diff --git a/src/xenia/app/emulator_window.cc b/src/xenia/app/emulator_window.cc
index 3367dc228..90257d45d 100644
--- a/src/xenia/app/emulator_window.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/app/emulator_window.cc
@@ -1147,8 +1147,8 @@ const std::map<int, EmulatorWindow::ControllerHotKey> controller_hotkey_map = {
          "A + Guide = Toggle Readback Resolve", true)},
     {X_INPUT_GAMEPAD_B | X_INPUT_GAMEPAD_GUIDE,
      EmulatorWindow::ControllerHotKey(
-         EmulatorWindow::ButtonFunctions::CloseWindow,
-         "B + Guide = Close Window")},
+         EmulatorWindow::ButtonFunctions::ToggleLogging,
+         "B + Guide = Toggle between loglevel set in config and the 'Disabled' loglevel.", true, true)},
     {X_INPUT_GAMEPAD_Y | X_INPUT_GAMEPAD_GUIDE,
      EmulatorWindow::ControllerHotKey(
          EmulatorWindow::ButtonFunctions::ToggleFullscreen,
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ const std::map<int, EmulatorWindow::ControllerHotKey> controller_hotkey_map = {
                                 "Start = Run Selected Title", false, false)},
     {X_INPUT_GAMEPAD_BACK | X_INPUT_GAMEPAD_START,
      EmulatorWindow::ControllerHotKey(
-         EmulatorWindow::ButtonFunctions::CloseWindow,
+         EmulatorWindow::ButtonFunctions::ToggleLogging,
          "Back + Start = Close Window", false, false)},
     {X_INPUT_GAMEPAD_DPAD_DOWN,
      EmulatorWindow::ControllerHotKey(
@@ -1296,8 +1296,8 @@ EmulatorWindow::ControllerHotKey EmulatorWindow::ProcessControllerHotkey(
     case ButtonFunctions::DecTitleSelect:
       selected_title_index--;
       break;
-    case ButtonFunctions::CloseWindow:
-      window_->RequestClose();
+    case ButtonFunctions::ToggleLogging:
+      logging::internal::ToggleLogLevel();
       break;
     case ButtonFunctions::Unknown:
     default:
diff --git a/src/xenia/app/emulator_window.h b/src/xenia/app/emulator_window.h
index e1bf297b4..b25941826 100644
--- a/src/xenia/app/emulator_window.h
+++ b/src/xenia/app/emulator_window.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class EmulatorWindow {
     ToggleControllerVibration,
     ClearMemoryPageState,
     ReadbackResolve,
-    CloseWindow,
+    ToggleLogging,
     IncTitleSelect,
     DecTitleSelect,
     Unknown
diff --git a/src/xenia/apu/xma_decoder.cc b/src/xenia/apu/xma_decoder.cc
index eac5d3d53..6562266fa 100644
--- a/src/xenia/apu/xma_decoder.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/apu/xma_decoder.cc
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ void av_log_callback(void* avcl, int level, const char* fmt, va_list va) {
 
   StringBuffer buff;
   buff.AppendVarargs(fmt, va);
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(log_level, level_char, "ffmpeg: {}",
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(LogSrc::Apu, log_level, level_char,
+                                   "ffmpeg: {}",
                                    buff.to_string_view());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/xenia/base/logging.cc b/src/xenia/base/logging.cc
index 08463bb0b..eec0fb93b 100644
--- a/src/xenia/base/logging.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/base/logging.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ DEFINE_bool(log_to_debugprint, false, "Dump the log to DebugPrint.", "Logging");
 #endif  // XE_PLATFORM_ANDROID
 DEFINE_bool(flush_log, true, "Flush log file after each log line batch.",
             "Logging");
+
+DEFINE_uint32(log_mask, 0,
+              "Disables specific categorizes for more granular debug logging. "
+              "Kernel = 1, Apu = 2, Cpu = 4.",
+              "Logging");
+
 DEFINE_int32(
     log_level, 2,
     "Maximum level to be logged. (0=error, 1=warning, 2=info, 3=debug)",
@@ -465,8 +471,16 @@ void ShutdownLogging() {
   memory::AlignedFree(logger);
 }
 
-bool logging::internal::ShouldLog(LogLevel log_level) {
-  return static_cast<int32_t>(log_level) <= cvars::log_level;
+static int g_saved_loglevel = static_cast<int>(LogLevel::Disabled);
+void logging::internal::ToggleLogLevel() {
+  auto swap = g_saved_loglevel;
+
+  g_saved_loglevel = cvars::log_level;
+  cvars::log_level = swap;
+}
+bool logging::internal::ShouldLog(LogLevel log_level, uint32_t log_mask) {
+  return static_cast<int32_t>(log_level) <= cvars::log_level &&
+         (log_mask & cvars::log_mask) == 0;
 }
 
 std::pair<char*, size_t> logging::internal::GetThreadBuffer() {
@@ -483,8 +497,8 @@ void logging::internal::AppendLogLine(LogLevel log_level,
 }
 
 void logging::AppendLogLine(LogLevel log_level, const char prefix_char,
-                            const std::string_view str) {
-  if (!internal::ShouldLog(log_level) || !str.size()) {
+                            const std::string_view str, uint32_t log_mask) {
+  if (!internal::ShouldLog(log_level, log_mask) || !str.size()) {
     return;
   }
   logger_->AppendLine(xe::threading::current_thread_id(), prefix_char,
diff --git a/src/xenia/base/logging.h b/src/xenia/base/logging.h
index 5f6331d48..9401a59de 100644
--- a/src/xenia/base/logging.h
+++ b/src/xenia/base/logging.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace xe {
 // may be related to. These names should not be taken as fact as what a given
 // log line from any log level actually is.
 enum class LogLevel {
+  Disabled = -1,
   Error = 0,
   Warning,
   Info,
@@ -34,6 +35,15 @@ enum class LogLevel {
   Trace,
 };
 
