https://github.com/managarm/lai

LAI is an interpreter for AML, the ACPI Machine Language.
https://github.com/managarm/lai

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LAI is an interpreter for AML, the ACPI Machine Language.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/managarm/lai
• Owner: managarm
• License: mit
• Created: 2019-05-18T17:42:44.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-11-15T08:54:53.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-11-15T10:19:46.420Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: acpi, aml, aml-interpreter, hacktoberfest
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 867 KB
• Stars: 189
• Watchers: 15
• Forks: 31
• Open Issues: 23
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Authors: AUTHORS.md

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README

          
> [!CAUTION]

> **LAI is currently not actively maintained. We recommend using the excellent [uACPI](https://github.com/uACPI/uACPI) library instead. uACPI is actively maintained and at this point more feature complete than LAI.**

# Lightweight AML Interpreter

LAI is an interpreter for AML, the ACPI Machine Language. AML is an integral component of modern BIOS and UEFI firmware, both on x86(_64) machines and ARM servers.

As an AML interpreter, LAI is used by OS kernels to implement support for ACPI.




**Official Discord Server:** https://discord.gg/7WB6Ur3. This is our primary real-time communication channel.

**Official IRC Channel:** `#managarm-lai` on `irc.libera.chat`

## Documentation

LAI has been split up into 3 parts:

  - Core, The main parser/interpreter

  - Helpers, Some extra functions that help interfacing with the ACPI API

  - Drivers, A few ACPI related drivers that are generic per OS

  




- [Core API Documentation](https://github.com/qword-os/lai/wiki/Core-API-Documentation)

- [Helper API Documentation](https://github.com/qword-os/lai/wiki/Helper-API-Documentation)

- [Host API Documentation](https://github.com/qword-os/lai/wiki/Host-API-Documentation)