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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/acpi/amldb/amldb.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/acpi/amldb/amldb.8 | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/acpi/amldb/amldb.8 b/usr.sbin/acpi/amldb/amldb.8 index d10e900b7a21..ba988f25b3e3 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/acpi/amldb/amldb.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/acpi/amldb/amldb.8 @@ -40,15 +40,17 @@ .Op Fl dhst .Ar dsdt_file ... .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Amldb -parses the DSDT +The +.Nm +utility parses the DSDT (Differentiated System Description Table) files, which usually are acquired from ACPI BIOS, and executes the sequence of ACPI Control Methods described in AML (ACPI Machine Language) with its AML interpreter. -.Nm Amldb -also has a simple ACPI virtual machine. During execution of the +The +.Nm +utility also has a simple ACPI virtual machine. During execution of the Control Methods each access to the region, such as SystemMemory, SystemIO, PCI_Config, does not affect the real hardware but only the virtual machine. @@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ DSDT data file is read. .El .Sh EXAMPLES The following is an example including, invoking the -.Nm , +.Nm Ns , searching .Li _PRS (Possible Resource Settings) @@ -332,5 +334,5 @@ and .Sh HISTORY The .Nm -command appeared in +utility appeared in .Fx 5.0 . |