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Collecting debug data when running with Intel(R) Xeon Phi(tm) Coprocessor

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If you are troubleshooting problems while running with an Intel(R) Xeon Phi(tm) Coprocessor, there is a variety of commands available to see what might be happening.   Here is a quick summary of the types of commands that might be useful, and under what conditions.   For now I will document the commands that are relevant if you are running with a Linux* based host operating system, however will update this document to include Windows* at a later stage.

Command or ProcedureUsed for
/opt/intel/mic/bin/micdebug.shScript that collects and bundles  a variety of diagnostic information (basically, all of the information listed below, plus more).   This is useful if you are trying to escalate a problem to a manufacturer or to Intel, or for you to review if you are troubleshooting
lspci This command is typically shipped  with the Linux* operating system; in this context we are running it on the host system. Useful switches are:  'lspci -vvv'   and 'lspci | grep 225'.   Helps you determine if the coprocessor is detected, and details about the link state.
dmesg (on the host), dmesg (on the coprocessor)Kernel ring buffer - allows you to see errors that may have come up on boot, or during execution.   Because this is a buffer, it gets cleared out every so often, so it may not be complete
cat /var/log/messagesDepending on how syslog is configured, this file may contain kernel and user messages
/opt/intel/mic/bin/micinfoInformation about what coprocessors are connected, and what drivers/firmware/flash versions are used
/usr/sbin/micctrl -sAllows you to see status of each of the coprocessors

sudo service micras start

tail -f /var/log/micras.log..

Runs diagnostics and logs error conditions to /var/log/messages on the host, prepending a “micras” tag to each message.

Getting the coprocessor buffer log:  

echo 0 > /sys/class/mic/scif/watchdog_enabled

 Then, use the following steps to show the micro-OS kernel log buffer

Mount debugfs on the host:    mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug   

Dump the buffer:  

cat /sys/kernel/debug/mic_debug/mic0/log_buf > <some file of your choice>  (shows contents of the buffer up until now)

sudo tail -f /sys/kernel/debug/mic_debug/mic0/log_buf | tee -a <some file of your choice> (collects any recent and new data as things run; also outputs contents to STDOUT)

This is useful if, for example, the card resets or becomes unresponsive after an undertermined period of time.   Because the buffer log gets wiped on restart, and you want to collect information about the problem when and while it happens, you can mount that buffer log and keep 'watch' on it to collect any potential errors.   These instructions allow you to mount that buffer log on the host, and watch and write that content to a file.

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