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+/******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Module Name: aslhelp - iASL help screens
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2016, Intel Corp.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer,
+ * without modification.
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce at minimum a disclaimer
+ * substantially similar to the "NO WARRANTY" disclaimer below
+ * ("Disclaimer") and any redistribution must be conditioned upon
+ * including a substantially similar Disclaimer requirement for further
+ * binary redistribution.
+ * 3. Neither the names of the above-listed copyright holders nor the names
+ * of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ * from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of the
+ * GNU General Public License ("GPL") version 2 as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * NO WARRANTY
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+ * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+ * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
+ * STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
+ * IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
+ */
+
+#include "aslcompiler.h"
+#include "acapps.h"
+
+#define _COMPONENT ACPI_COMPILER
+ ACPI_MODULE_NAME ("aslhelp")
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION: Usage
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS: None
+ *
+ * RETURN: None
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Display option help message.
+ * Optional items in square brackets.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+void
+Usage (
+ void)
+{
+ printf ("%s\n\n", ASL_COMPLIANCE);
+ ACPI_USAGE_HEADER ("iasl [Options] [Files]");
+
+ printf ("\nGeneral:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-@ <file>", "Specify command file");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-I <dir>", "Specify additional include directory");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-p <prefix>", "Specify path/filename prefix for all output files");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-v", "Display compiler version");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-vd", "Display compiler build date and time");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-vo", "Enable optimization comments");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-vs", "Disable signon");
+
+ printf ("\nHelp:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-h", "This message");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-hc", "Display operators allowed in constant expressions");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-hd", "Info for obtaining and disassembling binary ACPI tables");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-hf", "Display help for output filename generation");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-hr", "Display ACPI reserved method names");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-ht", "Display currently supported ACPI table names");
+
+ printf ("\nPreprocessor:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-D <symbol>", "Define symbol for preprocessor use");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-li", "Create preprocessed output file (*.i)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-P", "Preprocess only and create preprocessor output file (*.i)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-Pn", "Disable preprocessor");
+
+ printf ("\nErrors, Warnings, and Remarks:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-va", "Disable all errors/warnings/remarks");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-ve", "Report only errors (ignore warnings and remarks)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-vi", "Less verbose errors and warnings for use with IDEs");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-vr", "Disable remarks");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-vw <messageid>", "Disable specific warning or remark");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-w <1|2|3>", "Set warning reporting level");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-we", "Report warnings as errors");
+
+ printf ("\nAML Code Generation (*.aml):\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-oa", "Disable all optimizations (compatibility mode)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-of", "Disable constant folding");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-oi", "Disable integer optimization to Zero/One/Ones");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-on", "Disable named reference string optimization");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-ot", "Disable typechecking");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-cr", "Disable Resource Descriptor error checking");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-in", "Ignore NoOp operators");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-r <revision>", "Override table header Revision (1-255)");
+
+ printf ("\nListings:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-l", "Create mixed listing file (ASL source and AML) (*.lst)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-lm", "Create hardware summary map file (*.map)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-ln", "Create namespace file (*.nsp)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-ls", "Create combined source file (expanded includes) (*.src)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-lx", "Create cross-reference file (*.xrf)");
+
+ printf ("\nFirmware Support - C Output:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-tc", "Create hex AML table in C (*.hex)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-sc", "Create named hex AML arrays in C (*.c)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-ic", "Create include file in C for -sc symbols (*.h)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-so", "Create namespace AML offset table in C (*.offset.h)");
+
+ printf ("\nFirmware Support - Assembler Output:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-ta", "Create hex AML table in assembler (*.hex)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-sa", "Create named hex AML arrays in assembler (*.asm)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-ia", "Create include file in assembler for -sa symbols (*.inc)");
+
+ printf ("\nFirmware Support - ASL Output:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-ts", "Create hex AML table in ASL (Buffer object) (*.hex)");
+
+ printf ("\nData Table Compiler:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-G", "Compile custom table that contains generic operators");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-T <sig list>|ALL", "Create ACPI table template/example files");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-T <count>", "Emit DSDT and <count> SSDTs to same file");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-vt", "Create verbose template files (full disassembly)");
+
+ printf ("\nAML Disassembler:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-d <f1 f2 ...>", "Disassemble or decode binary ACPI tables to file (*.dsl)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("", " (Optional, file type is automatically detected)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-da <f1 f2 ...>", "Disassemble multiple tables from single namespace");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-db", "Do not translate Buffers to Resource Templates");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-dc <f1 f2 ...>", "Disassemble AML and immediately compile it");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("", " (Obtain DSDT from current system if no input file)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-df", "Force disassembler to assume table contains valid AML");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-dl", "Emit legacy ASL code only (no C-style operators)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-e <f1 f2 ...>", "Include ACPI table(s) for external symbol resolution");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-fe <file>", "Specify external symbol declaration file");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-in", "Ignore NoOp opcodes");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-l", "Disassemble to mixed ASL and AML code");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-vt", "Dump binary table data in hex format within output file");
+
+ printf ("\nDebug Options:\n");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-bf", "Create debug file (full output) (*.txt)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-bs", "Create debug file (parse tree only) (*.txt)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-bp <depth>", "Prune ASL parse tree");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-bt <type>", "Object type to be pruned from the parse tree");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-f", "Ignore errors, force creation of AML output file(s)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-m <size>", "Set internal line buffer size (in Kbytes)");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-n", "Parse only, no output generation");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-oc", "Display compile times and statistics");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-x <level>", "Set debug level for trace output");
+ ACPI_OPTION ("-z", "Do not insert new compiler ID for DataTables");
+}
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION: FilenameHelp
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS: None
+ *
+ * RETURN: None
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Display help message for output filename generation
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+void
+AslFilenameHelp (
+ void)
+{
+
+ printf ("\nAML output filename generation:\n");
+ printf (" Output filenames are generated by appending an extension to a common\n");
+ printf (" filename prefix. The filename prefix is obtained via one of the\n");
+ printf (" following methods (in priority order):\n");
+ printf (" 1) The -p option specifies the prefix\n");
+ printf (" 2) The prefix of the AMLFileName in the ASL Definition Block\n");
+ printf (" 3) The prefix of the input filename\n");
+ printf ("\n");
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION: AslDisassemblyHelp
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS: None
+ *
+ * RETURN: None
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Display help message for obtaining and disassembling AML/ASL
+ * files.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+void
+AslDisassemblyHelp (
+ void)
+{
+
+ printf ("\nObtaining binary ACPI tables and disassembling to ASL source code.\n\n");
+ printf ("Use the following ACPICA toolchain:\n");
+ printf (" AcpiDump: Dump all ACPI tables to a hex ascii file\n");
+ printf (" AcpiXtract: Extract one or more binary ACPI tables from AcpiDump output\n");
+ printf (" iASL -d <file>: Disassemble a binary ACPI table to ASL source code\n");
+ printf ("\n");
+}