+// bitmasks!
+namespace LogSrc {
+enum : uint32_t {
+  Uncategorized = 0,
+  Kernel = 1,
+  Apu = 2,
+  Cpu = 4,
+};
+}
 class LogSink {
  public:
   virtual ~LogSink() = default;
@@ -72,32 +82,38 @@ void ShutdownLogging();
 namespace logging {
 namespace internal {
 
-bool ShouldLog(LogLevel log_level);
+void ToggleLogLevel();
+
+bool ShouldLog(LogLevel log_level,
+               uint32_t log_mask = xe::LogSrc::Uncategorized);
 std::pair<char*, size_t> GetThreadBuffer();
 XE_NOALIAS
 void AppendLogLine(LogLevel log_level, const char prefix_char, size_t written);
 
 }  // namespace internal
-//technically, noalias is incorrect here, these functions do in fact alias global memory,
-//but msvc will not optimize the calls away, and the global memory modified by the calls is limited to internal logging variables,
-//so it might as well be noalias
+// technically, noalias is incorrect here, these functions do in fact alias
+// global memory, but msvc will not optimize the calls away, and the global
+// memory modified by the calls is limited to internal logging variables, so it
+// might as well be noalias
 template <typename... Args>
-XE_NOALIAS
-XE_NOINLINE XE_COLD static void AppendLogLineFormat_Impl(LogLevel log_level,
-                                                         const char prefix_char,
-                                                         const char* format,
-                                                         const Args&... args) {
+XE_NOALIAS XE_NOINLINE XE_COLD static void AppendLogLineFormat_Impl(
+    LogLevel log_level, const char prefix_char, const char* format,
+    const Args&... args) {
   auto target = internal::GetThreadBuffer();
   auto result = fmt::format_to_n(target.first, target.second, format, args...);
   internal::AppendLogLine(log_level, prefix_char, result.size);
 }
 
-  // Appends a line to the log with {fmt}-style formatting.
-//chrispy: inline the initial check, outline the append. the append should happen rarely for end users
+// Appends a line to the log with {fmt}-style formatting.
+// chrispy: inline the initial check, outline the append. the append should
+// happen rarely for end users
 template <typename... Args>
-XE_FORCEINLINE static void AppendLogLineFormat(LogLevel log_level, const char prefix_char,
-                         const char* format, const Args&... args) {
-  if (!internal::ShouldLog(log_level)) {
+XE_FORCEINLINE static void AppendLogLineFormat(uint32_t log_src_mask,
+                                               LogLevel log_level,
+                                               const char prefix_char,
+                                               const char* format,
+                                               const Args&... args) {
+  if (!internal::ShouldLog(log_level, log_src_mask)) {
     return;
   }
   AppendLogLineFormat_Impl(log_level, prefix_char, format, args...);
@@ -105,7 +121,36 @@ XE_FORCEINLINE static void AppendLogLineFormat(LogLevel log_level, const char pr
 
 // Appends a line to the log.
 void AppendLogLine(LogLevel log_level, const char prefix_char,
-                   const std::string_view str);
+                   const std::string_view str,
+                   uint32_t log_mask = LogSrc::Uncategorized);
+
+template <LogLevel ll>
+struct LoggerBatch {
+  char* thrd_buf;       // current position in thread buffer
+  size_t thrd_buf_rem;  // num left in thrd buffer
+  size_t total_size;
+
+  void reset() {
+    auto target = logging::internal::GetThreadBuffer();
+
+    thrd_buf = target.first;
+    thrd_buf_rem = target.second;
+    total_size = 0;
+  }
+
+  LoggerBatch() { reset(); }
+  template <size_t fmtlen, typename... Ts>
+  void operator()(const char (&fmt)[fmtlen], Ts&&... args) {
+    auto tmpres = fmt::format_to_n(thrd_buf, thrd_buf_rem, fmt, args...);
+    thrd_buf_rem -= tmpres.size;
+    thrd_buf = tmpres.out;
+    total_size += tmpres.size;
+  }
+
+  void submit(char prefix_char) {
+    logging::internal::AppendLogLine(ll, prefix_char, total_size);
+  }
+};
 
 }  // namespace logging
 
@@ -118,48 +163,56 @@ void AppendLogLine(LogLevel log_level, const char prefix_char,
 
 template <typename... Args>
 XE_COLD void XELOGE(const char* format, const Args&... args) {
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogLevel::Error, '!', format, args...);
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogSrc::Uncategorized,
+                                   xe::LogLevel::Error, '!', format, args...);
 }
 
 template <typename... Args>
-XE_COLD
-void XELOGW(const char* format, const Args&... args) {
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogLevel::Warning, 'w', format, args...);
+XE_COLD void XELOGW(const char* format, const Args&... args) {
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogSrc::Uncategorized,
+                                   xe::LogLevel::Warning, 'w', format, args...);
 }
 
 template <typename... Args>
 void XELOGI(const char* format, const Args&... args) {
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogLevel::Info, 'i', format, args...);
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogSrc::Uncategorized,
+                                   xe::LogLevel::Info, 'i', format, args...);
 }
 
 template <typename... Args>
 void XELOGD(const char* format, const Args&... args) {
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogLevel::Debug, 'd', format, args...);
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogSrc::Uncategorized,
+                                   xe::LogLevel::Debug, 'd', format, args...);
 }
 
 template <typename... Args>
 void XELOGCPU(const char* format, const Args&... args) {
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogLevel::Info, 'C', format, args...);
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogSrc::Cpu, xe::LogLevel::Info, 'C',
+                                   format, args...);
 }
 
 template <typename... Args>
 void XELOGAPU(const char* format, const Args&... args) {
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogLevel::Debug, 'A', format, args...);
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogSrc::Apu, xe::LogLevel::Debug, 'A',
+                                   format, args...);
 }
 
 template <typename... Args>
 void XELOGGPU(const char* format, const Args&... args) {
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogLevel::Debug, 'G', format, args...);
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogSrc::Uncategorized,
+                                   xe::LogLevel::Debug, 'G', format, args...);
 }
 
 template <typename... Args>
 void XELOGKERNEL(const char* format, const Args&... args) {
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogLevel::Info, 'K', format, args...);
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogSrc::Kernel, xe::LogLevel::Info, 'K',
+                                   format, args...);
 }
 
 template <typename... Args>
 void XELOGFS(const char* format, const Args&... args) {
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogLevel::Info, 'F', format, args...);
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogSrc::Uncategorized,
+                                   xe::LogLevel::Info, 'F', format, args...);
 }
 
