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Update the man page for the -s flag and other changes that we've missed.

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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd August 16, 2004
.Dd October 4, 2004
.Dt ACPIDUMP 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl s
.Op Fl t
.Op Fl h
.Op Fl v
@ -65,10 +66,12 @@ power management support, and so on.
The
.Nm
utility can extract the DSDT data block from physical memory and store it into
a DSDT output file and optionally also disassemble it.
If Secondary System Description Table (SSDT) entries exist, then the DSDT
output file will include those tables.
Disassembly of the DSDT will also include SSDT tables, if such exist.
an output file and optionally also disassemble it.
If Secondary System Description Table
(SSDT)
entries exist, specifying the
.Fl s
option will include those tables in the output file and disassembly.
.Pp
When
.Nm
@ -98,6 +101,8 @@ utility dumps contents of the following tables:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -offset indent -width 12345 -compact
.It DSDT
.It ECDT
.It FACS
.It FADT
.It HPET
.It MADT
@ -123,6 +128,9 @@ The following options are supported by
Disassemble the DSDT into ASL using
.Xr iasl 8
and print the results to stdout.
.It Fl s
Dump any SSDTs by concatenating them with the DSDT.
The SSDTs are optional tables with the same format as the DSDT.
.It Fl t
Dump the contents of the various fixed tables listed above.
.It Fl h
@ -154,6 +162,11 @@ Verbose messages are enabled.
.Sh BUGS
The current implementation does not dump the BOOT structure or
other miscellaneous tables.
.Pp
There is currently no way to override SSDTs so dumping them only provides
information.
Overriding the DSDT with a custom version that also includes the contents of
SSDTs will result in multiple-definition errors.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/mem
.It Pa /dev/mem
@ -168,6 +181,7 @@ other miscellaneous tables.
.An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org
.An Mitsuru IWASAKI Aq iwasaki@FreeBSD.org
.An Yasuo YOKOYAMA Aq yokoyama@jp.FreeBSD.org
.An Nate Lawson Aq njl@FreeBSD.org
.Pp
.An -nosplit
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