From: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RESEND PATCH v2 4/4] usb: doc: add document for USB3 debug port usage
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:18:25 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1476836305-4468-5-git-send-email-baolu.lu@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1476836305-4468-1-git-send-email-baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
Add Documentation/usb/usb3-debug-port.txt. This document includes
the user guide for USB3 debug port.
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
---
Documentation/usb/usb3-debug-port.txt | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/usb/usb3-debug-port.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb3-debug-port.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb3-debug-port.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df5ce27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/usb/usb3-debug-port.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+ USB3 debug port
+
+ Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
+
+ Last-updated: October 2016
+
+GENERAL
+=======
+
+This is a HOWTO for using USB3 debug port on x86 systems.
+
+Before using any kernel debugging functionalities based on USB3
+debug port, you need to check 1) whether debug port is supported
+by the xHCI host, 2) which port is used for debugging purpose
+(normally the first USB3 root port). You must have a USB 3.0
+super-speed A-to-A debugging cable to connect the debug target
+with a debug host. In this document, a debug target stands for
+the system under debugging; while, a debug host stands for a
+stand-alone system that is able to talk to the debugging target
+through the USB3 debug port.
+
+EARLY PRINTK
+============
+
+On debug target system, you need to customize a debugging kernel
+with CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_XDBC enabled. And add below kernel boot
+parameter.
+
+ "earlyprintk=xdbc"
+
+If there are multiple xHCI controllers in the system, you can
+append a host contoller index to this kernel parameter. This
+index is started from 0.
+
+If you are going to leverage the keep option defined by the
+early printk framework to keep the boot console alive after
+early boot, you'd better add below kernel boot parameter.
+
+ "usbcore.autosuspend=-1"
+
+On debug host side, you don't need to customize the kernel, but
+you need to disable usb subsystem runtime power management by
+adding below kernel boot parameter.
+
+ "usbcore.autosuspend=-1"
+
+Before starting the debug target, you should connect the debug
+port on debug target with a 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 debug target, DbC (the debug engine for USB3
+debug port) hardware gets initialized. Debug host should be able
+to enumerate the debug target as a debug device. Debug host will
+then bind the debug device with the usb_debug driver module and
+create the /dev/ttyUSB0 device.
+
+If device enumeration goes smoothly, you should be able to see
+below kernel messages on 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 run below bash scripts on debug host to read the kernel
+log sent from debug target.
+
+===== start of bash scripts =============
+#!/bin/bash
+
+while true ; do
+ while [ ! -d /sys/class/tty/ttyUSB0 ] ; do
+ :
+ done
+ cat /dev/ttyUSB0 >> xdbc.log
+done
+===== end of bash scripts ===============
+
+You should be able to see the early boot message in xdbc.log.
--
2.1.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-10-19 0:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-19 0:18 [RESEND PATCH v2 0/4] usb: early: add support for early printk through USB3 debug port Lu Baolu
2016-10-19 0:18 ` [RESEND PATCH v2 1/4] usb: dbc: early driver for xhci debug capability Lu Baolu
2016-10-19 13:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-10-20 8:08 ` Lu Baolu
2016-10-20 8:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-10-20 9:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-10-21 0:35 ` Lu Baolu
2016-10-19 0:18 ` [RESEND PATCH v2 2/4] x86: add support for earlyprintk via USB3 debug port Lu Baolu
2016-10-19 0:18 ` [RESEND PATCH v2 3/4] usb: serial: usb_debug: add support for dbc debug device Lu Baolu
2016-10-19 0:18 ` Lu Baolu [this message]
2016-10-19 7:48 ` [RESEND PATCH v2 4/4] usb: doc: add document for USB3 debug port usage Jani Nikula
2016-10-20 5:45 ` Lu Baolu
2016-10-20 8:30 ` Jani Nikula
2016-10-21 0:39 ` Lu Baolu
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