Merge branch 'acpi-doc'

* acpi-doc: (25 commits)
  Documentation: ACPI: move video_extension.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move ssdt-overlays.txt to admin-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move lpit.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move cppc_sysfs.txt to admin-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move apei/einj.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move apei/output_format.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move aml-debugger.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move method-tracing.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to rsST
  Documentation: ACPI: move debug.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move dsd/data-node-references.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move dsd/graph.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move acpi-lid.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move i2c-muxes.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move dsdt-override.txt to admin-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move initrd_table_override.txt to admin-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move method-customizing.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move gpio-properties.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move DSD-properties-rules.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and covert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move scan_handlers.txt to driver-api/acpi and convert to reST
  Documentation: ACPI: move linuxized-acpica.txt to driver-api/acpi and convert to reST
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/aml-debugger.txt b/Documentation/acpi/aml-debugger.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 75ebeb64ab29..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/acpi/aml-debugger.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-The AML Debugger
-
-Copyright (C) 2016, Intel Corporation
-Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
-
-
-This document describes the usage of the AML debugger embedded in the Linux
-kernel.
-
-1. Build the debugger
-
-   The following kernel configuration items are required to enable the AML
-   debugger interface from the Linux kernel:
-
-   CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER=y
-   CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER_USER=m
-
-   The userspace utilities can be built from the kernel source tree using
-   the following commands:
-
-   $ cd tools
-   $ make acpi
-
-   The resultant userspace tool binary is then located at:
-
-     tools/power/acpi/acpidbg
-
-   It can be installed to system directories by running "make install" (as a
-   sufficiently privileged user).
-
-2. Start the userspace debugger interface
-
-   After booting the kernel with the debugger built-in, the debugger can be
-   started by using the following commands:
-
-   # mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
-   # modprobe acpi_dbg
-   # tools/power/acpi/acpidbg
-
-   That spawns the interactive AML debugger environment where you can execute
-   debugger commands.
-
-   The commands are documented in the "ACPICA Overview and Programmer Reference"
-   that can be downloaded from
-
-   https://acpica.org/documentation
-
-   The detailed debugger commands reference is located in Chapter 12 "ACPICA
-   Debugger Reference".  The "help" command can be used for a quick reference.
-
-3. Stop the userspace debugger interface
-
-   The interactive debugger interface can be closed by pressing Ctrl+C or using
-   the "quit" or "exit" commands.  When finished, unload the module with:
-
-   # rmmod acpi_dbg
-
-   The module unloading may fail if there is an acpidbg instance running.
-
-4. Run the debugger in a script
-
-   It may be useful to run the AML debugger in a test script. "acpidbg" supports
-   this in a special "batch" mode.  For example, the following command outputs
-   the entire ACPI namespace:
-
-   # acpidbg -b "namespace"
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt b/Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c49c197c47a..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
-                     APEI output format
-                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-APEI uses printk as hardware error reporting interface, the output
-format is as follow.
