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36 .Nd ACPI Source Language compiler, ACPI table compiler, and AML disassembler
42 The following options are supported:
43 .Bl -tag -width indent
47 Create debug file (full tree only) (*.txt).
51 Create debug file (parse tree only) (*.txt).
53 Object type to be pruned from the parse tree.
55 Disable Resource Descriptor error checking.
56 .It Fl d Ar file1 Op Ar file2
57 Disassemble or decode binary ACPI tables to file (*.dsl).
60 is optional, file type is automatically detected.
62 Define symbol for preprocessor use.
64 Disassemble multiple tables from single namespace.
66 Do not translate Buffers to Resource Templates.
68 Disassemble AML and immediately compile it.
69 Obtain the DSDT from the current system if no input file has it.
71 Emit legacy ASL code only (no C-style operators).
73 Include ACPI table(s) for external symbol resolution.
75 Ignore errors, force creation of AML output file(s).
77 Specify external symbol declaration file.
79 Compile custom table that contains generic operators.
81 Display the help message.
83 Display operators allowed in constant expressions.
85 Display help for output filename generation.
87 Display ACPI reserved method names.
89 Display currently supported ACPI table names.
91 Specify additional include directory.
93 Create include file in assembler (*.inc).
95 Create include file in C (*.h).
99 Ignore NoOp operators.
101 Create mixed listing file (ASL source and AML) (*.lst).
103 Create preprocessed output file (*.i).
105 Create hardware summary map file (*.map).
107 Create namespace file (*.nsp).
109 Create combined source file (expanded includes) (*.src).
111 Set internal line buffer size (in Kbytes).
113 Parse only, no output generation.
115 Disable all optimizations (compatibility mode).
117 Disable constant folding.
119 Disable integer optimization to Zero/One/Ones.
121 Disable named reference string optimization.
123 Display compile times and statistics.
125 Preprocess only and create preprocessor output file (*.i).
127 Specify path/filename prefix for all output files.
129 Disable preprocessor.
131 Override table header Revision (1-255).
133 Create source file in assembler (*.asm).
135 Create source file in C (*.c).
137 Create offset table in C (*.offset.h).
138 .It Fl T Ar sig | ALL | *
139 Create table template file for ACPI
142 Create hex AML table in assembler (*.hex).
144 Create hex AML table in C (*.hex).
146 Create hex AML table in ASL (*.hex).
148 Display compiler version.
150 Disable all errors/warnings/remarks.
152 Report only errors (ignore warnings and remarks).
154 Less verbose errors and warnings for use with IDEs.
156 Enable optimization comments.
162 Create verbose template files (full disassembly).
164 Dump binary table data in hex format within output file.
165 .It Fl vw Ar message_id
166 Disable specific warning or remark.
167 .It Fl w1 | Fl w2 | Fl w3
168 Set warning reporting level.
170 Report warnings as errors.
172 Set debug level for trace output.
174 Do not insert new compiler ID for DataTables.
186 .Lk https://acpica.org/documentation/
188 .Lk https://acpica.org/sites/acpica/files/aslcompiler_5.pdf
192 utility is provided by
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