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