From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 36/49] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: create acpidump(8), local make install targets
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 16:09:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0e7cc27935cda92c7a39a00791d0d4bbffeab117.1349554106.git.len.brown@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1349554210-29978-1-git-send-email-lenb@kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <a950c135e5b2be6ef7518d54d98a7901db1b377a.1349554105.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>
--
1.8.0.rc0.18.gf84667d
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-06 20:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-06 20:09 ACPI & PM queue for 3.7-merge Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 01/49] ACPI: delelte more BFS/GTS related definition and code Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 02/49] ACPICA: Enable Scope change to root during module-level code execution Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 03/49] ACPICA: Split ACPICA initialization functions to new file, utxfinit.c Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 04/49] ACPICA: Comment update: Fix some typos in actble.h Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 05/49] ACPICA: Add Windows8/Server2012 string for _OSI method Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 06/49] ACPICA: GPE Support: Update debug info for GPE tracing Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 07/49] ACPICA: Debug output: Update output for Processor object Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 08/49] ACPICA: GPE support: Remove extraneous parameter from low-level function Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 09/49] ACPICA: Headers: Add support for CSRT and DBG2 ACPI tables Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 10/49] ACPICA: Add support for complex _PLD buffers Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 11/49] ACPICA: Add struct header support for _FDE, _GRT, _GTM, and _SRT names Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 12/49] ACPICA: Update version to 20120816 Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 13/49] ACPI: Use ACPICA native way to decode the PLD buffer Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 14/49] usb-acpi: Comply with the ACPI API change Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 15/49] ACPICA: Headers: Add new ACPI 5 HEST notify type values Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 16/49] ACPICA: Table Manager: Merge duplicate code (root table) Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 17/49] ACPICA: Update version to 20120913 Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 18/49] ACPI: Allow ACPI binding with USB-3.0 hub Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 19/49] ACPI: introduce module_acpi_driver() helper macro Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 20/49] ACPI/button: convert to module_acpi_driver() Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 21/49] ACPI/fan: " Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 22/49] ACPI/hed: " Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 23/49] ACPI/sbshc: " Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 24/49] i2c-scmi: " Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 25/49] Input: atlas_btns - " Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 26/49] hp_accel: " Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 27/49] ideapad: " Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 28/49] topstar-laptop: " Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 29/49] toshiba_bluetooth: " Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 30/49] xo15-ebook: " Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 31/49] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20051111 Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 32/49] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20060606 Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 33/49] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20070714 Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 34/49] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20071116 Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 35/49] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20101221 - find dynamic tables in sysfs Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` Len Brown [this message]
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 37/49] ACPI: run _OSC after ACPI_FULL_INITIALIZATION Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:09 ` [PATCH 38/49] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20101221 - find dynamic tables in sysfs Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:10 ` [PATCH 39/49] tools/power/acpi/acpidump: create acpidump(8), local make install targets Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:10 ` [PATCH 40/49] tools/power turbostat: run on IVB Xeon Len Brown
2012-10-06 20:10 ` [PATCH 41/49] tools/power turbostat: delete unused line Len Brown
2012-10-07 2:43 ` [PATCH 42/49] tools/power turbostat: print more turbo-limit information Len Brown
2012-10-07 2:43 ` [PATCH 43/49] tools/power turbostat: make -M output pretty Len Brown
2012-10-07 2:43 ` [PATCH 44/49] tools/power turbostat: add [-m MSR#] option Len Brown
2012-10-07 2:43 ` [PATCH 45/49] intel_idle: enable IVB Xeon support Len Brown
2012-10-07 2:43 ` [PATCH 46/49] tools/power turbostat: add [-d MSR#][-D MSR#] options to print counter deltas Len Brown
2012-10-07 2:43 ` [PATCH 47/49] tools/power/turbostat: add option to count SMIs, re-name some options Len Brown
2012-10-07 2:43 ` [PATCH 48/49] ACPI: Harden acpi_table_parse_entries() against BIOS bug Len Brown
2012-10-07 2:43 ` [PATCH 49/49] ACPI: Add new sysfs interface to export device description Len Brown
2012-10-09 14:23 ` [PATCH 01/49] ACPI: delelte more BFS/GTS related definition and code Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-10-07 2:43 ACPI & PM queue for 3.7-merge - part 2 Len Brown
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