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ACPI Module Tester
==================

Table of contents :

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1. About
   1.1 What does the tool do?
   1.2 What to do with the log file?

2. Requirements

3. Usage

4. Supported ACPI Extras Driver
   4.1. asus_acpi

5. TODO

6. Patches, Errors, Questions
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1. About
========
   ACPI Module Tester is a small tool that can perform tests on the ACPI Extras
   Driver. It is a very easy way to report bugs.
   
   1.1 What does the tool do?
   --------------------------
      - create a log file with all the test results and importent system
        informations
      - dump /proc/acpi/dsdt
      - put the two files into a tar archive
      - gzip or bzip the tar archive (if gzip or bzip2 is available)

   1.2 What to do with the log file?
   ---------------------------------
      - send the tar file to the ACPI Extras Driver devlopers
      - for more informations where to send see section 4. Supported ACPI Extras
        Driver


2. Requirements
===============
   Bash or something equal (executable: /bin/sh)


3. Usage
========
   just type ./amt

   if this doesn't work check if the file is executable
   if not you can set it with chmod u+x amt


4. Supported ACPI Extras Driver
===============================   
   
   4.1. asus_acpi
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      Mailing List: acpi4asus-user@lists.sourceforge.net
      URL:          http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi4asus


5. TODO
=======
   - complete the asus_acpi support
   - add ibm_acpi support
   - add toshiba_acpi support
   - add sony_acpi support
   - add curses based interface (whiptail)
   - add kde/qt based interface (kdialog)
   - add x based interface (xmessage)
   - add some commandline options

6. Patches, Errors, Questions
=============================
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpimodtester/  
   acpimodtester-users@lists.sourceforge.net

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