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Message-ID: <tip-1b326277798aa820c1043617786609b9bb4bee78@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2017 05:21:54 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Lu Baolu <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
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        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:x86/debug] usb/doc: Add document for USB3 debug port usage

Commit-ID:  1b326277798aa820c1043617786609b9bb4bee78
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/1b326277798aa820c1043617786609b9bb4bee78
Author:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:01:33 +0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:30:17 +0100

usb/doc: Add document for USB3 debug port usage

Add Documentation/usb/usb3-debug-port.rst. This document includes
the guide for using USB3 debug port.

Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1490083293-3792-6-git-send-email-baolu.lu@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
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 Documentation/usb/usb3-debug-port.rst | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 100 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb3-debug-port.rst b/Documentation/usb/usb3-debug-port.rst
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+===============
+USB3 debug port
+===============
+
+:Author: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
+:Date: March 2017
+
+GENERAL
+=======
+
+This is a HOWTO for using the USB3 debug port on x86 systems.
+
+Before using any kernel debugging functionality based on USB3
+debug port, you need to::
+
+	1) check whether any USB3 debug port is available in
+	   your system;
+	2) check which port is used for debugging purposes;
+	3) have a USB 3.0 super-speed A-to-A debugging cable.
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+
+The xHCI debug capability (DbC) is an optional but standalone
+functionality provided by the xHCI host controller. The xHCI
+specification describes DbC in the section 7.6.
+
+When DbC is initialized and enabled, it will present a debug
+device through the debug port (normally the first USB3
+super-speed port). The debug device is fully compliant with
+the USB framework and provides the equivalent of a very high
+performance full-duplex serial link between the debug target
+(the system under debugging) and a debug host.
+
+EARLY PRINTK
+============
+
+DbC has been designed to log early printk messages. One use for
+this feature is kernel debugging. For example, when your machine
+crashes very early before the regular console code is initialized.
+Other uses include simpler, lockless logging instead of a full-
+blown printk console driver and klogd.
+
+On the debug target system, you need to customize a debugging
+kernel with CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_USB_XDBC enabled. And, add below
+kernel boot parameter::
+
+	"earlyprintk=xdbc"
+
+If there are multiple xHCI controllers in your system, you can
+append a host contoller index to this kernel parameter. This
+index starts from 0.
+
+Current design doesn't support DbC runtime suspend/resume. As
+the result, you'd better disable runtime power management for
+USB subsystem by adding below kernel boot parameter::
+
+	"usbcore.autosuspend=-1"
+
+Before starting the debug target, you should connect the debug
+port to a USB port (root port or port of any external hub) on
+the debug host. The cable used to connect these two ports
+should be a USB 3.0 super-speed A-to-A debugging cable.
+
+During early boot of the debug target, DbC will be detected and
+initialized. After initialization, the debug host should be able
+to enumerate the debug device in debug target. The debug host
+will then bind the debug device with the usb_debug driver module
+and create the /dev/ttyUSB device.
+
+If the debug device enumeration goes smoothly, you should be able
+to see below kernel messages on the debug host::
+
+	# tail -f /var/log/kern.log
+	[ 1815.983374] usb 4-3: new SuperSpeed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
+	[ 1815.999595] usb 4-3: LPM exit latency is zeroed, disabling LPM.
+	[ 1815.999899] usb 4-3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0004
+	[ 1815.999902] usb 4-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
+	[ 1815.999903] usb 4-3: Product: Remote GDB
+	[ 1815.999904] usb 4-3: Manufacturer: Linux
+	[ 1815.999905] usb 4-3: SerialNumber: 0001
+	[ 1816.000240] usb_debug 4-3:1.0: xhci_dbc converter detected
+	[ 1816.000360] usb 4-3: xhci_dbc converter now attached to ttyUSB0
+
+You can use any communication program, for example minicom, to
+read and view the messages. Below simple bash scripts can help
+you to check the sanity of the setup.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+	===== start of bash scripts =============
+	#!/bin/bash
+
+	while true ; do
+		while [ ! -d /sys/class/tty/ttyUSB0 ] ; do
+			:
+		done
+	cat /dev/ttyUSB0
+	done
+	===== end of bash scripts ===============