 #else
diff --git a/src/xenia/cpu/backend/backend.h b/src/xenia/cpu/backend/backend.h
index 2e167b0f8..565dde35d 100644
--- a/src/xenia/cpu/backend/backend.h
+++ b/src/xenia/cpu/backend/backend.h
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ class Processor;
 namespace xe {
 namespace cpu {
 namespace backend {
+static constexpr uint32_t MAX_GUEST_PSEUDO_STACKTRACE_ENTRIES = 32;
 
+struct GuestPseudoStackTrace {
+  uint32_t count;
+  uint32_t truncated_flag;  // set to 1 if there were more than
+                            // MAX_GUEST_PSEUDO_STACKTRACE_ENTRIES entries.
+  uint32_t return_addrs[MAX_GUEST_PSEUDO_STACKTRACE_ENTRIES];
+};
 class Assembler;
 class CodeCache;
 
@@ -84,6 +91,10 @@ class Backend {
   * */
   virtual void PrepareForReentry(void* ctx) {}
 
+  // returns true if populated st
+  virtual bool PopulatePseudoStacktrace(GuestPseudoStackTrace* st) {
+    return false;
+  }
  protected:
   Processor* processor_ = nullptr;
   MachineInfo machine_info_;
diff --git a/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_backend.cc b/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_backend.cc
index 3969f91a4..1e1f3fedb 100644
--- a/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_backend.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_backend.cc
@@ -1131,6 +1131,40 @@ void X64Backend::SetGuestRoundingMode(void* ctx, unsigned int mode) {
   ((ppc::PPCContext*)ctx)->fpscr.bits.rn = control;
 }
 
+bool X64Backend::PopulatePseudoStacktrace(GuestPseudoStackTrace* st) {
+  if (!cvars::enable_host_guest_stack_synchronization) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  ThreadState* thrd_state = ThreadState::Get();
+  if (!thrd_state) {
+    return false;  // we're not a guest!
+  }
+  ppc::PPCContext* ctx = thrd_state->context();
+
+  X64BackendContext* backend_ctx = BackendContextForGuestContext(ctx);
+
+  uint32_t depth = backend_ctx->current_stackpoint_depth - 1;
+  if (static_cast<int32_t>(depth) < 1) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  uint32_t num_entries_to_populate =
+      std::min(MAX_GUEST_PSEUDO_STACKTRACE_ENTRIES, depth);
+
+  st->count = num_entries_to_populate;
+  st->truncated_flag = num_entries_to_populate < depth ? 1 : 0;
+
+  X64BackendStackpoint* current_stackpoint =
+      &backend_ctx->stackpoints[backend_ctx->current_stackpoint_depth - 1];
+
+  for (uint32_t stp_index = 0; stp_index < num_entries_to_populate;
+       ++stp_index) {
+    st->return_addrs[stp_index] = current_stackpoint->guest_return_address_;
+    current_stackpoint--;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 #if XE_X64_PROFILER_AVAILABLE == 1
 uint64_t* X64Backend::GetProfilerRecordForFunction(uint32_t guest_address) {
   // who knows, we might want to compile different versions of a function one
diff --git a/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_backend.h b/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_backend.h
index 55ef7da6d..97b37a692 100644
--- a/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_backend.h
+++ b/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_backend.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class X64Backend : public Backend {
         reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(ctx) - sizeof(X64BackendContext));
   }
   virtual void SetGuestRoundingMode(void* ctx, unsigned int mode) override;
-
+  virtual bool PopulatePseudoStacktrace(GuestPseudoStackTrace* st) override;
   void RecordMMIOExceptionForGuestInstruction(void* host_address);
 #if XE_X64_PROFILER_AVAILABLE == 1
   uint64_t* GetProfilerRecordForFunction(uint32_t guest_address);
diff --git a/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_tracers.cc b/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_tracers.cc
index 325589bad..afe27ec21 100644
--- a/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_tracers.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_tracers.cc
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ bool trace_enabled = true;
 #define IFLUSH()
 #define IPRINT(s)                    \
   if (trace_enabled && THREAD_MATCH) \
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLine(xe::LogLevel::Debug, 't', s)
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLine(xe::LogLevel::Debug, 't', s, xe::LogSrc::Cpu)
 #define DFLUSH()
 #define DPRINT(...)                  \
   if (trace_enabled && THREAD_MATCH) \
-  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogLevel::Debug, 't', __VA_ARGS__)
+  xe::logging::AppendLogLineFormat(xe::LogSrc::Cpu, xe::LogLevel::Debug, 't', \
+                                   __VA_ARGS__)
 
 uint32_t GetTracingMode() {
   uint32_t mode = 0;
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/command_processor.cc b/src/xenia/gpu/command_processor.cc
index d759e97b3..21fcbe061 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/command_processor.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/command_processor.cc
@@ -13,14 +13,37 @@
 
