Introduce module parameter acpi.aml_debug_output. With acpi.aml_debug_output set, we can get AML debug object output (Store (AAA, Debug)), even with CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG cleared. Together with the runtime custom method mechanism, we can debug AML code problems without rebuilding the kernel. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt | 2 ++ drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h | 2 +- drivers/acpi/debugfs.c | 8 ++++++++ include/acpi/acpixf.h | 2 +- 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c @@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ #define _COMPONENT ACPI_SYSTEM_COMPONENT ACPI_MODULE_NAME("debugfs"); + +/* /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/aml_debug_output */ + +module_param_named(aml_debug_output, acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object, + bool, 0644); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(aml_debug_output, + "To enable/disable the ACPI Debug Object output."); + /* /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method */ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user * user_buf, Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Note: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden "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, Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h +++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_use_default /* * Optionally enable output from the AML Debug Object. */ -u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object, FALSE); +u32 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object, FALSE); /* * Optionally copy the entire DSDT to local memory (instead of simply Index: linux-2.6/include/acpi/acpixf.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/acpi/acpixf.h +++ linux-2.6/include/acpi/acpixf.h @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ extern u8 acpi_gbl_create_osi_method; extern u8 acpi_gbl_use_default_register_widths; extern acpi_name acpi_gbl_trace_method_name; extern u32 acpi_gbl_trace_flags; -extern u8 acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object; +extern u32 acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object; extern u8 acpi_gbl_copy_dsdt_locally; extern u8 acpi_gbl_truncate_io_addresses; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html