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diff --git a/tools/power/acpi/acpidump.8 b/tools/power/acpi/acpidump.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..adfa99166e5e --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/power/acpi/acpidump.8 @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +.TH ACPIDUMP 8 +.SH NAME +acpidump \- Dump system's ACPI tables to an ASCII file. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.ft B +.B acpidump > acpidump.out +.SH DESCRIPTION +\fBacpidump \fP 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. +.SS Options +no options worth worrying about. +.PP +.SH EXAMPLE + +.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/dynamic/* +.fi + +.PP +.SH AUTHOR +.nf +Written by Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> |