acpidump - dump the raw contents of ACPI tables



  • acpidump(1)			 User Commands			   acpidump(1)
    
    
    
    NAME
           acpidump	- dump the raw contents	of ACPI	tables
    
    SYNOPSIS
           acpidump	[-a address] [-b] [-h]
    	   [-l length] [-o file] [-s count]
    	   [-t table]
    
    
    DESCRIPTION
           This  utility will read the ACPI	tables,	if any,	that were presented to
           the kernel from the BIOS	at boot	 and  display  the  information.   The
           tables will be printed out in hexidecimal format	and can	be parsed with
           the acpixtract(1) and madt(1) utilities.
    
    
    OPTIONS
           The following options are supported:
    
           -a [address]
    
    	   Allows the user to specify the starting address from	which to  dump
    	   the tables.
    
    
           -b
    
    	   Dump	the ACPI tables	in binary mode.
    
    
           -h
    
    	   Display the help menu containing the	options	supported by the util-
    	   ity.
    
    
           -l [length]
    
    	   Requires a starting address,	specified with -a, and will  dump  the
    	   range  of  physical	address	but makes no attempt to	understand the
    	   contents of that memory.
    
    
           -o [file]
    
    	   Redirect the	output provided	by the utility to the specified	file.
    
    
           -s [count]
    
    	   Skip	count tables of	the given name
    
    
           -t [table]
    
    	   Dump	only the table with the	table signature.
    
    
    
    
    ATTRIBUTES
           See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
    
    
           +---------------+---------------------+
           |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE    |
           +---------------+---------------------+
           |Availability   | diagnostic/acpidump |
           +---------------+---------------------+
           |Stability      | Uncommited	     |
           +---------------+---------------------+
    SEE ALSO
           acpixtract(1), madt(1)
    
    
    RESOURCES
           http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/utilities.php
    
    
    
    NOTES
           The PRIV_FILE_DAC_READ privilege	is necessary to	use this utility.
    
    
           This    software	   was	  built	   from	   source     available	    at
           https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
           source	    was	       downloaded	 from	      http://www.less-
           watts.org/patches/linux_acpi/pmtools-20071116.tar.gz
    
           Further information about this software can be found on the open	source
           community  website   at	 http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/utili-
           ties.php.
    
    
    
    SunOS 5.11			  24 Apr 2009			   acpidump(1)
    


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