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Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:00:31 GMT From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, stern@...land.harvard.edu, yinghai@...nel.org, randy.dunlap@...cle.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...e.de, tglx@...utronix.de, sarah.a.sharp@...el.com, mingo@...e.hu Subject: [tip:x86/doc] x86/doc: mini-howto for using earlyprintk=dbgp Commit-ID: a1aade478862fca8710904532cbc6efed97fd05a Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/a1aade478862fca8710904532cbc6efed97fd05a Author: "Yinghai Lu" <yinghai@...nel.org> AuthorDate: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:11:35 -0800 Commit: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> CommitDate: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:57:52 +0100 x86/doc: mini-howto for using earlyprintk=dbgp [ mingo: small edits and extensions. ] Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> Cc: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...el.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> LKML-Reference: <49AF18B7.4050305@...nel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> --- Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt b/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..607b1a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ + +Mini-HOWTO for using the earlyprintk=dbgp boot option with a +USB2 Debug port key and a debug cable, on x86 systems. + +You need two computers, the 'USB debug key' special gadget and +and two USB cables, connected like this: + + [host/target] <-------> [USB debug key] <-------> [client/console] + +1. There are three specific hardware requirements: + + a.) Host/target system needs to have USB debug port capability. + + You can check this capability by looking at a 'Debug port' bit in + the lspci -vvv output: + + # lspci -vvv + ... + 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) + Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 + Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- + Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- + Latency: 0 + Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 19 + Region 0: Memory at fe227000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] + Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 + Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) + Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME+ + Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0 + ^^^^^^^^^^^ <==================== [ HERE ] + Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd + Kernel modules: ehci-hcd + ... + +( If your system does not list a debug port capability then you probably + wont be able to use the USB debug key. ) + + b.) You also need a Netchip USB debug cable/key: + + http://www.plxtech.com/products/NET2000/NET20DC/default.asp + + This is a small blue plastic connector with two USB connections, + it draws power from its USB connections. + + c.) Thirdly, you need a second client/console system with a regular USB port. + +2. Software requirements: + + a.) On the host/target system: + + You need to enable the following kernel config option: + + CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP=y + + And you need to add the boot command line: "earlyprintk=dbgp". + (If you are using Grub, append it to the 'kernel' line in + /etc/grub.conf) + + NOTE: normally earlyprintk console gets turned off once the + regular console is alive - use "earlyprintk=dbgp,keep" to keep + this channel open beyond early bootup. This can be useful for + debugging crashes under Xorg, etc. + + b.) On the client/console system: + + You should enable the following kernel config option: + + CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_DEBUG=y + + On the next bootup with the modified kernel you should + get a /dev/ttyUSBx device(s). + + Now this channel of kernel messages is ready to be used: start + your favorite terminal emulator (minicom, etc.) and set + it up to use /dev/ttyUSB0 - or use a raw 'cat /dev/ttyUSBx' to + see the raw output. + + c.) On Nvidia Southbridge based systems: the kernel will try to probe + and find out which port has debug device connected. + +3. Testing that it works fine: + + You can test the output by using earlyprintk=dbgp,keep and provoking + kernel messages on the host/target system. You can provoke a harmless + kernel message by for example doing: + + echo h > /proc/sysrq-trigger + + On the host/target system you should see this help line in "dmesg" output: + + SysRq : HELP : loglevel(0-9) reBoot Crashdump terminate-all-tasks(E) memory-full-oom-kill(F) kill-all-tasks(I) saK show-backtrace-all-active-cpus(L) show-memory-usage(M) nice-all-RT-tasks(N) powerOff show-registers(P) show-all-timers(Q) unRaw Sync show-task-states(T) Unmount show-blocked-tasks(W) dump-ftrace-buffer(Z) + + On the client/console system do: + + cat /dev/ttyUSB0 + + And you should see the help line above displayed shortly after you've + provoked it on the host system. + +If it does not work then please ask about it on the linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org +mailing list or contact the x86 maintainers. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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