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31.Dd April 10, 2014
32.Dt IASL 8
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm iasl
36.Nd ACPI Source Language compiler, ACPI table compiler, and AML disassembler
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Ar option ...
40.Op Ar file ...
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The following options are supported:
43.Bl -tag -width indent
44.It Fl @ Ar file
45Specify command file.
46.It Fl bf
47Create debug file (full tree only) (*.txt).
48.It Fl bt
49Create debug file (parse tree only) (*.txt).
50.It Fl cr
51Disable Resource Descriptor error checking.
52.It Fl d Ar file1 Op Ar file2
53Disassemble or decode binary ACPI tables to file (*.dsl).
54The
55.Ar file2
56is optional, file type is automatically detected.
57.It Fl D Ar symbol
58Define symbol for preprocessor use.
59.It Fl da Ar file ...
60Disassemble multiple tables from single namespace.
61.It Fl db
62Do not translate Buffers to Resource Templates.
63.It Fl dc Ar file ...
64Disassemble AML and immediately compile it.
65Obtain the DSDT from the current system if no input file has it.
66.It Fl e Ar file ...
67Include ACPI table(s) for external symbol resolution.
68.It Fl f
69Ignore errors, force creation of AML output file(s).
70.It Fl fe Ar file
71Specify external symbol declaration file.
72.It Fl G
73Compile custom table that contains generic operators.
74.It Fl h
75Display the help message.
76.It Fl hc
77Display operators allowed in constant expressions.
78.It Fl hf
79Display help for output filename generation.
80.It Fl hr
81Display ACPI reserved method names.
82.It Fl ht
83Display currently supported ACPI table names.
84.It Fl I Ar directory
85Specify additional include directory.
86.It Fl ia
87Create include file in assembler (*.inc).
88.It Fl ic
89Create include file in C (*.h).
90.It Fl in
91Ignore NoOp opcodes.
92.It Fl in
93Ignore NoOp operators.
94.It Fl l
95Create mixed listing file (ASL source and AML) (*.lst).
96.It Fl li
97Create preprocessed output file (*.i).
98.It Fl ln
99Create namespace file (*.nsp).
100.It Fl ls
101Create combined source file (expanded includes) (*.src).
102.It Fl m Ar size
103Set internal line buffer size (in Kbytes).
104.It Fl n
105Parse only, no output generation.
106.It Fl oa
107Disable all optimizations (compatibility mode).
108.It Fl of
109Disable constant folding.
110.It Fl oi
111Disable integer optimization to Zero/One/Ones.
112.It Fl on
113Disable named reference string optimization.
114.It Fl ot
115Display compile times and statistics.
116.It Fl P
117Preprocess only and create preprocessor output file (*.i).
118.It Fl p Ar prefix
119Specify path/filename prefix for all output files.
120.It Fl Pn
121Disable preprocessor.
122.It Fl r Ar revision
123Override table header Revision (1-255).
124.It Fl sa
125Create source file in assembler (*.asm).
126.It Fl sc
127Create source file in C (*.c).
128.It Fl so
129Create offset table in C (*.offset.h).
130.It Fl T Ar sig | ALL | *
131Create table template file for ACPI
132.Ar sig .
133.It Fl ta
134Create hex AML table in assembler (*.hex).
135.It Fl tc
136Create hex AML table in C (*.hex).
137.It Fl ts
138Create hex AML table in ASL (*.hex).
139.It Fl v
140Display compiler version.
141.It Fl va
142Disable all errors/warnings/remarks.
143.It Fl ve
144Report only errors (ignore warnings and remarks).
145.It Fl vi
146Less verbose errors and warnings for use with IDEs.
147.It Fl vo
148Enable optimization comments.
149.It Fl vr
150Disable remarks.
151.It Fl vs
152Disable signon.
153.It Fl vt
154Create verbose template files (full disassembly).
155.It Fl vt
156Dump binary table data in hex format within output file.
157.It Fl vw Ar message_id
158Disable specific warning or remark.
159.It Fl w1 | Fl w2 | Fl w3
160Set warning reporting level.
161.It Fl we
162Report warnings as errors.
163.It Fl x Ar level
164Set debug level for trace output.
165.It Fl z
166Do not insert new compiler ID for DataTables.
167.El
168.Sh SEE ALSO
169.Xr acpi 4 ,
170.Xr acpibin 8 ,
171.Xr acpiconf 8 ,
172.Xr acpidump 8 ,
173.Xr acpiexec 8 ,
174.Xr acpihelp 8 ,
175.Xr acpinames 8 ,
176.Xr acpixtract 8
177.Pp
178.Lk https://acpica.org/documentation/
179.Pp
180.Lk https://acpica.org/sites/acpica/files/aslcompiler_5.pdf
181.Sh AUTHORS
182The
183.Nm
184utility is provided by
185.Tn Intel
186as part of their
187.Sy ACPICA
188distribution.
189.Pp
190This manual page was written by
191.An Sascha Wildner .
192