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authordanh-arm <dan.handley@arm.com>2016-04-14 19:15:36 +0100
committerdanh-arm <dan.handley@arm.com>2016-04-14 19:15:36 +0100
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Merge pull request #549 from ljerry/tf_issue_373
Allow to dump platform-defined regs in crash log
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@@ -489,20 +489,15 @@ Each platform must ensure a file of this name is in the system include path with
the following macro defined. In the ARM development platforms, this file is
found in `plat/arm/board/<plat_name>/include/plat_macros.S`.
-* **Macro : plat_print_gic_regs**
+* **Macro : plat_crash_print_regs**
- This macro allows the crash reporting routine to print GIC registers
- in case of an unhandled exception in BL31. This aids in debugging and
- this macro can be defined to be empty in case GIC register reporting is
- not desired.
-
-* **Macro : plat_print_interconnect_regs**
-
- This macro allows the crash reporting routine to print interconnect
+ This macro allows the crash reporting routine to print relevant platform
registers in case of an unhandled exception in BL31. This aids in debugging
- and this macro can be defined to be empty in case interconnect register
- reporting is not desired. In ARM standard platforms, the CCI snoop
- control registers are reported.
+ and this macro can be defined to be empty in case register reporting is not
+ desired.
+
+ For instance, GIC or interconnect registers may be helpful for
+ troubleshooting.
2.2 Handling Reset