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diff --git a/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidb/acpidb.8 b/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidb/acpidb.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0b9163c5a010 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/acpi/acpidb/acpidb.8 @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Nate Lawson +.\" 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 +.\" in this position and unchanged. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, 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 DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd August 7, 2003 +.Dt ACPIDB 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm acpidb +.Nd ACPI DSDT debugger +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Ar input-file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +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 Cm Byte | Word | Dword | Qword +Display ACPI objects or memory +.It Ic EnableAcpi +Enable ACPI (hardware) mode +.It Ic Help +Show various help screens +.It Ic History +Display command history buffer +.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 No or Ic Exit +Exit the debugger +.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 Ar Instance +Unload an ACPI table +.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 Cm F | G Ar Value +Generate AcpiEvent (Fixed/GPE) +.It Ic Find Ar Name +Find ACPI name(s) with wildcards +.Ql ( ?\& +is wildcard) +.It Ic Method +Display list of loaded control methods +.It Ic Namespace Oo Ar Addr | Path Oc Op Ar Depth +Display loaded namespace tree/subtree +.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 Ar Depth +Display loaded namespace by object owner +.It Ic Prefix Op Ar NamePath +Set or Get current execution prefix +.It Ic References Ar Addr +Find all references to object at addr +.It Ic Resources +Get and display resources +.It Ic Terminate +Delete namespace and all internal objects +.It Ic Thread Ar Threads Loops NamePath +Spawn threads to execute method(s) +.El +.Ss Control Method Execution Commands +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Ic Arguments +.Pq Ic Args +Display method arguments +.It Ic Breakpoint Ar AmlOffset +Set an AML execution breakpoint +.It Ic Call +Run to next control method invocation +.It Ic Debug Ar Namepath Op Ar Arguments +Single Step a control method +.It Ic Execute Ar Namepath Op Arguments +Execute control method +.It Ic Go +Allow method to run to completion +.It Ic Information +Display info about the current method +.It Ic Into +Step into (not over) a method call +.It Ic List Op OpcodeCount +Display method ASL statements +.It Ic Locals +Display method local variables +.It Ic Results +Display method result stack +.It Ic Set Cm A | L Ar # Value +Set method data (Arguments/Locals) +.It Ic Stop +Terminate control method +.It Ic Tree +Display control method calling tree +.It Ic <Enter> +Single step next AML opcode (over calls) +.El +.Ss File I/O Commands +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Ic Close +Close debug output file +.It Ic Open Ar Filename +Open a file for debug output +.It Ic Load Ar Filename +Load ACPI table from a file +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr acpi 4 , +.Xr acpidump 8 , +.Xr iasl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility first appeared in the +.Nm acpicatools +port. +It was imported for +.Fx 5.2 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +utility was written by +.An Mitsuru Iwasaki Aq Mt iwasaki@FreeBSD.org +and uses Intel ACPI-CA for the backend. +This manual page was written by +.An Nate Lawson . |