-
-<error record> :=
-APEI generic hardware error status
-severity: <integer>, <severity string>
-section: <integer>, severity: <integer>, <severity string>
-flags: <integer>
-<section flags strings>
-fru_id: <uuid string>
-fru_text: <string>
-section_type: <section type string>
-<section data>
-
-<severity string>* := recoverable | fatal | corrected | info
-
-<section flags strings># :=
-[primary][, containment warning][, reset][, threshold exceeded]\
-[, resource not accessible][, latent error]
-
-<section type string> := generic processor error | memory error | \
-PCIe error | unknown, <uuid string>
-
-<section data> :=
-<generic processor section data> | <memory section data> | \
-<pcie section data> | <null>
-
-<generic processor section data> :=
-[processor_type: <integer>, <proc type string>]
-[processor_isa: <integer>, <proc isa string>]
-[error_type: <integer>
-<proc error type strings>]
-[operation: <integer>, <proc operation string>]
-[flags: <integer>
-<proc flags strings>]
-[level: <integer>]
-[version_info: <integer>]
-[processor_id: <integer>]
-[target_address: <integer>]
-[requestor_id: <integer>]
-[responder_id: <integer>]
-[IP: <integer>]
-
-<proc type string>* := IA32/X64 | IA64
-
-<proc isa string>* := IA32 | IA64 | X64
-
-<processor error type strings># :=
-[cache error][, TLB error][, bus error][, micro-architectural error]
-
-<proc operation string>* := unknown or generic | data read | data write | \
-instruction execution
-
-<proc flags strings># :=
-[restartable][, precise IP][, overflow][, corrected]
-
-<memory section data> :=
-[error_status: <integer>]
-[physical_address: <integer>]
-[physical_address_mask: <integer>]
-[node: <integer>]
-[card: <integer>]
-[module: <integer>]
-[bank: <integer>]
-[device: <integer>]
-[row: <integer>]
-[column: <integer>]
-[bit_position: <integer>]
-[requestor_id: <integer>]
-[responder_id: <integer>]
-[target_id: <integer>]
-[error_type: <integer>, <mem error type string>]
-
-<mem error type string>* :=
-unknown | no error | single-bit ECC | multi-bit ECC | \
-single-symbol chipkill ECC | multi-symbol chipkill ECC | master abort | \
-target abort | parity error | watchdog timeout | invalid address | \
-mirror Broken | memory sparing | scrub corrected error | \
-scrub uncorrected error
-
-<pcie section data> :=
-[port_type: <integer>, <pcie port type string>]
-[version: <integer>.<integer>]
-[command: <integer>, status: <integer>]
-[device_id: <integer>:<integer>:<integer>.<integer>
-slot: <integer>
-secondary_bus: <integer>
-vendor_id: <integer>, device_id: <integer>
-class_code: <integer>]
-[serial number: <integer>, <integer>]
-[bridge: secondary_status: <integer>, control: <integer>]
-[aer_status: <integer>, aer_mask: <integer>
-<aer status string>
-[aer_uncor_severity: <integer>]
-aer_layer=<aer layer string>, aer_agent=<aer agent string>
-aer_tlp_header: <integer> <integer> <integer> <integer>]
-
-<pcie port type string>* := PCIe end point | legacy PCI end point | \
-unknown | unknown | root port | upstream switch port | \
-downstream switch port | PCIe to PCI/PCI-X bridge | \
-PCI/PCI-X to PCIe bridge | root complex integrated endpoint device | \
-root complex event collector
-
-if section severity is fatal or recoverable
-<aer status string># :=
-unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Data Link Protocol | \
-unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
-Poisoned TLP | Flow Control Protocol | Completion Timeout | \
-Completer Abort | Unexpected Completion | Receiver Overflow | \
-Malformed TLP | ECRC | Unsupported Request
-else
-<aer status string># :=
-Receiver Error | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
-Bad TLP | Bad DLLP | RELAY_NUM Rollover | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
-Replay Timer Timeout | Advisory Non-Fatal
-fi
-
-<aer layer string> :=
-Physical Layer | Data Link Layer | Transaction Layer
-
-<aer agent string> :=
-Receiver ID | Requester ID | Completer ID | Transmitter ID
-
-Where, [] designate corresponding content is optional
-
-All <field string> description with * has the following format:
-
-field: <integer>, <field string>
-
-Where value of <integer> should be the position of "string" in <field
-string> description. Otherwise, <field string> will be "unknown".
-
-All <field strings> description with # has the following format:
-
-field: <integer>
-<field strings>
-
-Where each string in <fields strings> corresponding to one set bit of
-<integer>. The bit position is the position of "string" in <field
-strings> description.
-
-For more detailed explanation of every field, please refer to UEFI
-specification version 2.3 or later, section Appendix N: Common
-Platform Error Record.
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/i2c-muxes.txt b/Documentation/acpi/i2c-muxes.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fcc4f0b885e..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/acpi/i2c-muxes.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-ACPI I2C Muxes
---------------
-
-Describing an I2C device hierarchy that includes I2C muxes requires an ACPI
-Device () scope per mux channel.
