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. This is only for the powerpc/powernv platform. =============== =============================================== initiate_dump: When '1' is written to it, we will initiate a dump. Read this file for supported commands. 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. =============== =============================================== Each dump has the following files: =============== =============================================== 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. =============== ===============================================