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.Dd May 29, 2020
.Dt ACPIEXEC 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm acpiexec
.Nd load ACPI tables and execute control methods from user space
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar option ...
.Ar aml_file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The following options are supported:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl b Ar \&"command_line\&"
Batch mode command line execution (cmd1;cmd2;...).
.It Fl da
Disable method abort on error.
.It Fl df
Disable Local fault handler.
.It Fl di
Disable execution of STA/INI methods during init.
.It Fl do
Disable Operation Region address simulation.
.It Fl dr
Disable repair of method return values.
.It Fl ds
Disable method auto-serialization.
.It Fl dt
Disable allocation tracking (performance).
.It Fl ed
Enable timer output for Debug Object.
.It Fl ef
Enable display of final memory statistics.
.It Fl ei
Enable additional tests for ACPICA interfaces.
.It Fl el
Enable loading of additional test tables.
.It Fl eo
Enable object evaluation log.
.It Fl es
Enable Interpreter Slack Mode.
.It Fl et
Enable debug semaphore timeout.
.It Fl fi Ar file
Specify namespace initialization file.
.It Fl fv Ar value
Operation Region initialization fill value.
.It Fl h
Display the help message.
.It Fl \&?
Alias for
.Fl h .
.It Fl l
Load tables and namespace only.
.It Fl m Op Ar method
Batch mode method execution.
The default method is
.Sy MAIN .
.It Fl r
Use hardware-reduced FADT V5.
.It Fl te
Exit loop on timeout instead of aborting method.
.It Fl to Ar seconds
Set timeout period for AML while loops.
.It Fl v
Display version information.
.It Fl va
Display verbose dump of any memory leaks.
.It Fl vd
Display build date and time.
.It Fl vh
Verbose exception handler output.
.It Fl vi
Verbose initialization output.
.It Fl vr
Verbose region handler output.
.It Fl x Ar debug_level
Debug output level.
.El
.Pp
From within the interactive mode, use
.Sq \&?
or
.Dq help
to see a list of available AML Debugger commands.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr acpi 4 ,
.Xr acpibin 8 ,
.Xr acpicall 8 ,
.Xr acpiconf 8 ,
.Xr acpidump 8 ,
.Xr acpihelp 8 ,
.Xr acpixtract 8 ,
.Xr iasl 8
.Pp
.Lk https://acpica.org/documentation/
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility is provided by
.Tn Intel
as part of their
.Sy ACPICA
distribution.
.Pp
This manual page was written by
.An Sascha Wildner .