-
-Consider this topology:
-
-+------+   +------+
-| SMB1 |-->| MUX0 |--CH00--> i2c client A (0x50)
-|      |   | 0x70 |--CH01--> i2c client B (0x50)
-+------+   +------+
-
-which corresponds to the following ASL:
-
-Device (SMB1)
-{
-    Name (_HID, ...)
-    Device (MUX0)
-    {
-        Name (_HID, ...)
-        Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate () {
-            I2cSerialBus (0x70, ControllerInitiated, I2C_SPEED,
-                          AddressingMode7Bit, "^SMB1", 0x00,
-                          ResourceConsumer,,)
-        }
-
-        Device (CH00)
-        {
-            Name (_ADR, 0)
-
-            Device (CLIA)
-            {
-                Name (_HID, ...)
-                Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate () {
-                    I2cSerialBus (0x50, ControllerInitiated, I2C_SPEED,
-                                  AddressingMode7Bit, "^CH00", 0x00,
-                                  ResourceConsumer,,)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Device (CH01)
-        {
-            Name (_ADR, 1)
-
-            Device (CLIB)
-            {
-                Name (_HID, ...)
-                Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate () {
-                    I2cSerialBus (0x50, ControllerInitiated, I2C_SPEED,
-                                  AddressingMode7Bit, "^CH01", 0x00,
-                                  ResourceConsumer,,)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt b/Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 30437a6db373..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/acpi/initrd_table_override.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-Upgrading ACPI tables via initrd
-================================
-
-1) Introduction (What is this about)
-2) What is this for
-3) How does it work
-4) References (Where to retrieve userspace tools)
-
-1) What is this about
----------------------
-
-If the ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE compile option is true, it is possible to
-upgrade the ACPI execution environment that is defined by the ACPI tables
-via upgrading the ACPI tables provided by the BIOS with an instrumented,
-modified, more recent version one, or installing brand new ACPI tables.
-
-When building initrd with kernel in a single image, option
-ACPI_TABLE_OVERRIDE_VIA_BUILTIN_INITRD should also be true for this
-feature to work.
-
-For a full list of ACPI tables that can be upgraded/installed, take a look
-at the char *table_sigs[MAX_ACPI_SIGNATURE]; definition in
-drivers/acpi/tables.c.
-All ACPI tables iasl (Intel's ACPI compiler and disassembler) knows should
-be overridable, except:
-   - ACPI_SIG_RSDP (has a signature of 6 bytes)
-   - ACPI_SIG_FACS (does not have an ordinary ACPI table header)
-Both could get implemented as well.
-
-
-2) What is this for
--------------------
-
-Complain to your platform/BIOS vendor if you find a bug which is so severe
-that a workaround is not accepted in the Linux kernel. And this facility
-allows you to upgrade the buggy tables before your platform/BIOS vendor
-releases an upgraded BIOS binary.
-
-This facility can be used by platform/BIOS vendors to provide a Linux
-compatible environment without modifying the underlying platform firmware.
-
-This facility also provides a powerful feature to easily debug and test
-ACPI BIOS table compatibility with the Linux kernel by modifying old
-platform provided ACPI tables or inserting new ACPI tables.
-
-It can and should be enabled in any kernel because there is no functional
-change with not instrumented initrds.
-
-
-3) How does it work
--------------------
-
-# Extract the machine's ACPI tables:
-cd /tmp
-acpidump >acpidump
-acpixtract -a acpidump
-# Disassemble, modify and recompile them:
-iasl -d *.dat
-# For example add this statement into a _PRT (PCI Routing Table) function
-# of the DSDT:
-Store("HELLO WORLD", debug)
-# And increase the OEM Revision. For example, before modification:
-DefinitionBlock ("DSDT.aml", "DSDT", 2, "INTEL ", "TEMPLATE", 0x00000000)
-# After modification:
-DefinitionBlock ("DSDT.aml", "DSDT", 2, "INTEL ", "TEMPLATE", 0x00000001)
-iasl -sa dsdt.dsl
-# Add the raw ACPI tables to an uncompressed cpio archive.
