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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-06-03 22:29:50 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-06-03 22:29:50 +0000
commitf5392f2871f5e8568a104dea0fe20a11ed355514 (patch)
tree3b56bbd0e9205585b8137a77508ab231046472bc /usr.sbin
parent30332b58b308ab6ba5f27c82848c59bee2e4eece (diff)
various tweaks;
ok tholo@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/acpid/acpid.88
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/acpidump/acpidump.8101
2 files changed, 55 insertions, 54 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/acpid/acpid.8 b/usr.sbin/acpid/acpid.8
index 99343062685..fd0ec874f73 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/acpid/acpid.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/acpid/acpid.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: acpid.8,v 1.1 2005/06/02 20:09:39 tholo Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: acpid.8,v 1.2 2005/06/03 22:29:48 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Thorsten Lockert <tholo@sigmasoft.com>
.\"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
monitors the advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) device,
-acting of signaled events.
+acting on signaled events.
For suspend and poweroff request events delivered by the BIOS,
.Nm
runs the appropriate program (if one exists).
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ for execution by the
function.
If you wish to have the same program or script control all transitions, it
may determine which transition is in progress by examining its
-.Va argv[0]
-which is set to one of
+.Va argv[0] ,
+which should be set to one of
.Ar suspend
and
.Ar powerdown .
diff --git a/usr.sbin/acpidump/acpidump.8 b/usr.sbin/acpidump/acpidump.8
index bf235989f9e..c1fd21dde4a 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/acpidump/acpidump.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/acpidump/acpidump.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: acpidump.8,v 1.1 2005/06/02 20:09:39 tholo Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: acpidump.8,v 1.2 2005/06/03 22:29:49 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>
.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@FreeBSD.org>
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@
.Nd dump ACPI tables
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Nm
-.Op Fl o Ar dsdt_file_for_output
+.Op Fl h
.Nm
.Op Fl f Ar dsdt_file_for_input
+.Nm
+.Op Fl o Ar dsdt_file_for_output
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
@@ -55,19 +56,20 @@ and dump them in ASL
ACPI tables have an notably essential data block called DSDT
(Differentiated System Description Table),
that includes information used on the kernel side such as
-detail information about PnP hardware, procedures for controlling
-a power management support and so on.
+detailed information about PnP hardware, procedures for controlling
+power management support, and so on.
.Nm
can extract a DSDT data block from physical memory and store it into
-a DSDT data file, and also can generate an output in ASL
+a DSDT data file, and can also generate an output in ASL
from a given DSDT data file.
.Pp
When
.Nm
-is invoked with no option, it will search ACPI tables from physical
+is invoked with no options, it will search ACPI tables from physical
memory via a special file
.Pa /dev/mem
-and dump them. First, it searches Root System Description Pointer,
+and dump them.
+First, it searches Root System Description Pointer,
that has a signature
.Qq RSD PTR\ \& ,
and then gets RSDT
@@ -79,10 +81,10 @@ called SDT
(System Description Table)
and their header has the common format which consists of items
such as Signature, Length, Revision, Checksum, OEMID, OEM Table ID,
-OEM Revision, Creator ID and Creator Revision.
+OEM Revision, Creator ID, and Creator Revision.
.Nm
-dumps contents of these SDTs.
-For further information about formats of each table,
+dumps the contents of these SDTs.
+For further information about the formats of each table,
see chapter 5: ACPI Software Programming Model,
.Dq Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification Revision 1.0b
from Intel/Microsoft/Toshiba.
@@ -94,14 +96,14 @@ FACP defines static system information about power management support
such as interrupt mode
(INT_MODEL),
SCI interrupt number, SMI command port
-(SMI_CMD)
-and location of ACPI registers.
+(SMI_CMD),
+and the location of ACPI registers.
FACP also has a pointer to a physical memory address for DSDT,
which includes information used on the kernel side such as
-PnP, power management support and so on.
-While the other tables are described in fixed format,
-DSDT consists of AML data which compiled from sources
-written in free formated ASL, description language for ACPI.
+PnP, power management support, and so on.
+While the other tables are described in a fixed format,
+DSDT consists of AML data which is compiled from sources
+written in free formatted ASL, a description language for ACPI.
When
.Nm
outputs DSDT, it disassembles the AML data and
@@ -110,61 +112,60 @@ translates them into ASL.
The following options are supported by
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width indent
-.It Fl o Ar dsdt_file_for_output
-Stores DSDT data block from physical memory into a file specified in
-.Ar dsdt_file_for_output
-in addition to behavior with no option.
.It Fl f Ar dsdt_file_for_input
-Interprets AML data in DSDT from a file specified in
+Interpret AML data in DSDT from a file specified in
.Ar dsdt_file_for_input
and dumps them in ASL to standard output.
.It Fl h
-Displays usage and exit.
+Display usage and exit.
+.It Fl o Ar dsdt_file_for_output
+Store DSDT data block from physical memory into a file specified in
+.Ar dsdt_file_for_output
+in addition to behavior with no option.
.El
-.Sh EXAMPLES
-This is an example to get a dump of SDTs and a DSDT data file
-simultaneously on a machine that supports ACPI BIOS.
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-# acpidump -o foo.dsdt > foo.asl
-.Ed
-.Sh BUGS
-In the current implementation,
-.Nm
-doesn't dump any information of Firmware ACPI Control Structure
-(FACS)
-specified by a pointer in FACP.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/mem
.It Pa /dev/mem
.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+This is an example to get a dump of SDTs and a DSDT data file
+simultaneously on a machine that supports ACPI BIOS:
+.Pp
+.Dl # acpidump -o foo.dsdt \*(Gt foo.asl
.Sh SEE ALSO
.\" .Xr acpi 4 ,
.Xr mem 4 ,
.\" .Xr acpiconf 8 ,
-..\" Xr amldb 8
-.Pp
-.Dq Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification
-.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
-Intel
-Microsoft
-Toshiba
-Revision 1.0b
-.Ed
-<URL:http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/>
+.Xr acpid 8
+.\" Xr amldb 8
+.Rs
+.%T Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification
+.%A Intel
+.%A Microsoft
+.%A Toshiba
+.%R Revision 1.0b
+.%O http://www.teleport.com/~acpi/
+.Re
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command first appeared in
+.Ox 3.8 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org
.An Mitsuru IWASAKI Aq iwasaki@FreeBSD.org
.An Yasuo YOKOYAMA Aq yokoyama@jp.FreeBSD.org
.Pp
-Some contributions made by
+Some contributions made by:
.An Chitoshi Ohsawa Aq ohsawa@catv1.ccn-net.ne.jp ,
.An Takayasu IWANASHI Aq takayasu@wendy.a.perfect-liberty.or.jp ,
.An Yoshihiko SARUMARU Aq mistral@imasy.or.jp ,
.An Hiroki Sato Aq hrs@FreeBSD.org ,
and
.An Michael Lucas Aq mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org .
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
+.Sh BUGS
+In the current implementation,
.Nm
-command appeared in
-.Fx 5.0 .
+doesn't dump any information of Firmware ACPI Control Structure
+(FACS)
+specified by a pointer in FACP.