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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-10-08 07:14:06 +0900 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-10-08 07:14:06 +0900 |
commit | d8dc91b753b881c60c766c06aeec87675a07df4a (patch) | |
tree | 9a02f81fc5436b424d88c2340dcd6b0fe6ae6cca /tools/power/acpi/acpidump.8 | |
parent | 7035cdf36d5c4d913f68ff97e1c2e5603500d946 (diff) | |
parent | 3f44ea0d1c3835872033a6633135e16f87161202 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux
Pul ACPI & Power Management updates from Len Brown:
- acpidump utility added
- intel_idle driver now supports IVB Xeon
- turbostat utility can now count SMIs
- ACPI can now bind to USB3 hubs
- misc fixes
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux: (49 commits)
ACPI: Add new sysfs interface to export device description
ACPI: Harden acpi_table_parse_entries() against BIOS bug
tools/power/turbostat: add option to count SMIs, re-name some options
tools/power turbostat: add [-d MSR#][-D MSR#] options to print counter deltas
intel_idle: enable IVB Xeon support
tools/power turbostat: add [-m MSR#] option
tools/power turbostat: make -M output pretty
tools/power turbostat: print more turbo-limit information
tools/power turbostat: delete unused line
tools/power turbostat: run on IVB Xeon
tools/power/acpi/acpidump: create acpidump(8), local make install targets
tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20101221 - find dynamic tables in sysfs
ACPI: run _OSC after ACPI_FULL_INITIALIZATION
tools/power/acpi/acpidump: create acpidump(8), local make install targets
tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20101221 - find dynamic tables in sysfs
tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20071116
tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20070714
tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20060606
tools/power/acpi/acpidump: version 20051111
xo15-ebook: convert to module_acpi_driver()
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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> |