-# They must be put into a /kernel/firmware/acpi directory inside the cpio
-# archive. Note that if the table put here matches a platform table
-# (similar Table Signature, and similar OEMID, and similar OEM Table ID)
-# with a more recent OEM Revision, the platform table will be upgraded by
-# this table. If the table put here doesn't match a platform table
-# (dissimilar Table Signature, or dissimilar OEMID, or dissimilar OEM Table
-# ID), this table will be appended.
-mkdir -p kernel/firmware/acpi
-cp dsdt.aml kernel/firmware/acpi
-# A maximum of "NR_ACPI_INITRD_TABLES (64)" tables are currently allowed
-# (see osl.c):
-iasl -sa facp.dsl
-iasl -sa ssdt1.dsl
-cp facp.aml kernel/firmware/acpi
-cp ssdt1.aml kernel/firmware/acpi
-# The uncompressed cpio archive must be the first. Other, typically
-# compressed cpio archives, must be concatenated on top of the uncompressed
-# one. Following command creates the uncompressed cpio archive and
-# concatenates the original initrd on top:
-find kernel | cpio -H newc --create > /boot/instrumented_initrd
-cat /boot/initrd >>/boot/instrumented_initrd
-# reboot with increased acpi debug level, e.g. boot params:
-acpi.debug_level=0x2 acpi.debug_layer=0xFFFFFFFF
-# and check your syslog:
-[    1.268089] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
-[    1.272091] [ACPI Debug]  String [0x0B] "HELLO WORLD"
-
-iasl is able to disassemble and recompile quite a lot different,
-also static ACPI tables.
-
-
-4) Where to retrieve userspace tools
-------------------------------------
-
-iasl and acpixtract are part of Intel's ACPICA project:
-http://acpica.org/
-and should be packaged by distributions (for example in the acpica package
-on SUSE).
-
-acpidump can be found in Len Browns pmtools:
-ftp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/utils/pmtools/acpidump
-This tool is also part of the acpica package on SUSE.
-Alternatively, used ACPI tables can be retrieved via sysfs in latest kernels:
-/sys/firmware/acpi/tables
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7235da975f23..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/acpi/method-customizing.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-Linux ACPI Custom Control Method How To
-=======================================
-
-Written by Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
-
-
-Linux supports customizing ACPI control methods at runtime.
-
-Users can use this to
-1. override an existing method which may not work correctly,
-   or just for debugging purposes.
-2. insert a completely new method in order to create a missing
-   method such as _OFF, _ON, _STA, _INI, etc.
-For these cases, it is far simpler to dynamically install a single
-control method rather than override the entire DSDT, because kernel
-rebuild/reboot is not needed and test result can be got in minutes.
-
-Note: Only ACPI METHOD can be overridden, any other object types like
-      "Device", "OperationRegion", are not recognized. Methods
-      declared inside scope operators are also not supported.
-Note: The same ACPI control method can be overridden for many times,
-      and it's always the latest one that used by Linux/kernel.
-Note: To get the ACPI debug object output (Store (AAAA, Debug)),
-      please run "echo 1 > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/aml_debug_output".
-
-1. override an existing method
-   a) get the ACPI table via ACPI sysfs I/F. e.g. to get the DSDT,
-      just run "cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > /tmp/dsdt.dat"
-   b) disassemble the table by running "iasl -d dsdt.dat".
-   c) rewrite the ASL code of the method and save it in a new file,
-   d) package the new file (psr.asl) to an ACPI table format.
-      Here is an example of a customized \_SB._AC._PSR method,
-
-      DefinitionBlock ("", "SSDT", 1, "", "", 0x20080715)
-      {
-	Method (\_SB_.AC._PSR, 0, NotSerialized)
-	{
-		Store ("In AC _PSR", Debug)
-		Return (ACON)
-	}
-      }
-      Note that the full pathname of the method in ACPI namespace
-      should be used.
