Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification

ACPI Data Tables and Table Definition Language
during table generation. Also, the field names are output by a disassembler that formats existing
tables into TDL code.
21.2.2 TDL Grammar Specification
//
// Root Term
//
DataTable :=
FieldList
//
// Field Terms
//
FieldList :=
Field |
Field :=
|
CommentField
FieldDefinition :=
// Fields for predefined (known) ACPI tables
|
// Generic data types (used for custom or undefined ACPI tables)
| // 8-bit unsigned integer
| // 16-bit unsigned integer
| // 24-bit unsigned integer
| // 32-bit unsigned integer
| // 40-bit unsigned integer
| // 48-bit unsigned integer
| // 56-bit unsigned integer
| // 64-bit unsigned integer
| // Quoted ASCII string
| // Quoted ASCII string -> Unicode string
| // Raw buffer of 8-bit unsigned integers
| // In GUID format
// ASCII label - unquoted string
OptionalFieldName :=
Nothing |
AsciiCharList
// Optional field name/description
FieldValue :=
IntegerExpression | String | Buffer | Flags | Label
OptionalFieldComment :=
Nothing |
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