> -----Original Message----- > From: Laszlo Ersek [mailto:ler...@redhat.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 9:17 AM > To: Moore, Robert; Josh Triplett > Cc: edk2-devel-01; qemu devel list; Michael Tsirkin; Igor Mammedov; Marcel > Apfelbaum; Paolo Bonzini; Shannon Zhao; Smith, Jonathan D; Jake Edge > Subject: Re: "Using Python to investigate EFI and ACPI" > > On 09/03/15 17:57, Moore, Robert wrote: > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Laszlo Ersek [mailto:ler...@redhat.com] > >> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 8:54 AM > >> To: Josh Triplett > >> Cc: edk2-devel-01; qemu devel list; Michael Tsirkin; Igor Mammedov; > >> Marcel Apfelbaum; Paolo Bonzini; Shannon Zhao; Moore, Robert; Smith, > >> Jonathan D; Jake Edge > >> Subject: Re: "Using Python to investigate EFI and ACPI" > >> > >> Another question: when you execute an AML method that does, say, IO > >> port access, does the AML interpreter of ACPICA actually *perform* > >> that IO port access? Because, the one that is embedded in Linux > >> obviously does, and the one that is embedded in the userspace ACPICA > >> command line utility "acpiexec" obviously doesn't. > > > > We have recently integrated the ACPICA AML debugger with the Linux > > kernel, and we have a userspace utility that allows communication with > the debugger. > > This allows the user to enter debugger commands such as "execute > > control method", and the commands are carried out by the kernel code > > -- thus talking to the actual hardware. > > ... Was it merged in commit c91c5b276b? The series at > <https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/8/24/921>? Or is that "only" a followup series > to the main work? > > Can you please provide a pointer to the userspace tool as well?
We've just got it working in the last few days. There are still a few issues to figure out, and we hope to release it in the next few weeks. Bob > > This thread is getting better and better. :) > > Thank you! > Laszlo