 #include "third_party/fmt/include/fmt/format.h"
 #include "xenia/base/byte_stream.h"
+#include "xenia/base/cvar.h"
 #include "xenia/base/logging.h"
 #include "xenia/base/profiling.h"
 #include "xenia/gpu/gpu_flags.h"
 #include "xenia/gpu/graphics_system.h"
+#include "xenia/gpu/packet_disassembler.h"
 #include "xenia/gpu/sampler_info.h"
 #include "xenia/gpu/texture_info.h"
 #include "xenia/kernel/kernel_state.h"
 #include "xenia/kernel/user_module.h"
+#if !defined(NDEBUG)
+
+#define XE_ENABLE_GPU_REG_WRITE_LOGGING 1
+#endif
+DEFINE_bool(
+    log_guest_driven_gpu_register_written_values, false,
+    "Only does anything in debug builds, if set will log every write to a gpu "
+    "register done by a guest. Does not log writes that are done by the CP on "
+    "its own, just ones the guest makes or instructs it to make.",
+    "GPU");
+
+DEFINE_bool(disassemble_pm4, false,
+            "Only does anything in debug builds, if set will disassemble and "
+            "log all PM4 packets sent to the CP.",
+            "GPU");
+
+DEFINE_bool(
+    log_ringbuffer_kickoff_initiator_bts, false,
+    "Only does anything in debug builds, if set will log the pseudo-stacktrace "
+    "of the guest thread that wrote the new read position.",
+    "GPU");
 
 namespace xe {
 namespace gpu {
@@ -234,6 +257,7 @@ void CommandProcessor::WorkerThreadMain() {
 
     // TODO(benvanik): use reader->Read_update_freq_ and only issue after moving
     //     that many indices.
+	// Keep in mind that the gpu also updates the cpu-side copy if the write pointer and read pointer would be equal
     if (read_ptr_writeback_ptr_) {
       xe::store_and_swap<uint32_t>(
           memory_->TranslatePhysical(read_ptr_writeback_ptr_), read_ptr_index_);
@@ -320,10 +344,94 @@ void CommandProcessor::EnableReadPointerWriteBack(uint32_t ptr,
   read_ptr_update_freq_ = uint32_t(1) << block_size_log2 >> 2;
 }
 
+XE_NOINLINE XE_COLD void CommandProcessor::LogKickoffInitator(uint32_t value) {
+  cpu::backend::GuestPseudoStackTrace st;
+
+  if (logging::internal::ShouldLog(LogLevel::Debug) && kernel_state_->processor()
+            ->backend()
+            ->PopulatePseudoStacktrace(&st)) {
+    logging::LoggerBatch<LogLevel::Debug> log_initiator{};
+
+    log_initiator("Updating read ptr to {}, initiator stacktrace below\n",
+                  value);
+
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < st.count; ++i) {
+      log_initiator("\t{:08X}\n", st.return_addrs[i]);
+    }
+
+    if (st.truncated_flag) {
+      log_initiator("\t(Truncated stacktrace to {} entries)\n",
+                    cpu::backend::MAX_GUEST_PSEUDO_STACKTRACE_ENTRIES);
+    }
+    log_initiator.submit('d');
+  }
+}
+
 void CommandProcessor::UpdateWritePointer(uint32_t value) {
+  XE_UNLIKELY_IF (cvars::log_ringbuffer_kickoff_initiator_bts) {
+    LogKickoffInitator(value);
+  }
   write_ptr_index_ = value;
   write_ptr_index_event_->SetBoostPriority();
 }
+
+void CommandProcessor::LogRegisterSet(uint32_t register_index, uint32_t value) {
+#if XE_ENABLE_GPU_REG_WRITE_LOGGING == 1
+  if (cvars::log_guest_driven_gpu_register_written_values && logging::internal::ShouldLog(LogLevel::Debug)) {
+    const RegisterInfo* reginfo = RegisterFile::GetRegisterInfo(register_index);
+
+    if (!reginfo) {
+      XELOGD("Unknown_Reg{:04X} <- {:08X}\n", register_index, value);
+    } else {
+      XELOGD("{} <- {:08X}\n", reginfo->name, value);
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+}
+
+void CommandProcessor::LogRegisterSets(uint32_t base_register_index,
+                                       const uint32_t* values,
+                                       uint32_t n_values) {
+#if XE_ENABLE_GPU_REG_WRITE_LOGGING == 1
+  if (cvars::log_guest_driven_gpu_register_written_values &&
+      logging::internal::ShouldLog(LogLevel::Debug)) {
+    auto target = logging::internal::GetThreadBuffer();
+
+    auto target_ptr = target.first;
+
+    size_t total_size = 0;
+
+    size_t rem_size = target.second;
+
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n_values; ++i) {
+      uint32_t register_index = base_register_index + i;
+
+      uint32_t value = xe::load_and_swap<uint32_t>(&values[i]);
+
+      const RegisterInfo* reginfo =
+          RegisterFile::GetRegisterInfo(register_index);
+
+      if (!reginfo) {
+        auto tmpres = fmt::format_to_n(target_ptr, rem_size,
+                                       "Unknown_Reg{:04X} <- {:08X}\n",
+                                       register_index, value);
+        target_ptr = tmpres.out;
+        rem_size -= tmpres.size;
+        total_size += tmpres.size;
+
+      } else {
+        auto tmpres = fmt::format_to_n(target_ptr, rem_size, "{} <- {:08X}\n",
+                                       reginfo->name, value);
+        rem_size -= tmpres.size;
+        target_ptr = tmpres.out;
+        total_size += tmpres.size;
+      }
+    }
+    logging::internal::AppendLogLine(LogLevel::Debug, 'd', total_size);
+  }
+#endif
+}
+
 void CommandProcessor::HandleSpecialRegisterWrite(uint32_t index,
                                                   uint32_t value) {
   RegisterFile& regs = *register_file_;
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/command_processor.h b/src/xenia/gpu/command_processor.h
index 0553a4184..46ce73d9e 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/command_processor.h
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/command_processor.h
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ class CommandProcessor {
 
   void UpdateWritePointer(uint32_t value);
 
