The DASCLI kerneltrace command activates kernel tracing.

The trace is stored in the parity_w.x.y.z.etl file.

Authentication is required for using this command.

Parameters

dascli kerneltrace {disable | level} [flags]

disable
No logging. This is an alias for trace level 0.
Level

Specify one of the following values, which are the commonly used kernel debug levels.

Value Tracing Level Description
0 None No logging
2 Low Errors only, which is the default
3 Medium Moderate detail
4 High Significant detail
5 Verbose Highest detail including rule processing
Flags
Hexadecimal values for flags which determine the level of detail in the output and whether specific trace details are excluded. This is useful for increasing the debugging detail and then excluding undesired topics.

Specify one or more of the following values. Debug flags are defined in pch.h, and values that are omitted from the table are reserved.

Value Debug Flag Description
0x00000001 DRV_GENERAL
0x00000002 DRV_ASSERT
0x00000004 DRV_FUNCTION_TRACE
0x00000008 DRV_RETURN_TRACE
0x00000010 DRV_LOG_DRIVER Driver init, start, stop, and unload
0x00000020 DRV_LOG_FILTER Filter and port interface
0x00000040 DRV_LOG_REGISTRY Registry processing
0x00000080 DRV_LOG_FILE File processing
0x00000100 DRV_LOG_OBJECT Object processing
0x00000200 DRV_LOG_PROCESS Process tracking
0x00000400 DRV_LOG_RULES Rule processing
0x00000800 DRV_LOG_DEVICE Device control
0x00001000 DRV_LOG_UTILITY Utility classes
0x00002000 DRV_LOG_DIRTY Dirty tracking
0x00004000 DRV_LOG_ABCACHE Antibody cache tracking
0x00008000 DRV_LOG_NAME Normalization
0x00010000 DRV_LOG_IRP Log I/O operations
0x00020000 DRV_LOG_CONTEXT Context operations
0x00040000 DRV_LOG_WATCHDOG Watchdog services
0x40000000 DRV_LOG_WATCHDOG_DETAIL Entry/exit of watchdogs
0x80000000 DRV_LOG_RULES_DETAIL Detail, including no match rules. Requires LOG_RULES.

The default flag setting is 0x007FFFFF, which includes the values from DRV_GENERAL to DRV_LOG_WATCHDOG. The default setting specifically excludes DRV_LOG_WATCHDOG_DETAIL and DRV_LOG_RULES_DETAIL.