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7 The ACPI CA can generate debug output. This document describes how to use this
10 Compile-time configuration
11 ==========================
13 The ACPI CA debug output is globally enabled by CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG. If this
14 config option is not set, the debug messages are not even built into the kernel.
16 Boot- and run-time configuration
17 ================================
19 When CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y, you can select the component and level of messages
20 you're interested in. At boot-time, use the acpi.debug_layer and
21 acpi.debug_level kernel command line options. After boot, you can use the
22 debug_layer and debug_level files in /sys/module/acpi/parameters/ to control
25 debug_layer (component)
26 =======================
28 The "debug_layer" is a mask that selects components of interest, e.g., a
29 specific part of the ACPI interpreter. To build the debug_layer bitmask, look
30 for the "#define _COMPONENT" in an ACPI source file.
32 You can set the debug_layer mask at boot-time using the acpi.debug_layer
33 command line argument, and you can change it after boot by writing values
34 to /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer.
36 The possible components are defined in include/acpi/acoutput.h.
38 Reading /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer shows the supported mask values::
40 ACPI_UTILITIES 0x00000001
41 ACPI_HARDWARE 0x00000002
42 ACPI_EVENTS 0x00000004
43 ACPI_TABLES 0x00000008
44 ACPI_NAMESPACE 0x00000010
45 ACPI_PARSER 0x00000020
46 ACPI_DISPATCHER 0x00000040
47 ACPI_EXECUTER 0x00000080
48 ACPI_RESOURCES 0x00000100
49 ACPI_CA_DEBUGGER 0x00000200
50 ACPI_OS_SERVICES 0x00000400
51 ACPI_CA_DISASSEMBLER 0x00000800
52 ACPI_COMPILER 0x00001000
58 The "debug_level" is a mask that selects different types of messages, e.g.,
59 those related to initialization, method execution, informational messages, etc.
60 To build debug_level, look at the level specified in an ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT()
63 The ACPI interpreter uses several different levels, but the Linux
64 ACPI core and ACPI drivers generally only use ACPI_LV_INFO.
66 You can set the debug_level mask at boot-time using the acpi.debug_level
67 command line argument, and you can change it after boot by writing values
68 to /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level.
70 The possible levels are defined in include/acpi/acoutput.h. Reading
71 /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level shows the supported mask values,
74 ACPI_LV_INIT 0x00000001
75 ACPI_LV_DEBUG_OBJECT 0x00000002
76 ACPI_LV_INFO 0x00000004
77 ACPI_LV_INIT_NAMES 0x00000020
78 ACPI_LV_PARSE 0x00000040
79 ACPI_LV_LOAD 0x00000080
80 ACPI_LV_DISPATCH 0x00000100
81 ACPI_LV_EXEC 0x00000200
82 ACPI_LV_NAMES 0x00000400
83 ACPI_LV_OPREGION 0x00000800
84 ACPI_LV_BFIELD 0x00001000
85 ACPI_LV_TABLES 0x00002000
86 ACPI_LV_VALUES 0x00004000
87 ACPI_LV_OBJECTS 0x00008000
88 ACPI_LV_RESOURCES 0x00010000
89 ACPI_LV_USER_REQUESTS 0x00020000
90 ACPI_LV_PACKAGE 0x00040000
91 ACPI_LV_ALLOCATIONS 0x00100000
92 ACPI_LV_FUNCTIONS 0x00200000
93 ACPI_LV_OPTIMIZATIONS 0x00400000
94 ACPI_LV_MUTEX 0x01000000
95 ACPI_LV_THREADS 0x02000000
97 ACPI_LV_INTERRUPTS 0x08000000
98 ACPI_LV_AML_DISASSEMBLE 0x10000000
99 ACPI_LV_VERBOSE_INFO 0x20000000
100 ACPI_LV_FULL_TABLES 0x40000000
101 ACPI_LV_EVENTS 0x80000000
106 For example, drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfevnt.c contains this::
108 #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS
110 ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INIT, "ACPI mode disabled\n"));
112 To turn on this message, set the ACPI_EVENTS bit in acpi.debug_layer
113 and the ACPI_LV_INIT bit in acpi.debug_level. (The ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT
114 statement uses ACPI_DB_INIT, which is a macro based on the ACPI_LV_INIT
117 Enable all AML "Debug" output (stores to the Debug object while interpreting
120 acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
122 Enable all ACPI hardware-related messages::
124 acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
126 Enable all ACPI_DB_INFO messages after boot::
128 # echo 0x4 > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level
130 Show all valid component values::
132 # cat /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer