ice: configure FW logging
Users want the ability to debug FW issues by retrieving the FW logs from the E8xx devices. Use debugfs to allow the user to configure the log level and number of messages for FW logging. If FW logging is supported on the E8xx then the file 'fwlog' will be created under the PCI device ID for the ice driver. If the file does not exist then either the E8xx doesn't support FW logging or debugfs is not enabled on the system. One thing users want to do is control which events are reported. The user can read and write the 'fwlog/modules/<module name>' to get/set the log levels. Each module in the FW that supports logging ht as a file under 'fwlog/modules' that supports reading (to see what the current log level is) and writing (to change the log level). The format to set the log levels for a module are: # echo <log level> > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/<module> The supported log levels are: * none * error * warning * normal * verbose Each level includes the messages from the previous/lower level The modules that are supported are: * general * ctrl * link * link_topo * dnl * i2c * sdp * mdio * adminq * hdma * lldp * dcbx * dcb * xlr * nvm * auth * vpd * iosf * parser * sw * scheduler * txq * rsvd * post * watchdog * task_dispatch * mng * synce * health * tsdrv * pfreg * mdlver * all The module 'all' is a special module which allows the user to read or write to all of the modules. The following example command would set the DCB module to the 'normal' log level: # echo normal > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/dcb If the user wants to set the DCB, Link, and the AdminQ modules to 'verbose' then the commands are: # echo verbose > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/dcb # echo verbose > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/link # echo verbose > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/adminq If the user wants to set all modules to the 'warning' level then the command is: # echo warning > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/all If the user wants to disable logging for a module then they can set the level to 'none'. An example setting the 'watchdog' module is: # echo none > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/watchdog If the user wants to see what the log level is for a specific module then the command is: # cat /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/dcb This will return the log level for the DCB module. If the user wants to see the log level for all the modules then the command is: # cat /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/all Writing to the module file will update the configuration, but NOT enable the configuration (that is a separate command). In addition to configuring the modules, the user can also configure the number of log messages (nr_messages) to include in a single Admin Receive Queue (ARQ) event.The range is 1-128 (1 means push every log message, 128 means push only when the max AQ command buffer is full). The suggested value is 10. To see/change the resolution the user can read/write the 'fwlog/nr_messages' file. An example changing the value to 50 is # echo 50 > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/nr_messages To see the current value of 'nr_messages' then the command is: # cat /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/nr_messages Signed-off-by: Paul M Stillwell Jr <paul.m.stillwell.jr@intel.com> Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel) Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
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