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.TH ACPIEXEC 1 "January 23, 2013"
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.SH NAME
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acpiexec \- ACPI AML execution and debug utility
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B acpiexec
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.RI [ <option> ... ]
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.RI <aml-file>
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.B ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This manual page briefly documents the
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.B acpiexec
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command. The option list is taken from the acpiexec interactive help.
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.PP
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.B acpiexec
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provides a simulated execution environment for AML code so that it
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can be more easily tested and debugged.
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.PP
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Much more detailed documentation may be found at
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http://www.acpica.org/documentation/.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.PP
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.TP
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.B \-?
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Display the help message
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.TP
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.B \-b "command-line"
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Batch mode command line execution (cmd1;cmd2;...)
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.TP
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.B \-M [<method>]
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Batch mode method execution (Default: MAIN)
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.TP
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.B \-da
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Disable method abort on error
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.TP
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.B \-di
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Disable execution of _STA/_INI methods during init
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.TP
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.B \-do
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Disable Operation Region address simulation
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.TP
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.B \-dr
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Disable repair of method return values
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.TP
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.B \-dt
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Disable allocation tracking (performance)
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.TP
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.B \-ef
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Enable display of final memory statistics
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.TP
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.B \-ei
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Enable additional tests for ACPICA interfaces
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.TP
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.B \-em
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Enable interpreter Serialized mode
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.TP
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.B \-es
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Enable interpreter Slack mode
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.TP
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.B \-et
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Enable debug semaphore timeour
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.TP
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.B \-f <value>
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Operation Region initialization fill value
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.TP
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.B \-r
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Use hardware-reduced FADT V5
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.TP
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.B \-vi
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Verbose initialization output
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.TP
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.B \-vr
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Verbose region handler output
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.TP
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.B \-x <debug-level>
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Debug output level
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.SH AUTHOR
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acpiexec was written by Robert Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>.
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.PP
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This manual page was written by Al Stone <ahs3@redhat.com> for the
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Fedora project (but may be used by others).