-   e) assemble the file to generate the AML code of the method.
-      e.g. "iasl -vw 6084 psr.asl" (psr.aml is generated as a result)
-      If parameter "-vw 6084" is not supported by your iASL compiler,
-      please try a newer version.
-   f) mount debugfs by "mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug"
-   g) override the old method via the debugfs by running
-      "cat /tmp/psr.aml > /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method"
-
-2. insert a new method
-   This is easier than overriding an existing method.
-   We just need to create the ASL code of the method we want to
-   insert and then follow the step c) ~ g) in section 1.
-
-3. undo your changes
-   The "undo" operation is not supported for a new inserted method
-   right now, i.e. we can not remove a method currently.
-   For an overridden method, in order to undo your changes, please
-   save a copy of the method original ASL code in step c) section 1,
-   and redo step c) ~ g) to override the method with the original one.
-
-
-Note: We can use a kernel with multiple custom ACPI method running,
-      But each individual write to debugfs can implement a SINGLE
-      method override. i.e. if we want to insert/override multiple
-      ACPI methods, we need to redo step c) ~ g) for multiple times.
-
-Note: Be aware that root can mis-use this driver to modify arbitrary
-      memory and gain additional rights, if root's privileges got
-      restricted (for example if root is not allowed to load additional
-      modules after boot).
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt b/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0aba14c8f459..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
-ACPICA Trace Facility
-
-Copyright (C) 2015, Intel Corporation
-Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
-
-
-Abstract:
-
-This document describes the functions and the interfaces of the method
-tracing facility.
-
-1. Functionalities and usage examples:
-
-   ACPICA provides method tracing capability. And two functions are
-   currently implemented using this capability.
-
-   A. Log reducer
-   ACPICA subsystem provides debugging outputs when CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is
-   enabled. The debugging messages which are deployed via
-   ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT() macro can be reduced at 2 levels - per-component
-   level (known as debug layer, configured via
-   /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_layer) and per-type level (known as
-   debug level, configured via /sys/module/acpi/parameters/debug_level).
-
-   But when the particular layer/level is applied to the control method
-   evaluations, the quantity of the debugging outputs may still be too
-   large to be put into the kernel log buffer. The idea thus is worked out
-   to only enable the particular debug layer/level (normally more detailed)
-   logs when the control method evaluation is started, and disable the
-   detailed logging when the control method evaluation is stopped.
-
-   The following command examples illustrate the usage of the "log reducer"
-   functionality:
-   a. Filter out the debug layer/level matched logs when control methods
-      are being evaluated:
-      # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
-      # echo "0xXXXXXXXX" > trace_debug_layer
-      # echo "0xYYYYYYYY" > trace_debug_level
-      # echo "enable" > trace_state
-   b. Filter out the debug layer/level matched logs when the specified
-      control method is being evaluated:
-      # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
-      # echo "0xXXXXXXXX" > trace_debug_layer
-      # echo "0xYYYYYYYY" > trace_debug_level
-      # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
-      # echo "method" > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/trace_state
-   c. Filter out the debug layer/level matched logs when the specified
-      control method is being evaluated for the first time:
-      # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
-      # echo "0xXXXXXXXX" > trace_debug_layer
-      # echo "0xYYYYYYYY" > trace_debug_level
-      # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
-      # echo "method-once" > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/trace_state
-   Where:
-      0xXXXXXXXX/0xYYYYYYYY: Refer to Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for
-			     possible debug layer/level masking values.
-      \PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH: Full path of a control method that can be found
-			    in the ACPI namespace. It needn't be an entry
-			    of a control method evaluation.
-
-   B. AML tracer
-
-   There are special log entries added by the method tracing facility at
-   the "trace points" the AML interpreter starts/stops to execute a control
-   method, or an AML opcode. Note that the format of the log entries are
-   subject to change:
-     [    0.186427]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Method Begin [0xf58394d8:\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.ECOK] execution.
