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31.Dd August 7, 2003
32.Dt IASL 8
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm iasl
36.Nd Intel ACPI compiler/decompiler
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl cefghl
40.Op Fl b Ar type
41.Op Fl d Ar file
42.Op Fl dc Ar file
43.Op Fl hc
44.Op Fl hr
45.Op Fl i Ar type
46.Op Fl ln
47.Op Fl ls
48.Op Fl oa
49.Op Fl of
50.Op Fl oi
51.Op Fl on
52.Op Fl ot
53.Op Fl p Ar prefix
54.Op Fl s Ar type
55.Op Fl t Ar type
56.Op Fl vi
57.Op Fl vo
58.Op Fl vr
59.Op Fl vs
60.Op Fl x Ar level
61.Ar input-file
62.Sh DESCRIPTION
63The
64.Nm
65utility is a compiler/decompiler for ACPI Source Language (ASL)
66and ACPI Machine Language (AML).
67Major features of
68.Nm
69include:
70.Bl -bullet -offset indent
71.It
72Full support for the ACPI 2.0b Specification including ASL grammar
73elements and operators.
74.It
75Extensive compiler syntax and semantic error checking, especially in
76the area of control methods.
77This reduces the number of errors that are
78not discovered until the AML code is actually interpreted (i.e., the
79compile-time error checking reduces the number of run-time errors).
80.It
81Multiple types of output files, including formatted listing files with
82intermixed source, several types of AML files, and error messages.
83.El
84.Sh OPTIONS
85.Bl -tag -width indent
86.It Fl b Sm Cm p | t | b Sm
87Create compiler debug/trace file
88.Pq Pa *.txt .
89Types: Parse/Tree/Both.
90.It Fl c
91Parse only, no output generation.
92.It Fl d Ar file
93Disassemble AML to ASL source code file
94.Pq Pa *.dsl .
95.It Fl dc Ar file
96Disassemble AML and immediately compile it.
97(Obtain DSDT from current system if no input file.)
98.It Fl e
99Generate
100.Fn External
101statements for unresolved symbols.
102.It Fl f
103Ignore errors, force creation of AML output file(s).
104.It Fl g
105Get ACPI tables and write to files
106.Pq Pa *.dat .
107.It Fl h
108Additional help and compiler debug options.
109.It Fl hc
110Display operators allowed in constant expressions.
111.It Fl hr
112Display ACPI reserved method names.
113.It Fl i Sm Cm a | c Sm
114Create assembler or C include file
115.Pa ( *.inc
116or
117.Pa *.h ) .
118.It Fl l
119Create mixed listing file (ASL source and AML)
120.Pq Pa *.lst .
121.It Fl ln
122Create namespace file
123.Pq Pa *.nsp .
124.It Fl ls
125Create combined source file (expanded includes)
126.Pq Pa *.src .
127.It Fl oa
128Disable all optimizations (compatibility mode).
129.It Fl of
130Disable constant folding.
131.It Fl oi
132Disable integer optimization to Zero/One/Ones.
133.It Fl on
134Disable named reference string optimization.
135.It Fl ot
136Display compile times.
137.It Fl p Ar prefix
138Specify filename prefix for all output files (including
139.Pa .aml ) .
140.It Fl s Sm Cm a | c Sm
141Create AML in assembler or C source file
142.Pa ( *.asm
143or
144.Pa *.c ) .
145.It Fl t Ar a|c
146Create AML in assembler or C hex table
147.Pq Pa *.hex .
148.It Fl vi
149Less verbose errors and warnings for use with IDEs.
150.It Fl vo
151Enable optimization comments.
152.It Fl vr
153Disable remarks.
154.It Fl vs
155Disable signon.
156.It Fl x Ar level
157Set debug level for trace output.
158.El
159.Sh SEE ALSO
160.Xr acpi 4 ,
161.Xr acpidump 8
162.Sh HISTORY
163The
164.Nm
165utility is provided with Intel ACPI-CA.
166It first appeared in
167.Fx 5.2 .
168.Sh AUTHORS
169.An -nosplit
170The
171.Nm
172utility was written by
173.An Intel .
174This manual page was written by
175.An Nate Lawson .
176