debug.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..65bf47c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/acpi/debug.txt @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ + ACPI Debug Output + + +The ACPI CA, the Linux ACPI core, and some ACPI drivers can generate debug +output. This document describes how to use this facility. + +Compile-time configuration +-------------------------- + +ACPI debug output is globally enabled by CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG. If this config +option is turned off, the debug messages are not even built into the +kernel. + +Boot- and run-time configuration +-------------------------------- + +When CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y, you can select the component and level of messages +you're interested in. At boot-time, use the acpi.debug_layer and +acpi.debug_level kernel command line options. After boot, you can use the +debug_layer and debug_level files in /sys/module/acpi/parameters/ to control +the debug messages. + +debug_layer (component) +----------------------- + +The "debug_layer" is a mask that selects components of interest, e.g., a +specific driver or part of the ACPI interpreter. To build the debug_layer +bitmask, look for the "#define _COMPONENT" in an ACPI source file. + +You can set the debug_layer mask at boot-time using the acpi.debug_layer +command line argument, and you can change it after boot by writing values +to /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer. + +The possible components are defined in include/acpi/acoutput.h and +include/acpi/acpi_drivers.h. Reading /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer +shows the supported mask values, currently these: + + ACPI_UTILITIES 0x00000001 + ACPI_HARDWARE 0x00000002 + ACPI_EVENTS 0x00000004 + ACPI_TABLES 0x00000008 + ACPI_NAMESPACE 0x00000010 + ACPI_PARSER 0x00000020 + ACPI_DISPATCHER 0x00000040 + ACPI_EXECUTER 0x00000080 + ACPI_RESOURCES 0x00000100 + ACPI_CA_DEBUGGER 0x00000200 + ACPI_OS_SERVICES 0x00000400 + ACPI_CA_DISASSEMBLER 0x00000800 + ACPI_COMPILER 0x00001000 + ACPI_TOOLS 0x00002000 + ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT 0x00010000 + ACPI_AC_COMPONENT 0x00020000 + ACPI_BATTERY_COMPONENT 0x00040000 + ACPI_BUTTON_COMPONENT 0x00080000 + ACPI_SBS_COMPONENT 0x00100000 + ACPI_FAN_COMPONENT 0x00200000 + ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT 0x00400000 + ACPI_POWER_COMPONENT 0x00800000 + ACPI_CONTAINER_COMPONENT 0x01000000 + ACPI_SYSTEM_COMPONENT 0x02000000 + ACPI_THERMAL_COMPONENT 0x04000000 + ACPI_MEMORY_DEVICE_COMPONENT 0x08000000 + ACPI_VIDEO_COMPONENT 0x10000000 + ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT 0x20000000 + +debug_level +----------- + +The "debug_level" is a mask that selects different types of messages, e.g., +those related to initialization, method execution, informational messages, etc. +To build debug_level, look at the level specified in an ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT() +statement. + +The ACPI interpreter uses several different levels, but the Linux +ACPI core and ACPI drivers generally only use ACPI_LV_INFO. + +You can set the debug_level mask at boot-time using the acpi.debug_level +command line argument, and you can change it after boot by writing values +to /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level. + +The possible levels are defined in include/acpi/acoutput.h. Reading +/sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level shows the supported mask values, +currently these: + + ACPI_LV_INIT 0x00000001 + ACPI_LV_DEBUG_OBJECT 0x00000002 + ACPI_LV_INFO 0x00000004 + ACPI_LV_INIT_NAMES 0x00000020 + ACPI_LV_PARSE 0x00000040 + ACPI_LV_LOAD 0x00000080 + ACPI_LV_DISPATCH 0x00000100 + ACPI_LV_EXEC 0x00000200 + ACPI_LV_NAMES 0x00000400 + ACPI_LV_OPREGION 0x00000800 + ACPI_LV_BFIELD 0x00001000 + ACPI_LV_TABLES 0x00002000 + ACPI_LV_VALUES 0x00004000 + ACPI_LV_OBJECTS 0x00008000 + ACPI_LV_RESOURCES 0x00010000 + ACPI_LV_USER_REQUESTS 0x00020000 + ACPI_LV_PACKAGE 0x00040000 + ACPI_LV_ALLOCATIONS 0x00100000 + ACPI_LV_FUNCTIONS 0x00200000 + ACPI_LV_OPTIMIZATIONS 0x00400000 + ACPI_LV_MUTEX 0x01000000 + ACPI_LV_THREADS 0x02000000 + ACPI_LV_IO 0x04000000 + ACPI_LV_INTERRUPTS 0x08000000 + ACPI_LV_AML_DISASSEMBLE 0x10000000 + ACPI_LV_VERBOSE_INFO 0x20000000 + ACPI_LV_FULL_TABLES 0x40000000 + ACPI_LV_EVENTS 0x80000000 + +Examples +-------- + +For example, drivers/acpi/bus.c contains this: + + #define _COMPONENT ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT + ... + ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Device insertion detected\n")); + +To turn on this message, set the ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT bit in acpi.debug_layer +and the ACPI_LV_INFO bit in acpi.debug_level. (The ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT +statement uses ACPI_DB_INFO, which is macro based on the ACPI_LV_INFO +definition.) + +Enable all AML "Debug" output (stores to the Debug object while interpreting +AML) during boot: + + acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2 + +Enable PCI and PCI interrupt routing debug messages: + + acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4 + +Enable all ACPI hardware-related messages: + + acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff + +Enable all ACPI_DB_INFO messages after boot: + + # echo 0x4 > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level + +Show all valid component values: + + # cat /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt b/Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..febbb1ba --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Linux supports a method of overriding the BIOS DSDT: + +CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT builds the image into the kernel. + +When to use this method is described in detail on the +Linux/ACPI home page: +http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/overridingDSDT.php diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3e1d25ae --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +Linux ACPI Custom Control Method How To +======================================= + +Written by Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> + + +Linux supports customizing ACPI control methods at runtime. + +Users can use this to +1. override an existing method which may not work correctly, + or just for debugging purposes. +2. insert a completely new method in order to create a missing + method such as _OFF, _ON, _STA, _INI, etc. +For these cases, it is far simpler to dynamically install a single +control method rather than override the entire DSDT, because kernel +rebuild/reboot is not needed and test result can be got in minutes. + +Note: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden, any other object types like + "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. +Note: The same ACPI control method can be overridden for many times, + and it's always the latest one that used by Linux/kernel. +Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)), + please run "echo 1 > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/aml_debug_output". + +1. override an existing method + a) get the ACPI table via ACPI sysfs I/F. e.g. to get the DSDT, + just run "cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > /tmp/dsdt.dat" + b) disassemble the table by running "iasl -d dsdt.dat". + c) rewrite the ASL code of the method and save it in a new file, + d) package the new file (psr.asl) to an ACPI table format. + Here is an example of a customized \_SB._AC._PSR method, + + DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 1, "", "", 0x20080715) + { + External (ACON) + + Method (\_SB_.AC._PSR, 0, NotSerialized) + { + Store ("In AC _PSR", Debug) + Return (ACON) + } + } + Note that the full pathname of the method in ACPI namespace + should be used. + And remember to use "External" to declare external objects. + e) assemble the file to generate the AML code of the method. + e.g. "iasl psr.asl" (psr.aml is generated as a result) + f) mount debugfs by "mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug" + g) override the old method via the debugfs by running + "cat /tmp/psr.aml > /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method" + +2. insert a new method + This is easier than overriding an existing method. + We just need to create the ASL code of the method we want to + insert and then follow the step c) ~ g) in section 1. + +3. undo your changes + The "undo" operation is not supported for a new inserted method + right now, i.e. we can not remove a method currently. + For an overrided method, in order to undo your changes, please + save a copy of the method original ASL code in step c) section 1, + and redo step c) ~ g) to override the method with the original one. + + +Note: We can use a kernel with multiple custom ACPI method running, + But each individual write to debugfs can implement a SINGLE + method override. i.e. if we want to insert/override multiple + ACPI methods, we need to redo step c) ~ g) for multiple times. diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f6efb1ea --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +/sys/module/acpi/parameters/: + +trace_method_name + The AML method name that the user wants to trace + +trace_debug_layer + The temporary debug_layer used when tracing the method. + Using 0xffffffff by default if it is 0. + +trace_debug_level + The temporary debug_level used when tracing the method. + Using 0x00ffffff by default if it is 0. + +trace_state + The status of the tracing feature. + + "enabled" means this feature is enabled + and the AML method is traced every time it's executed. + + "1" means this feature is enabled and the AML method + will only be traced during the next execution. + + "disabled" means this feature is disabled. + Users can enable/disable this debug tracing feature by + "echo string > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/trace_state". + "string" should be one of "enable", "disable" and "1". |