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authornjl <njl@FreeBSD.org>2004-10-05 02:19:30 +0000
committernjl <njl@FreeBSD.org>2004-10-05 02:19:30 +0000
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Update the man page for the -s flag and other changes that we've missed.
MFC after: 3 days
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidump/acpidump.8 b/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidump/acpidump.8
index 934fe18..317148c 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidump/acpidump.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidump/acpidump.8
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd August 16, 2004
+.Dd October 4, 2004
.Dt ACPIDUMP 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl d
+.Op Fl s
.Op Fl t
.Op Fl h
.Op Fl v
@@ -65,10 +66,12 @@ power management support, and so on.
The
.Nm
utility can extract the DSDT data block from physical memory and store it into
-a DSDT output file and optionally also disassemble it.
-If Secondary System Description Table (SSDT) entries exist, then the DSDT
-output file will include those tables.
-Disassembly of the DSDT will also include SSDT tables, if such exist.
+an output file and optionally also disassemble it.
+If Secondary System Description Table
+(SSDT)
+entries exist, specifying the
+.Fl s
+option will include those tables in the output file and disassembly.
.Pp
When
.Nm
@@ -98,6 +101,8 @@ utility dumps contents of the following tables:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -offset indent -width 12345 -compact
.It DSDT
+.It ECDT
+.It FACS
.It FADT
.It HPET
.It MADT
@@ -123,6 +128,9 @@ The following options are supported by
Disassemble the DSDT into ASL using
.Xr iasl 8
and print the results to stdout.
+.It Fl s
+Dump any SSDTs by concatenating them with the DSDT.
+The SSDTs are optional tables with the same format as the DSDT.
.It Fl t
Dump the contents of the various fixed tables listed above.
.It Fl h
@@ -154,6 +162,11 @@ Verbose messages are enabled.
.Sh BUGS
The current implementation does not dump the BOOT structure or
other miscellaneous tables.
+.Pp
+There is currently no way to override SSDTs so dumping them only provides
+information.
+Overriding the DSDT with a custom version that also includes the contents of
+SSDTs will result in multiple-definition errors.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/mem
.It Pa /dev/mem
@@ -168,6 +181,7 @@ other miscellaneous tables.
.An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org
.An Mitsuru IWASAKI Aq iwasaki@FreeBSD.org
.An Yasuo YOKOYAMA Aq yokoyama@jp.FreeBSD.org
+.An Nate Lawson Aq njl@FreeBSD.org
.Pp
.An -nosplit
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