4 This source release includes:
7 1) a cross-OS AML interpreter
9 This is intended to allow commercial and open source operating systems
10 to be enabled for ACPI. OS specific code is still needed, but the
11 AML interpreter should greatly improve the development speed of ACPI
14 The AML interpreter source should be integrated into the kernel's
15 build process. We recommend establishing an automated method for
16 this, so later versions can also be incorporated easily. Please see
17 the documentation on the website for API and other implementation
21 2) iasl, an ASL compiler/decompiler
23 iasl compiles ASL (ACPI Source Language) into AML (ACPI Machine
24 Language). This AML is suitable for inclusion as a DSDT in system
25 firmware. It also can disassemble AML, for debugging purposes.
32 It has been compiled on Linux, but should easily port to other Unix
35 Run 'iasl -h' for more information, or download the binary version for
36 documentation in PDF format.
39 3) acpisrc, a source code conversion tool
41 acpisrc converts the standard form of the acpica source release (included
42 here) into a version that meets Linux coding guidelines. This consists
43 mainly of performing a series of string replacements and transformations
51 It has been compiled on Linux, but should easily port to other Unix
55 4) acpibin, an AML file tool
57 acpibin compares AML files, dumps AML binary files to text files,
58 extracts binary AML from text files, and other AML file
67 5) acpiexec, a user-space AML interpreter
69 acpiexec allows the loading of ACPI tables and execution of control
70 methods from user space. Useful for debugging AML code and testing
79 Thanks -- The ACPI CA Team