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| author | cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net> | 2013-11-10 21:26:11 +0100 |
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| committer | cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net> | 2013-11-10 21:26:11 +0100 |
| commit | 235e06c9881459dc6d38f8639e4d2208a7ec10b8 (patch) | |
| tree | 4d3a0b0ae2986f15e55946c0a3e13961364b0a96 | |
| parent | a76d0bf6c50f31c8349afa5d4f1149789cd4bed5 (diff) | |
arch(3), aml(2): document /dev/acpitbls file
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/man/2/aml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/man/3/arch | 9 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/2/aml b/sys/man/2/aml index 8849ef24c..d6d58d44d 100644 --- a/sys/man/2/aml +++ b/sys/man/2/aml @@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ definition block of .I len byte size read from .IR data . +The pc kernel provides access to the ACPI tables through the +.B /dev/acpitbls +file (see +.IR arch (3) +for further details). .TP .BI amltag( p ) Objects are dynamically allocated and typed and are passed as @@ -278,3 +283,5 @@ defined in for dynamic allocation. .SH SOURCE .B /sys/src/libaml +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR arch (3) diff --git a/sys/man/3/arch b/sys/man/3/arch index 413ef9d08..eaef3e6b1 100644 --- a/sys/man/3/arch +++ b/sys/man/3/arch @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ arch \- architecture-specific information and control .nf .B bind -a #P /dev .sp 0.3v +.B /dev/acpitbls .B /dev/archctl .B /dev/cputype .B /dev/ioalloc @@ -126,6 +127,14 @@ file descriptor. Reads and writes to .I msr go to the P4/P6/Core/Core2/AMD64 MSRs. +.PP +Reads from +.I acpitbls +returns a concatenation of system ACPI tables. Each table +is prefixed with a fixed size header that gives the name +sigature and size of the table (see section +.IR "5.2.6 System Description Table Header" +in the ACPI specification). .SH EXAMPLE The following code reads from an x86 byte I/O port. .IP |