#1144404 acpica-tools: Add missing options to iasl.1

Package:
acpica-tools
Source:
acpica-tools
Description:
ACPICA tools for the development and debug of ACPI tables
Submitter:
Kevin Locke
Date:
2026-08-14 16:23:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1144404#5
Date:
2026-08-14 16:20:35 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

There are several options supported by iasl version 20260408 which are
not documented in the iasl.1 manual page:

  -bc                 Create converter debug file (*.cdb)
  -bs                 Create debug file (parse tree only) (*.txt)
  -ca <file>          Convert legacy-ASL source file to new ASL+ file
  -df                 Force disassembler to assume table contains valid AML
  -dl                 Emit legacy ASL code only (no C-style operators)
  -ds <signature(4)>  Specify a table signature(4) (CDAT table only)
  -fe <file>          Specify external symbol declaration file
  -hd                 Info for obtaining and disassembling binary ACPI tables
  -ia                 Create include file in assembler for -sa symbols (*.inc)
  -ic                 Create include file in C for -sc symbols (*.h)
  -ld                 Disable deterministic output
  -lm                 Create hardware summary map file (*.map)
  -lx                 Create cross-reference file (*.xrf)
  -m <size>           Set internal line buffer size (in Kbytes)
  -oc                 Display compile times and statistics
  -ot                 Disable typechecking
  -sa                 Create named hex AML arrays in assembler (*.asm)
  -sc                 Create named hex AML arrays in C (*.c)
  -so                 Create namespace AML offset table in C (*.offset.h)
  -ta                 Create hex AML table in assembler (*.hex)
  -tc                 Create hex AML table in C (*.hex)
  -tp                 Compile tables with flex/bison prototype
  -ts                 Create hex AML table in ASL (Buffer object) (*.hex)
  -vd                 Display compiler build date and time
  -ve                 Report only errors (ignore warnings and remarks)
  -vw <messageid>     Ignore specific error, warning or remark
  -vx <messageid>     Expect a specific warning, remark, or error
  -ww <messageid>     Report specific warning or remark as error

Note that `-ot` is currently documented as "Display compiles times and
statistics", which is now `-oc` with `-ot` being "Disable
typechecking".

It would be great if the manual page could be updated to include
these.  I'm attaching a patch which does so.

Thanks,
Kevin