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1                         ACPI Debug Output
4 The ACPI CA, the Linux ACPI core, and some ACPI drivers can generate debug
5 output.  This document describes how to use this facility.
7 Compile-time configuration
8 --------------------------
10 ACPI debug output is globally enabled by CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG.  If this config
11 option is turned off, the debug messages are not even built into the
12 kernel.
14 Boot- and run-time configuration
15 --------------------------------
17 When CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y, you can select the component and level of messages
18 you're interested in.  At boot-time, use the acpi.debug_layer and
19 acpi.debug_level kernel command line options.  After boot, you can use the
20 debug_layer and debug_level files in /sys/module/acpi/parameters/ to control
21 the debug messages.
23 debug_layer (component)
24 -----------------------
26 The "debug_layer" is a mask that selects components of interest, e.g., a
27 specific driver or part of the ACPI interpreter.  To build the debug_layer
28 bitmask, look for the "#define _COMPONENT" in an ACPI source file.
30 You can set the debug_layer mask at boot-time using the acpi.debug_layer
31 command line argument, and you can change it after boot by writing values
32 to /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer.
34 The possible components are defined in include/acpi/acoutput.h and
35 include/acpi/acpi_drivers.h.  Reading /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer
36 shows the supported mask values, currently these:
38     ACPI_UTILITIES                  0x00000001
39     ACPI_HARDWARE                   0x00000002
40     ACPI_EVENTS                     0x00000004
41     ACPI_TABLES                     0x00000008
42     ACPI_NAMESPACE                  0x00000010
43     ACPI_PARSER                     0x00000020
44     ACPI_DISPATCHER                 0x00000040
45     ACPI_EXECUTER                   0x00000080
46     ACPI_RESOURCES                  0x00000100
47     ACPI_CA_DEBUGGER                0x00000200
48     ACPI_OS_SERVICES                0x00000400
49     ACPI_CA_DISASSEMBLER            0x00000800
50     ACPI_COMPILER                   0x00001000
51     ACPI_TOOLS                      0x00002000
52     ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT              0x00010000
53     ACPI_AC_COMPONENT               0x00020000
54     ACPI_BATTERY_COMPONENT          0x00040000
55     ACPI_BUTTON_COMPONENT           0x00080000
56     ACPI_SBS_COMPONENT              0x00100000
57     ACPI_FAN_COMPONENT              0x00200000
58     ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT              0x00400000
59     ACPI_POWER_COMPONENT            0x00800000
60     ACPI_CONTAINER_COMPONENT        0x01000000
61     ACPI_SYSTEM_COMPONENT           0x02000000
62     ACPI_THERMAL_COMPONENT          0x04000000
63     ACPI_MEMORY_DEVICE_COMPONENT    0x08000000
64     ACPI_VIDEO_COMPONENT            0x10000000
65     ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT        0x20000000
67 debug_level
68 -----------
70 The "debug_level" is a mask that selects different types of messages, e.g.,
71 those related to initialization, method execution, informational messages, etc.
72 To build debug_level, look at the level specified in an ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT()
73 statement.
75 The ACPI interpreter uses several different levels, but the Linux
76 ACPI core and ACPI drivers generally only use ACPI_LV_INFO.
78 You can set the debug_level mask at boot-time using the acpi.debug_level
79 command line argument, and you can change it after boot by writing values
80 to /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level.
82 The possible levels are defined in include/acpi/acoutput.h.  Reading
83 /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level shows the supported mask values,
84 currently these:
86     ACPI_LV_INIT                    0x00000001
87     ACPI_LV_DEBUG_OBJECT            0x00000002
88     ACPI_LV_INFO                    0x00000004
89     ACPI_LV_INIT_NAMES              0x00000020
90     ACPI_LV_PARSE                   0x00000040
91     ACPI_LV_LOAD                    0x00000080
92     ACPI_LV_DISPATCH                0x00000100
93     ACPI_LV_EXEC                    0x00000200
94     ACPI_LV_NAMES                   0x00000400
95     ACPI_LV_OPREGION                0x00000800
96     ACPI_LV_BFIELD                  0x00001000
97     ACPI_LV_TABLES                  0x00002000
98     ACPI_LV_VALUES                  0x00004000
99     ACPI_LV_OBJECTS                 0x00008000
100     ACPI_LV_RESOURCES               0x00010000
101     ACPI_LV_USER_REQUESTS           0x00020000
102     ACPI_LV_PACKAGE                 0x00040000
103     ACPI_LV_ALLOCATIONS             0x00100000
104     ACPI_LV_FUNCTIONS               0x00200000
105     ACPI_LV_OPTIMIZATIONS           0x00400000
106     ACPI_LV_MUTEX                   0x01000000
107     ACPI_LV_THREADS                 0x02000000
108     ACPI_LV_IO                      0x04000000
109     ACPI_LV_INTERRUPTS              0x08000000
110     ACPI_LV_AML_DISASSEMBLE         0x10000000
111     ACPI_LV_VERBOSE_INFO            0x20000000
112     ACPI_LV_FULL_TABLES             0x40000000
113     ACPI_LV_EVENTS                  0x80000000
115 Examples
116 --------
118 For example, drivers/acpi/bus.c contains this:
120     #define _COMPONENT              ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT
121     ...
122     ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Device insertion detected\n"));
124 To turn on this message, set the ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT bit in acpi.debug_layer
125 and the ACPI_LV_INFO bit in acpi.debug_level.  (The ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT
126 statement uses ACPI_DB_INFO, which is macro based on the ACPI_LV_INFO
127 definition.)
129 Enable all AML "Debug" output (stores to the Debug object while interpreting
130 AML) during boot:
132     acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
134 Enable PCI and PCI interrupt routing debug messages:
136     acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4
138 Enable all ACPI hardware-related messages:
140     acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
142 Enable all ACPI_DB_INFO messages after boot:
144     # echo 0x4 > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level
146 Show all valid component values:
148     # cat /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer