---
name: "acpiexec"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "acpica-tools"
version: "20250404-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/acpiexec"
---

# acpiexec(1)

ACPI AML execution and debug utility

## NAME

acpiexec - ACPI AML execution and debug utility

## SYNOPSIS

**acpiexec** \[*\<option\>*...*\]* \<aml-file\> **...**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **acpiexec** command. The option list is taken from the acpiexec interactive help.

**acpiexec** provides a simulated execution environment for AML code so that it can be more easily tested and debugged.

Much more detailed documentation may be found at http://www.acpica.org/documentation/.

## OPTIONS

- **-?**

  Display the help message

- **-b command-line**

  Batch mode command line execution (cmd1;cmd2;...)

- **-M \[\<method\>\]**

  Batch mode method execution (Default: MAIN)

- **-da**

  Disable method abort on error

- **-di**

  Disable execution of \_STA/\_INI methods during init

- **-do**

  Disable Operation Region address simulation

- **-dr**

  Disable repair of method return values

- **-dt**

  Disable allocation tracking (performance)

- **-ef**

  Enable display of final memory statistics

- **-ei**

  Enable additional tests for ACPICA interfaces

- **-em**

  Enable interpreter Serialized mode

- **-es**

  Enable interpreter Slack mode

- **-et**

  Enable debug semaphore timeour

- **-f \<value\>**

  Operation Region initialization fill value

- **-r**

  Use hardware-reduced FADT V5

- **-vi**

  Verbose initialization output

- **-vr**

  Verbose region handler output

- **-x \<debug-level\>**

  Debug output level

## AUTHOR

acpiexec was written by Robert Moore \<robert.moore@intel.com\>.

This manual page was written by Al Stone \<ahs3@redhat.com\> for the Fedora project (but may be used by others).