ACPI: introduce module parameter acpi.aml_debug_output
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@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
index e628cd2..3e1d25a 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
"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,
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index 899d68a..9212229 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
/*
* 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
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c b/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c
index abfcf9f..7de27d4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/debugfs.c
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
#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,
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpixf.h b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
index 1371cc9..a6ea2ac 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpixf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
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;