diff --git a/generate/linux/README.acpica-unix b/generate/linux/README.acpica-unix index d5f355306..8b6f3ea90 100644 --- a/generate/linux/README.acpica-unix +++ b/generate/linux/README.acpica-unix @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ acpica-unix This source release includes: + 1) a cross-OS AML interpreter This is intended to allow commercial and open source operating systems @@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ this, so later versions can also be incorporated easily. Please see the documentation on the website for API and other implementation information. + 2) iasl, an ASL compiler/decompiler iasl compiles ASL (ACPI Source Language) into AML (ACPI Machine @@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ environments. Run 'iasl -h' for more information, or download the binary version for documentation in PDF format. + 3) acpisrc, a source code conversion tool acpisrc converts the standard form of the acpica source release (included @@ -48,4 +51,29 @@ make It has been compiled on Linux, but should easily port to other Unix environments. + +4) acpibin, an AML file tool + +acpibin compares AML files, dumps AML binary files to text files, +extracts binary AML from text files, and other AML file +manipulation. + +To compile: + +cd tools/acpibin +make + + +5) acpiexec, a user-space AML interpreter + +acpiexec allows the loading of ACPI tables and execution of control +methods from user space. Useful for debugging AML code and testing +the AML interpreter. + +To compile: + +cd tools/acpiexec +make + + Thanks -- The ACPI CA Team