| What: /sys/firmware/opal/dump |
| Date: Feb 2014 |
| Contact: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com> |
| Description: |
| This directory exposes interfaces for interacting with |
| the FSP and platform dumps through OPAL firmware interface. |
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| This is only for the powerpc/powernv platform. |
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| initiate_dump: When '1' is written to it, |
| we will initiate a dump. |
| Read this file for supported commands. |
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| 0xXX-0xYYYY: A directory for dump of type 0xXX and |
| id 0xYYYY (in hex). The name of this |
| directory should not be relied upon to |
| be in this format, only that it's unique |
| among all dumps. For determining the type |
| and ID of the dump, use the id and type files. |
| Do not rely on any particular size of dump |
| type or dump id. |
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| Each dump has the following files: |
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| id: An ASCII representation of the dump ID |
| in hex (e.g. '0x01') |
| type: An ASCII representation of the type of |
| dump in the format "0x%x %s" with the ID |
| in hex and a description of the dump type |
| (or 'unknown'). |
| Type '0xffffffff unknown' is used when |
| we could not get the type from firmware. |
| e.g. '0x02 System/Platform Dump' |
| dump: A binary file containing the dump. |
| The size of the dump is the size of this file. |
| acknowledge: When 'ack' is written to this, we will |
| acknowledge that we've retrieved the |
| dump to the service processor. It will |
| then remove it, making the dump |
| inaccessible. |
| Reading this file will get a list of |
| supported actions. |
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