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| 4 | This source release includes: |
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| 7 | 1) a cross-OS AML interpreter |
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| 9 | This is intended to allow commercial and open source operating systems |
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| 10 | to be enabled for ACPI. OS specific code is still needed, but the |
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| 11 | AML interpreter should greatly improve the development speed of ACPI |
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| 12 | support. |
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| 14 | The AML interpreter source should be integrated into the kernel's |
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| 15 | build process. We recommend establishing an automated method for |
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| 16 | this, so later versions can also be incorporated easily. Please see |
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| 17 | the documentation on the website for API and other implementation |
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| 18 | information. |
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| 21 | 2) iasl, an ASL compiler/decompiler |
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| 23 | iasl compiles ASL (ACPI Source Language) into AML (ACPI Machine |
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| 24 | Language). This AML is suitable for inclusion as a DSDT in system |
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| 25 | firmware. It also can disassemble AML, for debugging purposes. |
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| 27 | To compile: |
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| 29 | cd compiler |
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| 30 | make |
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| 32 | It has been compiled on Linux, but should easily port to other Unix |
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| 33 | environments. |
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| 35 | Run 'iasl -h' for more information, or download the binary version for |
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| 36 | documentation in PDF format. |
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| 39 | 3) acpisrc, a source code conversion tool |
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| 41 | acpisrc converts the standard form of the acpica source release (included |
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| 42 | here) into a version that meets Linux coding guidelines. This consists |
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| 43 | mainly of performing a series of string replacements and transformations |
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| 44 | to the code. |
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| 46 | To compile: |
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| 48 | cd tools/acpisrc |
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| 49 | make |
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| 51 | It has been compiled on Linux, but should easily port to other Unix |
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| 52 | environments. |
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| 55 | 4) acpibin, an AML file tool |
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| 57 | acpibin compares AML files, dumps AML binary files to text files, |
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| 58 | extracts binary AML from text files, and other AML file |
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| 59 | manipulation. |
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| 61 | To compile: |
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| 63 | cd tools/acpibin |
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| 64 | make |
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| 67 | 5) acpiexec, a user-space AML interpreter |
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| 69 | acpiexec allows the loading of ACPI tables and execution of control |
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| 70 | methods from user space. Useful for debugging AML code and testing |
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| 71 | the AML interpreter. |
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| 73 | To compile: |
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| 75 | cd tools/acpiexec |
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| 76 | make |
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| 79 | Thanks -- The ACPI CA Team |