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From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 23/23] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: create acpidump(8), local make install targets
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:34:11 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0e7cc27935cda92c7a39a00791d0d4bbffeab117.1348371388.git.len.brown@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1348374851-20378-1-git-send-email-lenb@kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <a950c135e5b2be6ef7518d54d98a7901db1b377a.1348371388.git.len.brown@intel.com>

From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
---
 tools/power/acpi/Makefile   |  4 +++
 tools/power/acpi/acpidump.8 | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/power/acpi/acpidump.8

diff --git a/tools/power/acpi/Makefile b/tools/power/acpi/Makefile
index dad79a6..6b9cf7a 100644
--- a/tools/power/acpi/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/acpi/Makefile
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ CLEANFILES= $(PROG)
 clean : 
 	rm -f $(CLEANFILES) $(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(SRCS)) *~
 
+install :
+	install acpidump /usr/bin/acpidump
+	install acpidump.8 /usr/share/man/man8
+
diff --git a/tools/power/acpi/acpidump.8 b/tools/power/acpi/acpidump.8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adfa991
--- /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>
-- 
1.7.12.1.396.g16eed7c

      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-09-23  4:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-23  4:33 ACPICA related patch queue for Linux-3.7 Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33 ` [PATCH 01/23] ACPI: delelte more BFS/GTS related definition and code Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33   ` [PATCH 02/23] ACPICA: Enable Scope change to root during module-level code execution Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33   ` [PATCH 03/23] ACPICA: Split ACPICA initialization functions to new file, utxfinit.c Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33   ` [PATCH 04/23] ACPICA: Comment update: Fix some typos in actble.h Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33   ` [PATCH 05/23] ACPICA: Add Windows8/Server2012 string for _OSI method Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33   ` [PATCH 06/23] ACPICA: GPE Support: Update debug info for GPE tracing Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33   ` [PATCH 07/23] ACPICA: Debug output: Update output for Processor object Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33   ` [PATCH 08/23] ACPICA: GPE support: Remove extraneous parameter from low-level function Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33   ` [PATCH 09/23] ACPICA: Headers: Add support for CSRT and DBG2 ACPI tables Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33   ` [PATCH 10/23] ACPICA: Add support for complex _PLD buffers Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:33   ` [PATCH 11/23] ACPICA: Add struct header support for _FDE, _GRT, _GTM, and _SRT names Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 12/23] ACPICA: Update version to 20120816 Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 13/23] ACPI: Use ACPICA native way to decode the PLD buffer Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 14/23] usb-acpi: Comply with the ACPI API change Len Brown
2012-09-23  5:54     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 15/23] ACPICA: Headers: Add new ACPI 5 HEST notify type values Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 16/23] ACPICA: Table Manager: Merge duplicate code (root table) Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 17/23] ACPICA: Update version to 20120913 Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 18/23] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20051111 Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 19/23] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20060606 Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 20/23] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20070714 Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 21/23] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20071116 Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` [PATCH 22/23] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20101221 - find dynamic tables in sysfs Len Brown
2012-09-23  4:34   ` Len Brown [this message]

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