ACPI: Add expand acpi.debug_layer in kernel-parameters.txt

Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 1150444a21ab..44d1bd142edf 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -217,20 +217,39 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         acpi.debug_level=       [HW,ACPI]
                         Format: <int>
                         Each bit of the <int> indicates an ACPI debug level,
-                        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_level.
-                        CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG must be enabled for this to produce any output.
-                        Available bits (add the numbers together) to enable different
-                        debug output levels of the ACPI subsystem:
-                        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.
+                        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.
 
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