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1// /**\r
2//\r
d4d2fdf2 3// Copyright (c) 2016 - 2019, ARM Limited. All rights reserved.<BR>\r
56ba3746 4// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent\r
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5//\r
6// Module Name:\r
7//\r
8// UefiShellAcpiViewCommandLib.uni\r
9//\r
10// Abstract:\r
11//\r
12// String definitions for UEFI Shell acpiview command\r
13//\r
14//\r
15// */\r
16\r
17/=#\r
18\r
19#langdef en-US "english"\r
20\r
21#string STR_GEN_PROBLEM #language en-US "%H%s%N: Unknown flag - '%H%s%N'\r\n"\r
22#string STR_GEN_NO_VALUE #language en-US "%H%s%N: Missing argument for flag - '%H%s%N'\r\n"\r
23#string STR_GEN_TOO_MANY #language en-US "%H%s%N: Too many arguments.\r\n"\r
24#string STR_GEN_MISSING_OPTION #language en-US "%H%s%N: Missing option '%H%s%N' required by flag - '%H%s%N'\r\n"\r
25#string STR_GEN_READONLY_MEDIA #language en-US "%H%s%N: Unable to write to the current directory, check if media is writable.\r\n"\r
26\r
27#string STR_GET_HELP_ACPIVIEW #language en-US ""\r
28".TH acpiview 0 "Display ACPI information."\r\n"\r
29".SH NAME\r\n"\r
30"Display ACPI Table information.\r\n"\r
31".SH SYNOPSIS\r\n"\r
32" \r\n"\r
33"ACPIVIEW [[-?] | [[-l] | [-s AcpiTable [-d]]] [-c] [-v] [-h Highlight]]\r\n"\r
34" \r\n"\r
35".SH OPTIONS\r\n"\r
36" \r\n"\r
37" -l - Display list of installed ACPI Tables.\r\n"\r
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38" -s - Display only the specified AcpiTable type and only support single\r\n"\r
39" invocation option.\r\n"\r
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40" AcpiTable : The required ACPI Table type.\r\n"\r
41" -d - Generate a binary file dump of the specified AcpiTable.\r\n"\r
42" -c - Consistency checking (enabled by default).\r\n"\r
43" -v - Display verbose data (enabled by default).\r\n"\r
44" -h - Enable/Disable Colour Highlighting.\r\n"\r
45" Highlight : TRUE/ON enables highlighting;\r\n"\r
46" FALSE/OFF (default) disables highlighting.\r\n"\r
47" -? - Show help.\r\n"\r
48" \r\n"\r
49".SH DESCRIPTION\r\n"\r
50" \r\n"\r
51" This program is provided to allow examination of ACPI table values from the\r\n"\r
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52" UEFI Shell. This can help with investigations, especially at that stage\r\n"\r
53" where the tables are not enabling an OS to boot.\r\n"\r
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54" The program is not exhaustive, and only encapsulates detailed knowledge of a\r\n"\r
55" limited number of table types.\r\n"\r
56" \r\n"\r
57" Default behaviour is to display the content of all tables installed.\r\n"\r
58" 'Known' table types (listed in NOTES below) will be parsed and displayed\r\n"\r
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59" with descriptions and field values. Where appropriate a degree of\r\n"\r
60" consistency checking is done and errors may be reported in the output.\r\n"\r
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61" Other table types will be displayed as an array of Hexadecimal bytes.\r\n"\r
62" \r\n"\r
63" To facilitate debugging, the -s and -d options can be used to generate a\r\n"\r
64" binary file image of a table that can be copied elsewhere for investigation\r\n"\r
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65" using tools such as those provided by acpica.org. This is especially\r\n"\r
66" relevant for AML type tables like DSDT and SSDT.\r\n"\r
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67" \r\n"\r
68"NOTES:\r\n"\r
69" 1. The AcpiTable parameter can match any installed table type.\r\n"\r
70" Tables without specific handling will be displayed as a raw hex dump (or\r\n"\r
71" dumped to a file if -d is used).\r\n"\r
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72" 2. -s option supports to display the specified AcpiTable type that is present\r\n"\r
73" in the system. For normal type AcpiTable, it would display the data of the\r\n"\r
74" AcpiTable and AcpiTable header. The following type may contain header type\r\n"\r
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75" other than AcpiTable header. The actual header can refer to the ACPI spec\r\n"\r
76" 6.2\r\n"\r
b2a0a4ff 77" Extra A. Particular types:\r\n"\r
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78" APIC - Multiple APIC Description Table (MADT)\r\n"\r
79" BGRT - Boot Graphics Resource Table\r\n"\r
80" DBG2 - Debug Port Table 2\r\n"\r
b2a0a4ff 81" DSDT - Differentiated System Description Table\r\n"\r
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82" FACP - Fixed ACPI Description Table (FADT)\r\n"\r
83" GTDT - Generic Timer Description Table\r\n"\r
84" IORT - IO Remapping Table\r\n"\r
85" MCFG - Memory Mapped Config Space Base Address Description Table\r\n"\r
d4d2fdf2 86" PPTT - Processor Properties Topology Table\r\n"\r
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87" RSDP - Root System Description Pointer\r\n"\r
88" SLIT - System Locality Information Table\r\n"\r
89" SPCR - Serial Port Console Redirection Table\r\n"\r
90" SRAT - System Resource Affinity Table\r\n"\r
b2a0a4ff 91" SSDT - Secondary SystemDescription Table\r\n"\r
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92" XSDT - Extended System Description Table\r\n"\r
93" \r\n"\r
94".SH STANDARDS\r\n"\r
95" \r\n"\r
96" Table details correspond to those in 'Advanced Configuration and Power\r\n"\r
97" Interface Specification' Version 6.2 Errata A, [September 2017]\r\n"\r
98" (http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI%206_2_A_Sept29.pdf)\r\n"\r
99" \r\n"\r
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100" NOTE: The nature of the ACPI standard means that almost all tables in 6.1\r\n"\r
101" will be 'backwards compatible' with prior version of the specification\r\n"\r
102" in terms of structure, so formatted output should be correct. The main\r\n"\r
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103" exception will be that previously 'reserved' fields will be reported\r\n"\r
104" with new names, where they have been added in later versions of the\r\n"\r
105" specification.\r\n"\r
106" \r\n"\r
107".SH EXAMPLES\r\n"\r
108" \r\n"\r
109" \r\n"\r
110"EXAMPLES:\r\n"\r
111" * To display a list of the installed table types:\r\n"\r
112" fs0:\> acpiview -l\r\n"\r
113" \r\n"\r
114" * To parse and display a specific table type:\r\n"\r
115" fs0:\> acpiview -s GTDT\r\n"\r
116" \r\n"\r
117" * To save a binary dump of the contents of a table to a file\r\n"\r
118" in the current working directory:\r\n"\r
119" fs0:\> acpiview -s DSDT -d\r\n"\r
120" \r\n"\r
121" * To display contents of all ACPI tables:\r\n"\r
122" fs0:\> acpiview\r\n"\r
123" \r\n"\r
124".SH RETURNVALUES\r\n"\r
125" \r\n"\r
126"RETURN VALUES:\r\n"\r
127" SHELL_SUCCESS Data was displayed as requested.\r\n"\r
128" SHELL_INVALID_PARAMETER ACPI Table parsing failed.\r\n"\r
129" \r\n"\r
130\r