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/******************************************************************************
*
* Module Name: aslhelp - iASL help screens
*
*****************************************************************************/
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#include "aslcompiler.h"
#include "acapps.h"
#define _COMPONENT ACPI_COMPILER
ACPI_MODULE_NAME ("aslhelp")
/*******************************************************************************
*
* FUNCTION: Usage
*
* PARAMETERS: None
*
* RETURN: None
*
* DESCRIPTION: Display option help message.
* Optional items in square brackets.
*
******************************************************************************/
void
Usage (
void)
{
printf (ACPI_COMMON_SIGNON (ASL_COMPILER_NAME));
printf ("%s\n\n", ASL_COMPLIANCE);
ACPI_USAGE_HEADER ("iasl [Options] [Files]");
printf ("\nGeneral:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-@ <file>", "Specify command file");
ACPI_OPTION ("-I <dir>", "Specify additional include directory");
ACPI_OPTION ("-p <prefix>", "Specify path/filename prefix for all output files");
ACPI_OPTION ("-v", "Display compiler version");
ACPI_OPTION ("-vd", "Display compiler build date and time");
ACPI_OPTION ("-vo", "Enable optimization comments");
ACPI_OPTION ("-vs", "Disable signon");
printf ("\nHelp:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-h", "This message");
ACPI_OPTION ("-hc", "Display operators allowed in constant expressions");
ACPI_OPTION ("-hd", "Info for obtaining and disassembling binary ACPI tables");
ACPI_OPTION ("-hf", "Display help for output filename generation");
ACPI_OPTION ("-hr", "Display ACPI reserved method names");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ht", "Display currently supported ACPI table names");
printf ("\nPreprocessor:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-D <symbol>", "Define symbol for preprocessor use");
ACPI_OPTION ("-li", "Create preprocessed output file (*.i)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-P", "Preprocess only and create preprocessor output file (*.i)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-Pn", "Disable preprocessor");
printf ("\nErrors, Warnings, and Remarks:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-va", "Disable all errors/warnings/remarks");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ve", "Report only errors (ignore warnings and remarks)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-vi", "Less verbose errors and warnings for use with IDEs");
ACPI_OPTION ("-vr", "Disable remarks");
ACPI_OPTION ("-vw <messageid>", "Ignore specific error, warning or remark");
ACPI_OPTION ("-vx <messageid>", "Expect a specific warning, remark, or error");
ACPI_OPTION ("-w <1|2|3>", "Set warning reporting level");
ACPI_OPTION ("-we", "Report warnings as errors");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ww <messageid>", "Report specific warning or remark as error");
printf ("\nAML Bytecode Generation (*.aml):\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-oa", "Disable all optimizations (compatibility mode)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-of", "Disable constant folding");
ACPI_OPTION ("-oi", "Disable integer optimization to Zero/One/Ones");
ACPI_OPTION ("-on", "Disable named reference string optimization");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ot", "Disable typechecking");
ACPI_OPTION ("-cr", "Disable Resource Descriptor error checking");
ACPI_OPTION ("-in", "Ignore NoOp operators");
ACPI_OPTION ("-r <revision>", "Override table header Revision (1-255)");
printf ("\nListings:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-l", "Create mixed listing file (ASL source and AML) (*.lst)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-lm", "Create hardware summary map file (*.map)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ln", "Create namespace file (*.nsp)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ls", "Create combined source file (expanded includes) (*.src)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-lx", "Create cross-reference file (*.xrf)");
printf ("\nFirmware Support - C Text Output:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-tc", "Create hex AML table in C (*.hex)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-sc", "Create named hex AML arrays in C (*.c)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ic", "Create include file in C for -sc symbols (*.h)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-so", "Create namespace AML offset table in C (*.offset.h)");
