venus-core-objs += core.o helpers.o firmware.o \
                   hfi_venus.o hfi_msgs.o hfi_cmds.o hfi.o \
-                  hfi_parser.o pm_helpers.o
+                  hfi_parser.o pm_helpers.o dbgfs.o
 
 venus-dec-objs += vdec.o vdec_ctrls.o
 venus-enc-objs += venc.o venc_ctrls.o
 
                goto err_dev_unregister;
        }
 
+       venus_dbgfs_init(core);
+
        return 0;
 
 err_dev_unregister:
        v4l2_device_unregister(&core->v4l2_dev);
        mutex_destroy(&core->pm_lock);
        mutex_destroy(&core->lock);
+       venus_dbgfs_deinit(core);
 
        return ret;
 }
 
 #include <media/v4l2-ctrls.h>
 #include <media/v4l2-device.h>
 
+#include "dbgfs.h"
 #include "hfi.h"
 
 #define VIDC_CLKS_NUM_MAX              4
  * @priv:      a private filed for HFI operations
  * @ops:               the core HFI operations
  * @work:      a delayed work for handling system fatal error
+ * @root:      debugfs root directory
  */
 struct venus_core {
        void __iomem *base;
        unsigned int codecs_count;
        unsigned int core0_usage_count;
        unsigned int core1_usage_count;
+       struct dentry *root;
 };
 
 struct vdec_controls {
 
--- /dev/null
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Linaro Ltd.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+
+#include "core.h"
+
+extern int venus_fw_debug;
+
+void venus_dbgfs_init(struct venus_core *core)
+{
+       core->root = debugfs_create_dir("venus", NULL);
+       debugfs_create_x32("fw_level", 0644, core->root, &venus_fw_debug);
+}
+
+void venus_dbgfs_deinit(struct venus_core *core)
+{
+       debugfs_remove_recursive(core->root);
+}
 
--- /dev/null
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* Copyright (C) 2020 Linaro Ltd. */
+
+#ifndef __VENUS_DBGFS_H__
+#define __VENUS_DBGFS_H__
+
+struct venus_core;
+
+void venus_dbgfs_init(struct venus_core *core);
+void venus_dbgfs_deinit(struct venus_core *core);
+
+#endif
 
 };
 
 static bool venus_pkt_debug;
-static int venus_fw_debug = HFI_DEBUG_MSG_ERROR | HFI_DEBUG_MSG_FATAL;
+int venus_fw_debug = HFI_DEBUG_MSG_ERROR | HFI_DEBUG_MSG_FATAL;
 static bool venus_sys_idle_indicator;
 static bool venus_fw_low_power_mode = true;
 static int venus_hw_rsp_timeout = 1000;
        struct hfi_session_init_pkt pkt;
        int ret;
 
+       ret = venus_sys_set_debug(hdev, venus_fw_debug);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err;
+
        ret = pkt_session_init(&pkt, inst, session_type, codec);
        if (ret)
                goto err;