man pages section 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

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)