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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  hexide-
     cimal  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 utility.


     -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]




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User Commands                                         acpidump(1)



         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  attri-
     butes:

     ___________________________________________
    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |    ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Availability       |  diagnostic/acpidump|
    |____________________|______________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted        |
    |____________________|_____________________|

SEE ALSO
     acpixtract(1), madt(1)


RESOURCES
     http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/utilities.php



NOTES
     Source for acpidump  is  avaliable  at  www.opensolaris.org.
     The  PRIV_FILE_DAC_READ  privilege  is necessary to use this
     utility.





















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