From 1461d8a5a0e4dad98a38a0932950293692e555d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lv Zheng Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 15:10:45 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] ACPI / debugger: Add AML debugger documentation This patch documents the AML debugger. Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng [ rjw: Editorial changes ] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- Documentation/acpi/aml-debugger.txt | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/acpi/aml-debugger.txt diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/aml-debugger.txt b/Documentation/acpi/aml-debugger.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5f62aa4a493b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/acpi/aml-debugger.txt @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +The AML Debugger + +Copyright (C) 2016, Intel Corporation +Author: Lv Zheng + + +This document describes the usage of the AML debugger embedded in the Linux +kernel. + +1. Build the debugger + + The following kernel configuration items are required to enable the AML + debugger interface from the Linux kernel: + + CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER=y + CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER_USER=m + + The userspace utlities can be built from the kernel source tree using + the following commands: + + $ cd tools + $ make acpi + + The resultant userspace tool binary is then located at: + + tools/acpi/power/acpi/acpidbg/acpidbg + + It can be installed to system directories by running "make install" (as a + sufficiently privileged user). + +2. Start the userspace debugger interface + + After booting the kernel with the debugger built-in, the debugger can be + started by using the following commands: + + # mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug + # modprobe acpi_dbg + # tools/acpi/power/acpi/acpidbg/acpidbg + + That spawns the interactive AML debugger environment where you can execute + debugger commands. + + The commands are documented in the "ACPICA Overview and Programmer Reference" + that can be downloaded from + + https://acpica.org/documentation + + The detailed debugger commands reference is located in Chapter 12 "ACPICA + Debugger Reference". The "help" command can be used for a quick reference. + +3. Stop the userspace debugger interface + + The interactive debugger interface can be closed by pressing Ctrl+C or using + the "quit" or "exit" commands. When finished, unload the module with: + + # rmmod acpi_dbg + + The module unloading may fail if there is an acpidbg instance running. + +4. Run the debugger in a script + + It may be useful to run the AML debugger in a test script. "acpidbg" supports + this in a special "batch" mode. For example, the following command outputs + the entire ACPI namespace: + + # acpidbg -b "namespace" -- 2.20.1