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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/acpi/acpidb/acpidb.8')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidb/acpidb.8 b/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidb/acpidb.8 index 4a9fc06..4ed97a6 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidb/acpidb.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidb/acpidb.8 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd August 7, 2003 .Dt ACPIDB 8 @@ -39,55 +39,58 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility is a debugger for the ACPI DSDT. It can parse and execute various +utility is a debugger for the ACPI DSDT. +It can parse and execute various AML methods and display the result. .Sh COMMANDS .Ss General-Purpose Commands .Bl -tag -width indent .It Ic Allocations Display list of current memory allocations -.It Ic Dump Ar Address|Namepath Op Byte|Word|Dword|Qword +.It Ic Dump Ar Address | Namepath Op Cm Byte | Word | Dword | Qword Display ACPI objects or memory .It Ic EnableAcpi Enable ACPI (hardware) mode .It Ic Help -Show various help screens. +Show various help screens .It Ic History Display command history buffer -.It Ic Level Ar DebugLevel Op console +.It Ic Level Ar DebugLevel Op Cm console Get/Set debug level for file or console .It Ic Locks Current status of internal mutexes -.It Ic Quit or Exit +.It Ic Quit No or Ic Exit Exit the debugger -.It Ic Stats Op Allocations|Memory|Misc|Objects|Tables +.It Ic Stats Op Cm Allocations | Memory | Misc | Objects | Tables Display namespace and memory statistics .It Ic Tables Display info about loaded ACPI tables -.It Ic Unload Ar TableSig Op Instance +.It Ic Unload Ar TableSig Op Ar Instance Unload an ACPI table -.It Ic ! Ar CommandNumber +.It Ic !\& Ar CommandNumber Execute command from history buffer .It Ic !! Execute last command again .El .Ss Namespace Access Commands .Bl -tag -width indent -.It Ic Event Ar F|G Ar Value +.It Ic Event Cm F | G Ar Value Generate AcpiEvent (Fixed/GPE) .It Ic Find Ar Name -Find ACPI name(s) with wildcards (? is wildcard). +Find ACPI name(s) with wildcards +.Ql ( ?\& +is wildcard) .It Ic Method Display list of loaded control methods -.It Ic Namespace Op <Addr>|<Path> Op Depth +.It Ic Namespace Oo Ar Addr | Path Oc Op Ar Depth Display loaded namespace tree/subtree -.It Ic Notify Ar NamePath Ar Value +.It Ic Notify Ar NamePath Value Send a notification .It Ic Objects Ar ObjectType Display all objects of the given type -.It Ic Owner Ar OwnerId Op Depth +.It Ic Owner Ar OwnerId Op Ar Depth Display loaded namespace by object owner -.It Ic Prefix Op NamePath +.It Ic Prefix Op Ar NamePath Set or Get current execution prefix .It Ic References Ar Addr Find all references to object at addr @@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ Find all references to object at addr Get and display resources .It Ic Terminate Delete namespace and all internal objects -.It Ic Thread Ar Threads Ar Loops Ar NamePath +.It Ic Thread Ar Threads Loops NamePath Spawn threads to execute method(s) .El .Ss Control Method Execution Commands @@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ Display method arguments Set an AML execution breakpoint .It Ic Call Run to next control method invocation -.It Ic Debug Ar Namepath Op Arguments +.It Ic Debug Ar Namepath Op Ar Arguments Single Step a control method .It Ic Execute Ar Namepath Op Arguments Execute control method @@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ Display method ASL statements Display method local variables .It Ic Results Display method result stack -.It Ic Set Ar A|L Ar # Ar Value +.It Ic Set Cm A | L Ar # Value Set method data (Arguments/Locals) .It Ic Stop Terminate control method @@ -148,7 +151,9 @@ Load ACPI table from a file .Sh HISTORY The .Nm -utility first appeared in the acpicatools port. +utility first appeared in the +.Nm acpicatools +port. It was imported for .Fx 5.2 . .Sh AUTHORS |