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authorcinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2013-11-10 21:26:11 +0100
committercinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2013-11-10 21:26:11 +0100
commit235e06c9881459dc6d38f8639e4d2208a7ec10b8 (patch)
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parenta76d0bf6c50f31c8349afa5d4f1149789cd4bed5 (diff)
arch(3), aml(2): document /dev/acpitbls file
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diff --git a/sys/man/3/arch b/sys/man/3/arch
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@@ -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