NAME
acpihelp —
help utility for ASL operators, AML
opcodes, and ACPI predefined names
SYNOPSIS
acpihelp |
[option ...] [name/prefix | hex_value] |
DESCRIPTION
The following options are supported:-a[name/prefix | *]- Display both ASL operator and AML opcode name(s).
-d- Display iASL Preprocessor directives.
-e[hex_value]- Decode ACPICA exception code.
-g[name/prefix | *]- Display AML grammar element(s).
-h- Display help.
-i[name/prefix | *]- Display ACPI/PNP Hardware ID(s).
-k[name/prefix | *]- Display ASL non-operator keyword(s).
-m[name/prefix | *]- Display AML opcode name(s).
-o[hex_value]- Decode hex AML opcode.
-p[name/prefix | *]- Display ASL predefined method name(s).
-s[name/prefix | *]- Display ASL operator name(s).
-t- Display supported ACPI tables.
-u- Display ACPI-related UUIDs.
-v- Display version information.
-vd- Display build date and time.
If neither name/prefix nor
hex_value are specified
acpihelp defaults to displaying all information
available for the specified option.
If a name/prefix but no options are
specified acpihelp defaults to finding ASL operator
names if name/prefix does not start with an
underscore, and to finding ASL predefined method names if
name/prefix does start with an underscore.
SEE ALSO
acpi(4), acpibin(8), acpicall(8), acpiconf(8), acpidump(8), acpiexec(8), acpinames(8), acpixtract(8), iasl(8)
AUTHORS
The acpihelp utility is provided by Intel
as part of their
ACPICA
distribution.
This manual page was written by Sascha Wildner.