-  
+  void LogRegisterSet(uint32_t register_index, uint32_t value);
+  void LogRegisterSets(uint32_t base_register_index, const uint32_t* values,
+                       uint32_t n_values);
 
   bool is_paused() const { return paused_; }
   void Pause();
@@ -296,6 +298,8 @@ class CommandProcessor {
   reg::DC_LUT_30_COLOR gamma_ramp_256_entry_table_[256] = {};
   reg::DC_LUT_PWL_DATA gamma_ramp_pwl_rgb_[128][3] = {};
   uint32_t gamma_ramp_rw_component_ = 0;
+
+  XE_NOINLINE XE_COLD void LogKickoffInitator(uint32_t value);
 };
 
 }  // namespace gpu
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_command_processor.cc b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_command_processor.cc
index 164de4a0a..7da4a74a9 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_command_processor.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_command_processor.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "xenia/gpu/gpu_flags.h"
 #include "xenia/gpu/registers.h"
 #include "xenia/gpu/xenos.h"
+#include "xenia/gpu/packet_disassembler.h"
 #include "xenia/ui/d3d12/d3d12_presenter.h"
 #include "xenia/ui/d3d12/d3d12_util.h"
 
@@ -1816,6 +1817,7 @@ void D3D12CommandProcessor::WriteRegisterForceinline(uint32_t index,
 }
 // todo: bit-pack the bools and use bitarith to reduce branches
 void D3D12CommandProcessor::WriteRegister(uint32_t index, uint32_t value) {
+  LogRegisterSet(index, value);
   WriteRegisterForceinline(index, value);
 }
 
@@ -2073,7 +2075,7 @@ XE_FORCEINLINE void
 D3D12CommandProcessor::WriteRegisterRangeFromMem_WithKnownBound(
     uint32_t start_index, uint32_t* base, uint32_t num_registers) {
   uint32_t end = start_index + num_registers;
-
+  LogRegisterSets(start_index, base, num_registers);
   uint32_t current_index = start_index;
 
   auto get_end_before_qty = [&end, current_index](uint32_t regnum) {
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/gpu_flags.h b/src/xenia/gpu/gpu_flags.h
index 2a675f5a1..9a6ef3343 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/gpu_flags.h
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/gpu_flags.h
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ DECLARE_bool(half_pixel_offset);
 
 DECLARE_int32(query_occlusion_fake_sample_count);
 
+DECLARE_bool(disassemble_pm4);
+
 #endif  // XENIA_GPU_GPU_FLAGS_H_
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/packet_disassembler.h b/src/xenia/gpu/packet_disassembler.h
index 942a88409..8aa60a4a2 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/packet_disassembler.h
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/packet_disassembler.h
@@ -36,6 +36,31 @@ struct PacketAction {
     kRegisterWrite,
     kSetBinMask,
     kSetBinSelect,
+    kSetBinMaskLo,
+    kSetBinMaskHi,
+    kSetBinSelectLo,
+    kSetBinSelectHi,
+    kMeInit,
+    kGenInterrupt,
+    kWaitRegMem,
+    kRegRmw,
+    kCondWrite,
+    kEventWrite,
+    kEventWriteSHD,
+    kEventWriteExt,
+    kDrawIndx,
+    kDrawIndx2,
+    kInvalidateState,
+    kImLoad,
+    kImLoadImmediate,
+    kContextUpdate,
+    kWaitForIdle,
+    kVizQuery,
+    kEventWriteZPD,
+    kMemWrite,
+    kRegToMem,
+    kIndirBuffer,
+    kXeSwap
   };
   Type type;
 
@@ -50,8 +75,121 @@ struct PacketAction {
     struct {
       uint64_t value;
     } set_bin_select;
+    struct {
+      uint32_t cpu_mask;
+    } gen_interrupt;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t wait_info;
+      uint32_t poll_reg_addr;
+      uint32_t ref;
+      uint32_t mask;
+      uint32_t wait;
+    } wait_reg_mem;
+    struct {
+      uint32_t rmw_info, and_mask, or_mask;
+    } reg_rmw;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t wait_info;
+      uint32_t poll_reg_addr;
+      uint32_t ref;
+      uint32_t mask;
+      uint32_t write_reg_addr;
+      uint32_t write_data;
+    } cond_write;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t initiator;
+    } event_write;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t initiator, address, value;
+    } event_write_shd;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t unk0, unk1;
+    } event_write_ext;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t initiator;
+    } event_write_zpd;
+    struct {
+      uint32_t dword0, dword1, index_count;
+      xenos::PrimitiveType prim_type;
+      uint32_t src_sel;
+      uint32_t guest_base;
+      uint32_t index_size;
+      xenos::Endian endianness;
+
+    } draw_indx;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t dword0;
+      uint32_t index_count;
+      xenos::PrimitiveType prim_type;
+      uint32_t src_sel;
+      uint32_t indices_size;
+
+    } draw_indx2;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t state_mask;
+    } invalidate_state;
+
+    struct {
+      xenos::ShaderType shader_type;
+      uint32_t addr;
+      uint32_t start;
+      uint32_t size_dwords;
+    } im_load;
+    struct {
+      xenos::ShaderType shader_type;
+      uint32_t start;
+      uint32_t size_dwords;
+    } im_load_imm;
+
+    // for bin select hi/lo binmask hi/lo
+    struct {
+      uint32_t value;
+    } lohi_op;
+    struct {
+      // i think waitforidle is just being pad to a qword
+      uint32_t probably_unused;
+    } wait_for_idle;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t maybe_unused;
+    } context_update;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t dword0;
+
+      uint32_t id;
+      bool end;
+    } vizquery;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t addr;
+      xenos::Endian endianness;
+    } mem_write;
+
+    struct {
+      uint32_t reg_addr;
+      uint32_t mem_addr;
+      xenos::Endian endianness;
+    } reg2mem;
+    struct {
+      uint32_t frontbuffer_ptr;
+    } xe_swap;
+    struct {
+      uint32_t list_ptr;
+      uint32_t list_length;
+    } indir_buffer;
   };
 
