From 9f0346dcbea363787186c94ef94dd01aaa215afa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 11:59:05 -0700 Subject: Merge tag 'driver-core-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core Pull driver core fixes from Danilo Krummrich: - Fix kernfs listxattr() not returning security xattr names (e.g. SELinux labels) when the kernfs node has no allocated kernfs_iattrs - Fix silent truncation of IRQ vector indices in the Rust PCI abstractions - Don't select OF from DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST; skip the test when OF is disabled instead of silently enabling extra kernel functionality - Russ Weight is retiring from kernel development; update the Firmware Loader sysfs contact to the driver-core mailing list, add a CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload, and update MAINTAINERS accordingly * tag 'driver-core-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core: MAINTAINERS: Remove Russ Weight from Firmware Loader CREDITS: Add CREDITS entry for Firmware Upload firmware_loader: Change contact for sysfs nodes rust: pci: reject IRQ vector indices that do not fit in u32 kernfs: preserve security xattrs without allocating iattrs drivers: base: test: DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST should not select OF --- Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/aml-debugger.rst | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/aml-debugger.rst (limited to 'Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/aml-debugger.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/aml-debugger.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/aml-debugger.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a889d43bc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/aml-debugger.rst @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +.. include:: + +================ +The AML Debugger +================ + +:Copyright: |copy| 2016, Intel Corporation +:Author: Lv Zheng + + +This document describes the usage of the AML debugger embedded in the Linux +kernel. + +1. Build the debugger +===================== + +The following kernel configuration items are required to enable the AML +debugger interface from the Linux kernel:: + + CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER=y + CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER_USER=m + +The userspace utilities can be built from the kernel source tree using +the following commands:: + + $ cd tools + $ make acpi + +The resultant userspace tool binary is then located at:: + + tools/power/acpi/acpidbg + +It can be installed to system directories by running "make install" (as a +sufficiently privileged user). + +2. Start the userspace debugger interface +========================================= + +After booting the kernel with the debugger built-in, the debugger can be +started by using the following commands:: + + # mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug + # modprobe acpi_dbg + # tools/power/acpi/acpidbg + +That spawns the interactive AML debugger environment where you can execute +debugger commands. + +The commands are documented in the "ACPICA Overview and Programmer Reference" +that can be downloaded from + +https://acpica.org/documentation + +The detailed debugger commands reference is located in Chapter 12 "ACPICA +Debugger Reference". The "help" command can be used for a quick reference. + +3. Stop the userspace debugger interface +======================================== + +The interactive debugger interface can be closed by pressing Ctrl+C or using +the "quit" or "exit" commands. When finished, unload the module with:: + + # rmmod acpi_dbg + +The module unloading may fail if there is an acpidbg instance running. + +4. Run the debugger in a script +=============================== + +It may be useful to run the AML debugger in a test script. "acpidbg" supports +this in a special "batch" mode. For example, the following command outputs +the entire ACPI namespace:: + + # acpidbg -b "namespace" -- cgit v1.3.1