printf ("\nFirmware Support - Assembler Text Output:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ta", "Create hex AML table in assembler (*.hex)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-sa", "Create named hex AML arrays in assembler (*.asm)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ia", "Create include file in assembler for -sa symbols (*.inc)");
printf ("\nFirmware Support - ASL Text Output:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ts", "Create hex AML table in ASL (Buffer object) (*.hex)");
printf ("\nLegacy-ASL to ASL+ Converter:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-ca <file>", "Convert legacy-ASL source file to new ASL+ file");
ACPI_OPTION ("", " (Original comments are passed through to ASL+ file)");
printf ("\nData Table Compiler:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-tp", "Compile tables with flex/bison prototype");
ACPI_OPTION ("-G", "Compile custom table that contains generic operators");
ACPI_OPTION ("-T <sig list>|ALL", "Create ACPI table template/example files");
ACPI_OPTION ("-T <count>", "Emit DSDT and <count> SSDTs to same file");
ACPI_OPTION ("-vt", "Create verbose template files (full disassembly)");
printf ("\nAML Disassembler:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-d <f1 f2 ...>", "Disassemble or decode binary ACPI tables to file (*.dsl)");
ACPI_OPTION ("", " (Optional, file type is automatically detected)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-da <f1 f2 ...>", "Disassemble multiple tables from single namespace");
ACPI_OPTION ("-db", "Do not translate Buffers to Resource Templates");
ACPI_OPTION ("-dc <f1 f2 ...>", "Disassemble AML and immediately compile it");
ACPI_OPTION ("", " (Obtain DSDT from current system if no input file)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-df", "Force disassembler to assume table contains valid AML");
ACPI_OPTION ("-dl", "Emit legacy ASL code only (no C-style operators)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-e <f1 f2 ...>", "Include ACPI table(s) for external symbol resolution");
ACPI_OPTION ("-fe <file>", "Specify external symbol declaration file");
ACPI_OPTION ("-in", "Ignore NoOp opcodes");
ACPI_OPTION ("-l", "Disassemble to mixed ASL and AML code");
ACPI_OPTION ("-vt", "Dump binary table data in hex format within output file");
printf ("\nDebug Options:\n");
ACPI_OPTION ("-bc", "Create converter debug file (*.cdb)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-bf", "Create debug file (full output) (*.txt)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-bs", "Create debug file (parse tree only) (*.txt)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-bp <depth>", "Prune ASL parse tree");
ACPI_OPTION ("-bt <type>", "Object type to be pruned from the parse tree");
ACPI_OPTION ("-f", "Ignore errors, force creation of AML output file(s)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-m <size>", "Set internal line buffer size (in Kbytes)");
ACPI_OPTION ("-n", "Parse only, no output generation");
ACPI_OPTION ("-oc", "Display compile times and statistics");
ACPI_OPTION ("-x <level>", "Set debug level for trace output");
ACPI_OPTION ("-z", "Do not insert new compiler ID for DataTables");
}
/*******************************************************************************
*
* FUNCTION: FilenameHelp
*
* PARAMETERS: None
*
* RETURN: None
*
* DESCRIPTION: Display help message for output filename generation
*
******************************************************************************/
void
AslFilenameHelp (
void)
{
printf ("\nAML output filename generation:\n");
printf (" Output filenames are generated by appending an extension to a common\n");
printf (" filename prefix. The filename prefix is obtained via one of the\n");
printf (" following methods (in priority order):\n");
printf (" 1) The -p option specifies the prefix\n");
printf (" 2) The prefix of the AMLFileName in the ASL Definition Block\n");
printf (" 3) The prefix of the input filename\n");
printf ("\n");
}
/*******************************************************************************
*
* FUNCTION: AslDisassemblyHelp
*
* PARAMETERS: None
*
* RETURN: None
*
* DESCRIPTION: Display help message for obtaining and disassembling AML/ASL
* files.
*
******************************************************************************/
void
AslDisassemblyHelp (
void)
{
printf ("\nObtaining binary ACPI tables and disassembling to ASL source code.\n\n");
printf ("Use the following ACPICA toolchain:\n");
printf (" AcpiDump: Dump all ACPI tables to a hex ascii file\n");
printf (" AcpiXtract: Extract one or more binary ACPI tables from AcpiDump output\n");
printf (" iASL -d <file>: Disassemble a binary ACPI table to ASL source code\n");
printf ("\n");
}