Re: [PATCH] ShellPkg: Add acpiview tool to dump ACPI tables

[Evan Lloyd <Evan.Lloyd@arm.com>]

I've just submitted this patch from Sami.
It is a new version of his "AcpiView" updated in response to comments, and to match ACPI 6.2.
It also now matches ECR 1784 (for command line options).
The code can be seen at https://github.com/EvanLloyd/tianocore/tree/188_acpiview_v2
From https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=805, it can be added to edk2 (not staging).

Regards,
Evan

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> Subject: [edk2] [PATCH] ShellPkg: Add acpiview tool to dump ACPI tables
>
> From: Sami Mujawar <sami.mujawar@arm.com>
>
> This program is provided to allow examination of ACPI table contents
> from the UEFI Shell.  This can help with investigations, especially at
> that stage where the tables are not enabling an OS to boot.
> The program is not exhaustive, and only encapsulates detailed knowledge
> of a limited number of table types.
>
> Default behaviour is to display the content of all tables installed.
> 'Known' table types will be parsed and displayed with descriptions and
> field values.  Where appropriate a degree of consistency checking is
> done and errors may be reported in the output.
> Other table types will be displayed as an array of Hexadecimal bytes.
>
> To facilitate debugging, the -t and -b options can be used to generate a
> binary file image of a table that can be copied elsewhere for
> investigation using tools such as those provided by acpica.org.  This is
> especially relevant for AML type tables like DSDT and SSDT.
>
> The inspiration for this is the existing smbiosview Debug1 Shell
> command.
>
> Many tables are not explicitly handled, in part because no examples are
> available for our testing.
>
> The program is designed to be extended to new tables with minimal
> effort, and contributions are invited.
>
> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
> Signed-off-by: Sami Mujawar <sami.mujawar@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Evan Lloyd <evan.lloyd@arm.com>
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