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-.TH ACPIDUMP 8
-.SH NAME
-acpidump \- Dump system's ACPI tables to an ASCII file.
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.ft B
-.B acpidump > acpidump.out
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBacpidump \fP dumps the systems ACPI tables to an ASCII file
-appropriate for attaching to a bug report.
-
-Subsequently, they can be processed by utilities in the ACPICA package.
-.SS Options
-no options worth worrying about.
-.PP
-.SH EXAMPLE
-
-.nf
-# acpidump > acpidump.out
-
-$ acpixtract -a acpidump.out
- Acpi table [DSDT] - 15974 bytes written to DSDT.dat
- Acpi table [FACS] - 64 bytes written to FACS.dat
- Acpi table [FACP] - 116 bytes written to FACP.dat
- Acpi table [APIC] - 120 bytes written to APIC.dat
- Acpi table [MCFG] - 60 bytes written to MCFG.dat
- Acpi table [SSDT] - 444 bytes written to SSDT1.dat
- Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT2.dat
- Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT3.dat
- Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT4.dat
- Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT5.dat
- Acpi table [RSDT] - 76 bytes written to RSDT.dat
- Acpi table [RSDP] - 20 bytes written to RSDP.dat
-
-$ iasl -d *.dat
-...
-.fi
-creates *.dsl, a human readable form which can be edited
-and compiled using iasl.
-
-
-.SH NOTES
-
-.B "acpidump "
-must be run as root.
-
-.SH REFERENCES
-ACPICA: https://acpica.org/
-
-.SH FILES
-.ta
-.nf
-/dev/mem
-/sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic/*
-.fi
-
-.PP
-.SH AUTHOR
-.nf
-Written by Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>