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5 .TH acpidump 1 "24 Apr 2009" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands" |
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6 .SH NAME |
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7 acpidump - dump the raw contents of ACPI tables |
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8 .SH SYNOPSIS |
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9 .LP |
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10 .nf |
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11 \fBacpidump\fB [\fB-a\fR \fIaddress\fR] [\fB-b\fR] [\fI-h\fR] |
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12 [\fB-l\fR \fIlength\fR] [\fB-o\fR \fIfile\fR] [\fB-s\fR \fIcount\fR] |
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13 [\fB-t\fR \fItable\fR] |
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14 .fi |
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15 |
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16 .SH DESCRIPTION |
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17 .sp |
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18 .LP |
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19 This utility will read the ACPI tables, if any, that were presented to the |
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20 kernel from the BIOS at boot and display the information. The tables will be |
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21 printed out in hexidecimal format and can be parsed with the acpixtract(1) and |
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22 madt(1) utilities. |
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23 |
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24 .SH OPTIONS |
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25 .sp |
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26 .LP |
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27 The following options are supported: |
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28 .sp |
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29 .ne 2 |
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30 .mk |
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31 .na |
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32 \fB\fB-a\fR [\fIaddress\fR]\fR |
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33 .ad |
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34 .sp .6 |
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35 .RS 4n |
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36 Allows the user to specify the starting address from which to dump the tables. |
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37 .RE |
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38 |
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39 .sp |
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40 .ne 2 |
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41 .mk |
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42 .na |
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43 \fB\fB-b\fR |
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44 .ad |
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45 .sp .6 |
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46 .RS 4n |
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47 Dump the ACPI tables in binary mode. |
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48 .RE |
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49 |
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50 .sp |
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51 .ne 2 |
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52 .mk |
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53 .na |
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54 \fB\fB-h\fR |
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55 .ad |
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56 .sp .6 |
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57 .RS 4n |
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58 Display the help menu containing the options supported by the utility. |
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59 .RE |
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60 |
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61 .sp |
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62 .ne 2 |
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63 .mk |
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64 .na |
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65 \fB\fB-l\fR [\fIlength\fR]\fR |
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66 .ad |
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67 .sp .6 |
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68 .RS 4n |
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69 Requires a starting address, specified with -a, and will dump the range of |
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70 physical address but makes no attempt to understand the contents of that memory. |
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71 .RE |
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72 |
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73 .sp |
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74 .ne 2 |
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75 .mk |
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76 .na |
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77 \fB\fB-o\fR [\fIfile\fR]\fR |
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78 .ad |
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79 .sp .6 |
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80 .RS 4n |
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81 Redirect the output provided by the utility to the specified file. |
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82 .RE |
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83 |
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84 .sp |
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85 .ne 2 |
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86 .mk |
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87 .na |
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88 \fB\fB-s\fR [\fIcount\fR]\fR |
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89 .ad |
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90 .sp .6 |
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91 .RS 4n |
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92 Skip \fIcount\fR tables of the given name |
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93 .RE |
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94 |
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95 .sp |
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96 .ne 2 |
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97 .mk |
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98 .na |
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99 \fB\fB-t\fR [\fItable\fR]\fR |
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100 .ad |
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101 .sp .6 |
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102 .RS 4n |
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103 Dump only the table with the \fItable\fR signature. |
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104 .RE |
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105 |
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106 |
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107 .SH SEE ALSO |
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108 .sp |
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109 .LP |
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110 \fBacpixtract\fR(1), \fBmadt\fR(1) |
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111 .RE |
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112 |
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113 .SH RESOURCES |
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114 .sp |
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115 .LP |
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116 http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/utilities.php |
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117 .sp |
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118 |
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119 .SH NOTES |
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120 .sp |
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121 .LP |
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122 The PRIV_FILE_DAC_READ privilege is necessary to use this utility. |