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diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 09557750848a..000000000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,137 +0,0 @@ -Makefiles for tool generation from the unix tarball ---------------------------------------------------- - -These makefiles are intended to generate the ACPICA utilities in -a Linux or Unix-like environment, from the ACPICA source code -as released in the unix tarball. - -Windows binary versions of these tools are available at: - -http://www.acpica.org/downloads/binary_tools.php - -Documentation is available at acpica.org: - -http://www.acpica.org/documentation/ - -The acpica/source/tools directory contains the following utilities. -Note: These utilities are tested and supported in both 32-bit -and 64-bit versions. - -acpibin -acpiexec -acpihelp -acpinames -acpisrc -acpixtract -iasl - - -Requirements ------------- - -make -gcc compiler (4+) -bison or yacc -flex or lex - - -Configuration -------------- - -The Makefiles contain this configuration information: - -HOST = _LINUX /* Host system, must appear in acenv.h */ -CC = gcc /* C compiler */ - - -1) acpibin, an AML file tool - -acpibin compares AML files, dumps AML binary files to text files, -extracts binary AML from text files, and other AML file -manipulation. - -To compile: - -cd acpica/source/tools/acpibin -make -make install /* install the binary to /usr/bin */ - - -2) acpiexec, a user-space AML interpreter - -acpiexec allows the loading of ACPI tables and execution of control -methods from user space. Useful for debugging AML code and testing -the AML interpreter. Hardware access is simulated. - -To compile: - -cd acpica/source/tools/acpiexec -make -make install /* install the binary to /usr/bin */ - - -3) acpihelp, syntax help for ASL operators and reserved names - -acpihelp displays the syntax for all of the ASL operators, as well -as information about the ASL/ACPI reserved names (4-char names that -start with underscore.) - -To compile: - -cd acpica/source/tools/acpihelp -make -make install /* install the binary to /usr/bin */ - - -4) acpinames, load and dump acpi namespace - -acpinames loads an ACPI namespace from a binary ACPI table file. -This is a smaller version of acpiexec that loads an acpi table and -dumps the resulting namespace. It is primarily intended to demonstrate -the configurability of ACPICA. - -To compile: - -cd acpica/source/tools/acpinames -make -make install /* install the binary to /usr/bin */ - - -5) acpisrc, a source code conversion tool - -acpisrc converts the standard form of the acpica source release (included -here) into a version that meets Linux coding guidelines. This consists -mainly of performing a series of string replacements and transformations -to the code. It can also be used to clean the acpica source and generate -statistics. - -To compile: - -cd acpica/source/tools/acpisrc -make -make install /* install the binary to /usr/bin */ - - -6) acpixtract, extract binary ACPI tables from an acpidump - -acpixtract is used to extract binary ACPI tables from the ASCII text -output of an acpidump utility (available on several different hosts.) - -To compile: - -cd acpica/source/tools/acpixtract -make -make install /* install the binary to /usr/bin */ - - -7) iasl, an optimizing ASL compiler/disassembler - -iasl compiles ASL (ACPI Source Language) into AML (ACPI Machine -Language). This AML is suitable for inclusion as a DSDT in system -firmware. It also can disassemble AML, for debugging purposes. - -To compile: - -cd acpica/source/compiler -make -make install /* install the binary to /usr/bin */ |