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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 16 |
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..cfcec3bffc0a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +What: /sys/module/pch_phub/drivers/.../pch_mac +Date: August 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.35 +Contact: masa-korg@dsn.okisemi.com +Description: Write/read GbE MAC address. + +What: /sys/module/pch_phub/drivers/.../pch_firmware +Date: August 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.35 +Contact: masa-korg@dsn.okisemi.com +Description: Write/read Option ROM data. + diff --git a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt index 674c5663d346..58ea64a96165 100644 --- a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt +++ b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Dynamic debug has even more useful features: read to display the complete list of known debug statements, to help guide you Controlling dynamic debug Behaviour -=============================== +=================================== The behaviour of pr_debug()/dev_debug()s are controlled via writing to a control file in the 'debugfs' filesystem. Thus, you must first mount the debugfs @@ -212,6 +212,26 @@ Note the regexp ^[-+=][scp]+$ matches a flags specification. Note also that there is no convenient syntax to remove all the flags at once, you need to use "-psc". + +Debug messages during boot process +================================== + +To be able to activate debug messages during the boot process, +even before userspace and debugfs exists, use the boot parameter: +ddebug_query="QUERY" + +QUERY follows the syntax described above, but must not exceed 1023 +characters. The enablement of debug messages is done as an arch_initcall. +Thus you can enable debug messages in all code processed after this +arch_initcall via this boot parameter. +On an x86 system for example ACPI enablement is a subsys_initcall and +ddebug_query="file ec.c +p" +will show early Embedded Controller transactions during ACPI setup if +your machine (typically a laptop) has an Embedded Controller. +PCI (or other devices) initialization also is a hot candidate for using +this boot parameter for debugging purposes. + + Examples ======== diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 02f21d9220ce..4cd8b86e00ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ parameter is applicable: AVR32 AVR32 architecture is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled. - DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled. + DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. + DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime FB The frame buffer device is enabled. GCOV GCOV profiling is enabled. HW Appropriate hardware is enabled. @@ -570,6 +571,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <port#>,<type> See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt + ddebug_query= [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot + time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for + details. + debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level). debug_locks_verbose= @@ -2370,6 +2375,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file switches= [HW,M68k] + sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL] + Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev + on older distributions. When this option is enabled + very new udev will not work anymore. When this option + is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled) + in older udev will not work anymore. + Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in + the kernel configuration. + sysrq_always_enabled [KNL] Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will |