+  std::vector<uint32_t> words;
+
   static PacketAction RegisterWrite(uint32_t index, uint32_t value) {
     PacketAction action;
     action.type = Type::kRegisterWrite;
@@ -73,6 +211,32 @@ struct PacketAction {
     action.set_bin_select.value = value;
     return action;
   }
+
+  void InjectBeWords(const uint32_t* values, uint32_t count) {
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+      words.push_back(xe::load_and_swap<uint32_t>(&values[i]));
+    }
+  }
+  void InjectBeHalfwordsAsWords(const uint16_t* values, uint32_t count) {
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+      words.push_back(
+          static_cast<uint32_t>(xe::load_and_swap<uint16_t>(&values[i])));
+    }
+  }
+
+  static PacketAction MeInit(const uint32_t* values, uint32_t count) {
+    PacketAction action;
+    action.type = Type::kMeInit;
+    action.InjectBeWords(values, count);
+    return action;
+  }
+
+  static PacketAction Interrupt(uint32_t cpu_mask) {
+    PacketAction action;
+    action.type = Type::kGenInterrupt;
+    action.gen_interrupt.cpu_mask = cpu_mask;
+    return action;
+  }
 };
 
 struct PacketInfo {
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/pm4_command_processor_declare.h b/src/xenia/gpu/pm4_command_processor_declare.h
index de6b66f6f..5f3e45a76 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/pm4_command_processor_declare.h
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/pm4_command_processor_declare.h
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ public:
 void ExecutePacket(uint32_t ptr, uint32_t count);
 
 protected:
- XE_NOINLINE
+XE_NOINLINE
+void DisassembleCurrentPacket() XE_RESTRICT;
+XE_NOINLINE
 bool ExecutePacketType0( uint32_t packet) XE_RESTRICT;
 XE_NOINLINE
 bool ExecutePacketType1( uint32_t packet) XE_RESTRICT;
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/pm4_command_processor_implement.h b/src/xenia/gpu/pm4_command_processor_implement.h
index 4f0aaa330..62e2b1f64 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/pm4_command_processor_implement.h
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/pm4_command_processor_implement.h
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
+
+#if !defined(NDEBUG)
+#define XE_ENABLE_PM4_DISASM 1
+#endif
+
 using namespace xe::gpu::xenos;
 void COMMAND_PROCESSOR::ExecuteIndirectBuffer(uint32_t ptr,
                                               uint32_t count) XE_RESTRICT {
@@ -35,8 +40,237 @@ void COMMAND_PROCESSOR::ExecuteIndirectBuffer(uint32_t ptr,
     return;
   }
 }
+XE_NOINLINE
+static void LOGU32s(logging::LoggerBatch<LogLevel::Debug>& logger,
+                    const std::vector<uint32_t>& values) {
+  bool first = true;
+#if 0
+  XELOGD("[ ");
+  for (auto&& val : values) {
+    if (first) {
+      XELOGD("0x{:08X}", val);
+      first = false;
+    } else {
+      XELOGD(", 0x{:08X}", val);
+    }
+  }
+  XELOGD(" ]");
+#else
 
