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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 5.10.209.upstream/5.10.209upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/tools/power/acpi/man/acpidump.8 b/tools/power/acpi/man/acpidump.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..79e2d1d43 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/power/acpi/man/acpidump.8 @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +.TH ACPIDUMP 8 +.SH NAME +acpidump \- dump a system's ACPI tables to an ASCII file + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B acpidump +.RI [ options ] +.br + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B acpidump +dumps the systems ACPI tables to an ASCII file appropriate for +attaching to a bug report. + +Subsequently, they can be processed by utilities in the ACPICA package. + +.SH OPTIONS +acpidump options are as follow: +.TP +.B Options +.TP +.B \-b +Dump tables to binary files +.TP +.B \-h \-? +This help message +.TP +.B \-o <File> +Redirect output to file +.TP +.B \-r <Address> +Dump tables from specified RSDP +.TP +.B \-s +Print table summaries only +.TP +.B \-v +Display version information +.TP +.B \-z +Verbose mode +.TP +.B Table Options +.TP +.B \-a <Address> +Get table via a physical address +.TP +.B \-c <on|off> +Turning on/off customized table dumping +.TP +.B \-f <BinaryFile> +Get table via a binary file +.TP +.B \-n <Signature> +Get table via a name/signature +.TP +.B \-x +Do not use but dump XSDT +.TP +.B \-x \-x +Do not use or dump XSDT +.TP +.fi +Invocation without parameters dumps all available tables. +.TP +Multiple mixed instances of -a, -f, and -n are supported. + +.SH EXAMPLES + +.nf +# acpidump > acpidump.out + +$ acpixtract -a acpidump.out + Acpi table [DSDT] - 15974 bytes written to DSDT.dat + Acpi table [FACS] - 64 bytes written to FACS.dat + Acpi table [FACP] - 116 bytes written to FACP.dat + Acpi table [APIC] - 120 bytes written to APIC.dat + Acpi table [MCFG] - 60 bytes written to MCFG.dat + Acpi table [SSDT] - 444 bytes written to SSDT1.dat + Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT2.dat + Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT3.dat + Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT4.dat + Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT5.dat + Acpi table [RSDT] - 76 bytes written to RSDT.dat + Acpi table [RSDP] - 20 bytes written to RSDP.dat + +$ iasl -d *.dat +... +.fi +creates *.dsl, a human readable form which can be edited +and compiled using iasl. + + +.SH NOTES + +.B "acpidump " +must be run as root. + +.SH REFERENCES +ACPICA: https://acpica.org/ + +.SH FILES +.ta +.nf +/dev/mem +/sys/firmware/acpi/tables/* +/sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic/* +/sys/firmware/efi/systab +.fi + +.SH AUTHOR +.TP +Original by: + Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> +.TP +Written by: + Chao Guan <chao.guan@intel.com> +.TP +Updated by: + Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> + Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com> + +.SH SEE ALSO +\&\fIacpixtract\fR\|(8), \fIiasl\fR\|(8). + +.SH COPYRIGHT +COPYRIGHT (c) 2013, Intel Corporation. |