Merge branch 'misc' into release

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index c86c074597129a5b4434b0e35c432a0a28636b11..4782fe7ac7d0dd1095f06fdcff70df4026ccbb8e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -198,59 +198,30 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        that require a timer override, but don't have
                        HPET
 
-       acpi.debug_layer=       [HW,ACPI]
+       acpi.debug_layer=       [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
+       acpi.debug_level=       [HW,ACPI,ACPI_DEBUG]
                        Format: <int>
-                       Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug layer,
-                       1: enable, 0: disable. It is useful for boot time
-                       debugging. After system has booted up, it can be set
-                       via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer.
-                       CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output.
-                       Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable debug output
-                       for specific parts of the ACPI subsystem:
-                       0x01 utilities 0x02 hardware 0x04 events 0x08 tables
-                       0x10 namespace 0x20 parser 0x40 dispatcher
-                       0x80 executer 0x100 resources 0x200 acpica debugger
-                       0x400 os services 0x800 acpica disassembler.
-                       The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex.
-                       Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of
-                       output and make your system unusable. Be very careful.
-
-       acpi.debug_level=       [HW,ACPI]
-                       Format: <int>
-                       Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level,
-                       which corresponds to the level in an ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT
-                       statement.  After system has booted up, this mask
-                       can be set via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level.
-
-                       CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce
-                       any output.  The number can be in decimal or prefixed
-                       with 0x in hex.  Some of these options produce so much
-                       output that the system is unusable.
-
-                       The following global components are defined by the
-                       ACPI CA:
-                              0x01 error
-                              0x02 warn
-                              0x04 init
-                              0x08 debug object
-                              0x10 info
-                              0x20 init names
-                              0x40 parse
-                              0x80 load
-                             0x100 dispatch
-                             0x200 execute
-                             0x400 names
-                             0x800 operation region
-                            0x1000 bfield
-                            0x2000 tables
-                            0x4000 values
-                            0x8000 objects
-                           0x10000 resources
-                           0x20000 user requests
-                           0x40000 package
-                       The number can be in decimal or prefixed with 0x in hex.
-                       Warning: Many of these options can produce a lot of
-                       output and make your system unusable. Be very careful.
+                       CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled to produce any ACPI
+                       debug output.  Bits in debug_layer correspond to a
+                       _COMPONENT in an ACPI source file, e.g.,
+                           #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT
+                       Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in
+                       ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g.,
+                           ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ...
+                       See Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information
+                       about debug layers and levels.
+
+                       Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug
+                       object while interpreting AML:
+                           acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2
+                       Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages:
+                           acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4
+                       Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware:
+                           acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff
+
+                       Some values produce so much output that the system is
+                       unusable.  The "log_buf_len" parameter may be useful
+                       if you need to capture more output.
 
        acpi.power_nocheck=     [HW,ACPI]
                        Format: 1/0 enable/disable the check of power state.