+  for (auto&& val : values) {
+    if (first) {
+      logger("0x{:08X}", val);
+      first = false;
+    } else {
+      logger(", 0x{:08X}", val);
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+}
+
+std::string GenerateRegnameForPm4Print(uint32_t reg) {
+  auto reg_info = RegisterFile::GetRegisterInfo(reg);
+
+  if (reg_info) {
+    return reg_info->name;
+  } else {
+    return fmt::format("Unknown_Reg_{:04X}", reg);
+  }
+}
+
+XE_NOINLINE
+void COMMAND_PROCESSOR::DisassembleCurrentPacket() XE_RESTRICT {
+  xe::gpu::PacketInfo packet_info;
+
+  logging::LoggerBatch<LogLevel::Debug> logger{};
+
+  if (PacketDisassembler::DisasmPacket(reader_.buffer() + reader_.read_offset(),
+                                       &packet_info)) {
+    logger("CP - {}, count {}, predicated = {}\n", packet_info.type_info->name,
+           packet_info.count, packet_info.predicated);
+
+#define LOG_ACTION_FIELD(__type, name) \
+  logger("\t" #name " = {:08X}\n", action.__type.name)
+#define LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(__type, name) \
+  logger("\t" #name " = {}\n", action.__type.name)
+
+#define LOG_ENDIANNESS(__type, name) \
+  logger("\t" #name " = {}\n",       \
+         xenos::GetEndianEnglishDescription(action.__type.name))
+#define LOG_PRIMTYPE(__type, name) \
+  logger("\t" #name " = {}\n",     \
+         xenos::GetPrimitiveTypeEnglishDescription(action.__type.name))
+    for (auto&& action : packet_info.actions) {
+      using PType = PacketAction::Type;
+      switch (action.type) {
+        case PType::kRegisterWrite:
+          break;
+        case PType::kSetBinMask:
+          logger("\tSetBinMask {}\n", action.set_bin_mask.value);
+          break;
+        case PType::kSetBinSelect:
+          logger("\tSetBinSelect {}\n", action.set_bin_select.value);
+          break;
+        case PType::kMeInit:
+          logger("\tMeInit - ");
+          LOGU32s(logger, action.words);
+          logger("\n");
+          break;
+        case PType::kGenInterrupt:
+          logger("\tGenInterrupt for cpu mask {:04X}\n",
+                 action.gen_interrupt.cpu_mask);
+          break;
+        case PType::kSetBinMaskHi:
+        case PType::kSetBinMaskLo:
+        case PType::kSetBinSelectHi:
+        case PType::kSetBinSelectLo:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(lohi_op, value);
+          break;
+        case PType::kWaitRegMem:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(wait_reg_mem, wait_info);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(wait_reg_mem, poll_reg_addr);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(wait_reg_mem, ref);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(wait_reg_mem, mask);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(wait_reg_mem, wait);
+          break;
+        case PType::kRegRmw: {
+          uint32_t rmw_info = action.reg_rmw.rmw_info;
+          uint32_t and_mask = action.reg_rmw.and_mask;
+          uint32_t or_mask = action.reg_rmw.or_mask;
+
+          uint32_t and_mask_is_reg = (rmw_info >> 31) & 0x1;
+          uint32_t or_mask_is_reg = (rmw_info >> 30) & 0x1;
+
+          std::string and_mask_str;
+
+          if (and_mask_is_reg) {
+            and_mask_str = GenerateRegnameForPm4Print(and_mask & 0x1FFF);
+          } else {
+            and_mask_str = fmt::format("0x{:08X}", and_mask);
+          }
+          std::string or_mask_str;
+
+          if (or_mask_is_reg) {
+            or_mask_str = GenerateRegnameForPm4Print(or_mask & 0x1FFF);
+          } else {
+            or_mask_str = fmt::format("0x{:08X}", or_mask);
+          }
+
+          std::string dest = GenerateRegnameForPm4Print(rmw_info & 0x1FFF);
+
+          logger("\t{} = ({} & {}) | {}\n", dest, dest, and_mask_str,
+                 or_mask_str);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(reg_rmw, rmw_info);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(reg_rmw, and_mask);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(reg_rmw, or_mask);
+
+          break;
+        }
+        case PType::kCondWrite:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(cond_write, wait_info);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(cond_write, poll_reg_addr);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(cond_write, ref);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(cond_write, mask);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(cond_write, write_reg_addr);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(cond_write, write_data);
+          break;
+
+        case PType::kEventWrite:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(event_write, initiator);
+          break;
+        case PType::kEventWriteSHD:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(event_write_shd, initiator);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(event_write_shd, address);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(event_write_shd, value);
+          break;
+        case PType::kEventWriteExt:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(event_write_ext, unk0);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(event_write_ext, unk1);
+          break;
+        case PType::kDrawIndx:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(draw_indx, dword0);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(draw_indx, dword1);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(draw_indx, index_count);
+          LOG_PRIMTYPE(draw_indx, prim_type);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(draw_indx, src_sel);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(draw_indx, guest_base);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(draw_indx, index_size);
+          LOG_ENDIANNESS(draw_indx, endianness);
+          break;
+        case PType::kDrawIndx2:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(draw_indx2, dword0);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(draw_indx2, index_count);
+          LOG_PRIMTYPE(draw_indx2, prim_type);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(draw_indx2, src_sel);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(draw_indx2, indices_size);
+          logger("Indices = ");
+          LOGU32s(logger, action.words);
+          logger("\n");
+          break;
+        case PType::kInvalidateState:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(invalidate_state, state_mask);
+          break;
+        case PType::kImLoad:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(im_load, shader_type);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(im_load, addr);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(im_load, start);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(im_load, size_dwords);
+          break;
+        case PType::kImLoadImmediate:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(im_load_imm, shader_type);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(im_load_imm, start);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(im_load_imm, size_dwords);
+          logger("Shader instruction words = ");
+          LOGU32s(logger, action.words);
+          logger("\n");
+          break;
+        case PType::kWaitForIdle:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(wait_for_idle, probably_unused);
+          break;
+        case PType::kContextUpdate:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(context_update, maybe_unused);
+          break;
+        case PType::kVizQuery:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(vizquery, id);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(vizquery, end);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(vizquery, dword0);
+          break;
+        case PType::kEventWriteZPD:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(event_write_zpd, initiator);
+
+          break;
+        case PType::kMemWrite:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(mem_write, addr);
+          LOG_ENDIANNESS(mem_write, endianness);
+          logger("Values to write (with GpuSwap pre-applied) = ");
+          LOGU32s(logger, action.words);
+          logger("\n");
+          break;
+        case PType::kRegToMem:
+          logger("{}\n", GenerateRegnameForPm4Print(action.reg2mem.reg_addr));
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(reg2mem, mem_addr);
+          LOG_ENDIANNESS(reg2mem, endianness);
+          break;
+        case PType::kIndirBuffer:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(indir_buffer, list_ptr);
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD_DEC(indir_buffer, list_length);
+          break;
+        case PType::kXeSwap:
+          LOG_ACTION_FIELD(xe_swap, frontbuffer_ptr);
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    logger("Unknown packet! Failed to disassemble.\n");
+  }
+  logger.submit('d');
+}
 bool COMMAND_PROCESSOR::ExecutePacket() {
+#if XE_ENABLE_PM4_DISASM == 1
+  if (cvars::disassemble_pm4 && logging::internal::ShouldLog(LogLevel::Debug)) {
+    COMMAND_PROCESSOR::DisassembleCurrentPacket();
+  }
+#endif
   const uint32_t packet = reader_.ReadAndSwap<uint32_t>();
   const uint32_t packet_type = packet >> 30;
 
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/register_table.inc b/src/xenia/gpu/register_table.inc
index aa22558eb..bfe7549d3 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/register_table.inc
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/register_table.inc
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0048, kDword, BIF_PERFCOUNTER0_SELECT)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0049, kDword, BIF_PERFCOUNTER0_HI)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x004A, kDword, BIF_PERFCOUNTER0_LOW)
 
+XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x1C5, kDword, CP_RB_WPTR)
+
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x01DD, kDword, SCRATCH_ADDR)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x01DC, kDword, SCRATCH_UMSK)
 
@@ -34,19 +36,31 @@ XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0398, kDword, RBBM_PERFCOUNTER0_HI)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0399, kDword, RBBM_PERFCOUNTER1_LOW)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x039A, kDword, RBBM_PERFCOUNTER1_HI)
 
+//XAM reads this directly and stores it to a struct, have not tracked where it goes from there
+//PM4 command PM4_MEM_WRITE_CNTR is supposed to write this to memory
+//XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x44b, kDword,CP_PROG_COUNTER )
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x045E, kDword, CALLBACK_ACK)
 