-     [    0.186630]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode Begin [0xf5905c88:If] execution.
-     [    0.186820]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode Begin [0xf5905cc0:LEqual] execution.
-     [    0.187010]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode Begin [0xf5905a20:-NamePath-] execution.
-     [    0.187214]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode End [0xf5905a20:-NamePath-] execution.
-     [    0.187407]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode Begin [0xf5905f60:One] execution.
-     [    0.187594]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode End [0xf5905f60:One] execution.
-     [    0.187789]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode End [0xf5905cc0:LEqual] execution.
-     [    0.187980]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode Begin [0xf5905cc0:Return] execution.
-     [    0.188146]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode Begin [0xf5905f60:One] execution.
-     [    0.188334]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode End [0xf5905f60:One] execution.
-     [    0.188524]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode End [0xf5905cc0:Return] execution.
-     [    0.188712]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Opcode End [0xf5905c88:If] execution.
-     [    0.188903]   exdebug-0398 ex_trace_point        : Method End [0xf58394d8:\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.ECOK] execution.
-
-   Developers can utilize these special log entries to track the AML
-   interpretion, thus can aid issue debugging and performance tuning. Note
-   that, as the "AML tracer" logs are implemented via ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT()
-   macro, CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is also required to be enabled for enabling
-   "AML tracer" logs.
-
-   The following command examples illustrate the usage of the "AML tracer"
-   functionality:
-   a. Filter out the method start/stop "AML tracer" logs when control
-      methods are being evaluated:
-      # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
-      # echo "0x80" > trace_debug_layer
-      # echo "0x10" > trace_debug_level
-      # echo "enable" > trace_state
-   b. Filter out the method start/stop "AML tracer" when the specified
-      control method is being evaluated:
-      # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
-      # echo "0x80" > trace_debug_layer
-      # echo "0x10" > trace_debug_level
-      # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
-      # echo "method" > trace_state
-   c. Filter out the method start/stop "AML tracer" logs when the specified
-      control method is being evaluated for the first time:
-      # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
-      # echo "0x80" > trace_debug_layer
-      # echo "0x10" > trace_debug_level
-      # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
-      # echo "method-once" > trace_state
-   d. Filter out the method/opcode start/stop "AML tracer" when the
-      specified control method is being evaluated:
-      # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
-      # echo "0x80" > trace_debug_layer
-      # echo "0x10" > trace_debug_level
-      # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
-      # echo "opcode" > trace_state
-   e. Filter out the method/opcode start/stop "AML tracer" when the
-      specified control method is being evaluated for the first time:
-      # cd /sys/module/acpi/parameters
-      # echo "0x80" > trace_debug_layer
-      # echo "0x10" > trace_debug_level
-      # echo "\PPPP.AAAA.TTTT.HHHH" > trace_method_name
-      # echo "opcode-opcode" > trace_state
-
-  Note that all above method tracing facility related module parameters can
-  be used as the boot parameters, for example:
-      acpi.trace_debug_layer=0x80 acpi.trace_debug_level=0x10 \
-      acpi.trace_method_name=\_SB.LID0._LID acpi.trace_state=opcode-once
-
-2. Interface descriptions:
-
-   All method tracing functions can be configured via ACPI module
-   parameters that are accessible at /sys/module/acpi/parameters/:
-
-   trace_method_name
-	The full path of the AML method that the user wants to trace.
-	Note that the full path shouldn't contain the trailing "_"s in its
-	name segments but may contain "\" to form an absolute path.
-
-   trace_debug_layer
-	The temporary debug_layer used when the tracing feature is enabled.
-	Using ACPI_EXECUTER (0x80) by default, which is the debug_layer
-	used to match all "AML tracer" logs.
-
-   trace_debug_level
-	The temporary debug_level used when the tracing feature is enabled.
-	Using ACPI_LV_TRACE_POINT (0x1