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13.Dd May 12, 2017
14.Dt ACPIDUMP 8
15.Os
16.Sh NAME
17.Nm acpidump
18.Nd dump ACPI tables
19.Sh SYNOPSIS
20.Nm
21.Op Fl bhsvxz
22.Op Fl a Ar address
23.Op Fl c Ar on|off
24.Op Fl f Ar file
25.Op Fl n Ar signature
26.Op Fl o Ar file
27.Op Fl r Ar address
28.Sh DESCRIPTION
29The
30.Nm
31utility is used to dump the system's Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
32(ACPI) tables that are provided by system firmware.
33The dumped tables can be used by other utilities, such as
34.Xr acpixtract 8
35or
36.Sy iasl .
37.Sh OPTIONS
38The following options are supported:
39.Bl -tag -width Ds
40.It Fl a Ar address
41Get the table at the given physical address.
42.It Fl b
43Dump all tables to binary files.
44.It Fl c Ar on|off
45Enable dumping customized tables.
46The default is off.
47.It Fl f Ar file
48Read the table from the given binary file.
49.It Fl h
50Display the usage message and exit.
51.It Fl n Ar signature
52Get the table with the specified signature.
53.It Fl o Ar file
54Write output to the given file.
55.It Fl r Ar address
56Dump tables from the
57.Sy RSDP
58at the given address.
59.It Fl s
60Only print table summaries.
61.It Fl v
62Print the version.
63.It Fl x
64Do not use the
65.Sy XSDT.
66.It Fl z
67Verbose.
68.El
69.Sh EXAMPLES
70.Sy Example 1
71Dump all ACPI Tables
72.Pp
73The following example dumps all of the ACPI tables from the system.
74This can then be used with
75.Xr acpixtract 8
76and the iasl utility to decode the ACPI tables from the system.
77In this example, all of the tables are written to the file
78.Pa acpi.out .
79.Bd -literal -offset width
80# acpidump -o acpi.dat
81.Ed
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr acpixtract 8
84