From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Renninger Subject: Re: Re: acpidump replaces acpidmp Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:05:09 +0200 Message-ID: <42E7A2A5.3040103@suse.de> References: <20050726192423.216b4be8.voluspa@telia.com> <42E76A79.2040702@suse.de> <20050727154458.455d16db.voluspa@telia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050727154458.455d16db.voluspa-zq6IREYz3ykAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Voluspa Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Voluspa wrote: > 24 -r-------- 1 root root 24136 Jul 27 14:47 dsdt > 28 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24743 Jul 27 14:52 dsdt.acpidump > > OK, I now know that acpidump gives me both fadt and dsdt and something > more, hence the difference. But this is usability madness; 1) The > documentation of program switches, Both README and source, swing between > mildly accurate and inaccurate; 2) Having to dump/decode in several > steps here (not really knowing if you've made an error) and then later > in iasl as well. > > Compared to just copying dsdt from /proc and following all the tutorials > online on how to modify it, this hackery is not sane. > It's not that bad: (using the old acpidmp. I expect it works the same with acpidump, but I couldn't get any output with my short tries ...) acpidmp > /tmp/acpidmp acpixtract dsdt /tmp/acpidmp >/tmp/dsdt acpixtract ssdt /tmp/acpidmp >/tmp/ssdt iasl -d /tmp/dsdt if you have a ssdt: iasl -d /tmp/ssdt Now you can edit /tmp/ssdt.dsl and /tmp/dsdt.dsl Thomas ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click