This patchset enables ACPICA debugger for Linux kernel and implements a userspace utility to access it. A. Build the AML debugger In order to build the kernel support of AML debugger, the following kconfig items should be enabled: CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER=y CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER_USER=m The userspace tool can be found at tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidbg. To build this utility, staying in tools folder and type "make acpi". B. Load the AML debugger during runtime In order to use the in-kernel AML debugger, the following command should be executed using root user: # modprobe acpi_dbg # mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug # acpidbg C. Batch mode In order to support scripts, the userspace utility also supports single command batch mode: # acpidbg -b "help" # acpidbg -b "tables" # acpidbg -b "find _LID" # acpidbg -b "execute \_SB.LID0._LID" You can find the documentation about the ACPICA debugger commands in: https://acpica.org/sites/acpica/files/acpica-reference_17.pdf (The latest document can be found at https://acpica.org/documentation) And refer to the chapter - ACPICA debugger reference to obtain the full description of the debugger commands. Note that not all commands are supported by an in-kernel AML debugger. D. Unload the AML debugger during runtime After terminating all acpidbg instances, the following command can be executed to remove the AML debugger from kernel: # rmmod acpi_dbg The following tasks are not completed: 1. .flush() support in the kernel debugger IO driver. 2. multi-commands batch mode. 3. upstream the userspace acpidbg to the ACPICA upstream. Colin Ian King (1): ACPICA: Debugger: Remove unnecessary status check Lv Zheng (4): ACPICA: Debugger: Convert some mechanisms to OSPM specific ACPI / debugger: Add IO interface to access debugger functionalities tools/power/acpi: Add userspace AML interface support ACPI / debugger: Add module support for ACPI debugger drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 13 +- drivers/acpi/Makefile | 1 + drivers/acpi/acpi_dbg.c | 818 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/acpi/acpica/acdebug.h | 2 +- drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h | 5 - drivers/acpi/acpica/dbinput.c | 100 +--- drivers/acpi/acpica/dbxface.c | 63 +-- drivers/acpi/acpica/utmutex.c | 17 - drivers/acpi/bus.c | 1 + drivers/acpi/osl.c | 250 ++++++++- include/acpi/acpiosxf.h | 18 +- include/acpi/acpixf.h | 11 + include/acpi/platform/aclinux.h | 2 + include/acpi/platform/aclinuxex.h | 9 + include/linux/acpi.h | 71 +++ tools/power/acpi/Makefile | 16 +- tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidbg/Makefile | 27 + tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidbg/acpidbg.c | 438 ++++++++++++++++ 18 files changed, 1699 insertions(+), 163 deletions(-) create mode 100644 drivers/acpi/acpi_dbg.c create mode 100644 tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidbg/Makefile create mode 100644 tools/power/acpi/tools/acpidbg/acpidbg.c -- 1.7.10 -- 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