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0578, kDword, SCRATCH_REG0)  // interrupt sync
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0579, kDword, SCRATCH_REG1)  // present interval
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x057A, kDword, SCRATCH_REG2)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x057B, kDword, SCRATCH_REG3)
-XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x057C, kDword, CALLBACK_ADDRESS)
-XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x057D, kDword, CALLBACK_CONTEXT)
+XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x057C, kDword, SCRATCH_REG4) //originally this was named CALLBACK_ADDRESS, but that didnt make sense
+XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x057D, kDword, SCRATCH_REG5)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x057E, kDword, SCRATCH_REG6)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x057F, kDword, SCRATCH_REG7)
 
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x05C8, kDword, WAIT_UNTIL)
 
+
+//update count = 6 bit field, bits 8- 14
+//there are several other fields here, they have an unknown purpose
+//XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x704, kDword, CP_RB_CNTL)
+
+//address must be 4 byte aligned
+//low 2 bits encode two different fields?
+//xboxkrnl just does addr |2 when assigning
+//XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x70C, kDword, CP_RB_RPTR_ADDR)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0815, kDword, MC0_PERFCOUNTER0_SELECT)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0816, kDword, MC0_PERFCOUNTER0_HI)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0817, kDword, MC0_PERFCOUNTER0_LOW)
@@ -142,7 +156,7 @@ XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0DD8, kDword, SX_PERFCOUNTER0_LOW)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0DD9, kDword, SX_PERFCOUNTER0_HI)
 
 // Set with WAIT_UNTIL = WAIT_3D_IDLECLEAN
-XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0E00, kDword, UNKNOWN_0E00)
+XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0E00, kDword, TC_CNTL_STATUS)
 
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0E05, kDword, TCR_PERFCOUNTER0_SELECT)
 XE_GPU_REGISTER(0x0E06, kDword, TCR_PERFCOUNTER0_HI)
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/vulkan/vulkan_command_processor.cc b/src/xenia/gpu/vulkan/vulkan_command_processor.cc
index e9c15a0c1..c527b81be 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/vulkan/vulkan_command_processor.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/vulkan/vulkan_command_processor.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "xenia/gpu/vulkan/vulkan_shader.h"
 #include "xenia/gpu/vulkan/vulkan_shared_memory.h"
 #include "xenia/gpu/xenos.h"
+#include "xenia/gpu/packet_disassembler.h"
 #include "xenia/kernel/kernel_state.h"
 #include "xenia/kernel/user_module.h"
 #include "xenia/ui/vulkan/vulkan_presenter.h"
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/xenos.cc b/src/xenia/gpu/xenos.cc
index 05bb30014..f1a3dff34 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/xenos.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/xenos.cc
@@ -206,7 +206,39 @@ const char* GetDepthRenderTargetFormatName(DepthRenderTargetFormat format) {
       return "kUnknown";
   }
 }
+static const char* const g_endian_names[] = {"none", "8 in 16", "8 in 32",
+                                             "16 in 32"};
 
+const char* GetEndianEnglishDescription(xenos::Endian endian) {
+  return g_endian_names[static_cast<uint32_t>(endian)];
+}
+static const char* const g_primtype_human_names[] = {"none",
+                                                     "point list",
+                                                     "line list",
+                                                     "line strip",
+                                                     "triangle list",
+                                                     "triangle fan",
+                                                     "triangle strip",
+                                                     "triangle with flags",
+                                                     "rectangle list",
+                                                     "unused1",
+                                                     "unused2",
+                                                     "unused3",
+                                                     "line loop",
+                                                     "quad list",
+                                                     "quad strip",
+                                                     "polygon",
+                                                     "2D copy rect list v0",
+                                                     "2D copy rect list v1",
+                                                     "2D copy rect list v2",
+                                                     "2D copy rect list v3",
+                                                     "2D fillrect list",
+                                                     "2D line strip",
+                                                     "2D triangle strip"};
+
+const char* GetPrimitiveTypeEnglishDescription(xenos::PrimitiveType prim_type) {
+  return g_primtype_human_names[static_cast<uint32_t>(prim_type)];
+}
 }  // namespace xenos
 }  // namespace gpu
 }  // namespace xe
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/xenos.h b/src/xenia/gpu/xenos.h
index 6c39daf45..8f16690b3 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/xenos.h
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/xenos.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ enum class PrimitiveType : uint32_t {
   kTriangleStrip = 0x06,
   kTriangleWithWFlags = 0x07,
   kRectangleList = 0x08,
+  kUnused1 = 0x09,
+  kUnused2 = 0x0A,
+  kUnused3 = 0x0B,
   kLineLoop = 0x0C,
   kQuadList = 0x0D,
   kQuadStrip = 0x0E,
@@ -1596,7 +1599,11 @@ inline uint32_t MakePacketType3(Type3Opcode opcode, uint16_t count,
   return (3u << 30) | (((count - 1) & 0x3FFF) << 16) | ((opcode & 0x7F) << 8) |
          (predicate ? 1 : 0);
 }
-
+/*
+ * pretty english descriptions of enumeration values for the packet disassembler
+ */
+const char* GetEndianEnglishDescription(xenos::Endian endian);
+const char* GetPrimitiveTypeEnglishDescription(xenos::PrimitiveType prim_type);
 }  // namespace xenos
 }  // namespace gpu
 }  // namespace xe
diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/util/shim_utils.h b/src/xenia/kernel/util/shim_utils.h
index 976b73514..20c677f91 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/util/shim_utils.h
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/util/shim_utils.h
@@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ XE_NOALIAS void PrintKernelCall(cpu::Export* export_entry,
   string_buffer.Append(')');
   if (export_entry->tags & xe::cpu::ExportTag::kImportant) {
     xe::logging::AppendLogLine(xe::LogLevel::Info, 'i',
-                               string_buffer.to_string_view());
+                               string_buffer.to_string_view(), LogSrc::Kernel);
   } else {
     xe::logging::AppendLogLine(xe::LogLevel::Debug, 'd',
-                               string_buffer.to_string_view());
+                               string_buffer.to_string_view(), LogSrc::Kernel);
   }
 }
 /*