ref: 1f7d5f6d8c76142f9d5865749f40865a4d917f3f
parent: 53f7d48519864990f8d1ed9e034ae1aec2c50124
author: cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>
date: Sun Nov 10 13:58:00 EST 2013
aml(2): tabelize by function, move hardware linkage on separate page
--- a/sys/man/2/aml
+++ b/sys/man/2/aml
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
.SH DESCRIPTION
The aml library implements an interpreter for the ACPI machine language
byte code.
-.PP
+.TP
+\f5amlinit() \f5amlexit()
The interpreter runtime state is initialized by calling
.I amlinit
and frees all the resources when
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@
namespace. The name object referred to by
.I amlroot
is the root of that namespace.
-.PP
+.TP
+.BI amlload( data , len )
.I Amlload
populates the namespace with objects parsed from the
definition block of
@@ -50,7 +52,8 @@
.I len
byte size read from
.IR data .
-.PP
+.TP
+.BI amltag( p )
Objects are dynamically allocated and typed and are passed as
.B void*
pointers. The type tag of an object can be determined with the
@@ -71,20 +74,18 @@
* R void* reference
*/
.EE
-.PP
-Name objects (like
-.IR amlroot )
-can be traversed with the
-.I amlenum
-and
-.I amlwalk
-functions. The
-.I amlwalk
-function
-takes a path string (relative or absolute)
+.TP
+.BI amlwalk( dot , name )
+.I Amlwalk
+takes a path string (relative to
+.IR dot )
+in
+.I name
and returns the final name object of the walk; or
.B nil
if not found.
+.TP
+\f5amlenum(\fIdot\f5,\fIseg\f5,\fIproc\f5,\fIarg\f5)
.I Amlenum
recursively enumerates all child name objects of
.I dot
@@ -102,13 +103,15 @@
.I proc
returns zero, enumeration will continue recursively down
for the current dot.
-.PP
+.TP
+.BI amlval( p )
.I Amlval
returns the value of a name, reference or field object.
Calling
.I amlval
on any other object yields the same object.
-.PP
+.TP
+.BI amllen( p )
.I Amllen
is defined for variable length objects like buffers, strings and packages.
For strings, the number of characters (not including the terminating null byte)
@@ -115,12 +118,14 @@
is returned. For buffers, the size of the buffer in bytes is returned.
For packages (arrays), the number of elements is returned. For any other
object types, the return value is undefined.
-.PP
+.TP
+.BI amlint( p )
.I Amlint
returns the integer value of an object. For strings, the string is interpreted
as an hexadecimal number. For buffers and buffer fields, the binary value is returned.
Integers just return their value. Any other object types yield zero.
-.PP
+.TP
+.BI amlnew( tag , len )
Integer, buffer, string and package objects can be created with the
.I amlnew
function. The
@@ -130,7 +135,8 @@
parameter is the same as in
.I amllen
(see above).
-.PP
+.TP
+\f5amleval(\fIdot\f5,\fIfmt\f5,\fI...\f5)
.I Amleval
evaluates the name object
.IR dot .
@@ -168,7 +174,8 @@
object location. When the last parameter is
.B nil
the result is discarded.
-.PP
+.TP
+\f5amltake(\fIp\f5) \f5amldrop(\fIp\f5)
Objects returned by
.IR amlval ,
.I amleval
@@ -182,45 +189,28 @@
needs be called.
Objects stay valid as long as they are reachable from
.IR amlroot .
+.bp
.PP
-.EX
-extern void* amlalloc(int);
-extern void amlfree(void*);
-.EE
-.PP
-.I Amlalloc
-and
-.I amlfree
-can be optionally defined to control dynamic memory allocation
-providing a way to limit or pool the memory allocated by acpi.
-If not provided, the library will use the functions
-defined in
-.IR malloc (2)
-for dynamic allocation.
-.PP
The aml library can be linked into userspace programs and
-and the kernel which have different means of hardware access.
+and the kernel which have different means of hardware access
+and memory constraints.
.PP
-.EX
-extern void amldelay(int);
-.EE
-.PP
-.I Amldelay
-is called by the interpreter with the number of microseconds it
-needs to wait.
-.PP
-.EX
-extern int amlmapio(Amlio *io);
-extern void amlunmapio(Amlio *io);
-.EE
-.PP
-The interpreter calls
-.I amlmapio
-with a
+The
.I Amlio
-data structure that needs be filled out.
-.PP
+data structure defines access to a hardware space.
.EX
+
+enum {+ MemSpace = 0x00,
+ IoSpace = 0x01,
+ PcicfgSpace = 0x02,
+ EbctlSpace = 0x03,
+ SmbusSpace = 0x04,
+ CmosSpace = 0x05,
+ PcibarSpace = 0x06,
+ IpmiSpace = 0x07,
+};
+
typedef struct Amlio Amlio;
struct Amlio
{@@ -234,8 +224,8 @@
int (*read)(Amlio *io, void *data, int len, int off);
int (*write)(Amlio *io, void *data, int len, int off);
};
+
.EE
-.PP
The
members
.IR space ,
@@ -260,19 +250,31 @@
resources to the I/O region and allows it to free these resources
on
.IR amlunmapio .
-.PP
-The following region types are defined by ACPI:
-.EX
-enum {- MemSpace = 0x00,
- IoSpace = 0x01,
- PcicfgSpace = 0x02,
- EbctlSpace = 0x03,
- SmbusSpace = 0x04,
- CmosSpace = 0x05,
- PcibarSpace = 0x06,
- IpmiSpace = 0x07,
-};
-.EE
+.TP
+\f5amlmapio(\fIio\f5) \f5amlunmapio(\fIio\f5)
+The interpreter calls
+.I amlmapio
+with a
+.I Amlio
+data structure that is to be filled out. When finished, the
+interpreter calls
+.I amlunmapio
+with the same data structure to allow freeing resources.
+.TP
+.BI amldelay( µs )
+.I Amldelay
+is called by the interpreter with the number of microseconds
+to sleep.
+.TP
+\f5amlalloc(\fIn\f5) \f5amlfree(\fIp\f5)
+.I Amlalloc
+and
+.I amlfree
+can be optionally defined to control dynamic memory allocation
+providing a way to limit or pool the memory allocated by acpi.
+If not provided, the library will use the functions
+defined in
+.IR malloc (2)
+for dynamic allocation.
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/libaml
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