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author | Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> | 2004-02-22 20:24:07 +0000 |
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committer | Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> | 2004-02-22 20:24:07 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/biosdecode.8 b/man/biosdecode.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b6b32fd --- /dev/null +++ b/man/biosdecode.8 @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.TH BIOSDECODE 8 "December 2003" "dmidecode" +.SH NAME +biosdecode \- \s-1BIOS\s0 information decoder +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B biosdecode +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B biosdecode +parses the \s-1BIOS\s0 memory and prints information about all structures (or +entry points) it knows of. Currently known entry point types are: +.IP \[bu] +\s-1SMBIOS\s0 (System Management \s-1BIOS\s0) +.br +Use +.B dmidecode +for a more detailed output. +.IP \[bu] +\s-1DMI\s0 (Desktop Management Interface, a legacy version of \s-1SMBIOS\s0) +.br +Use +.B dmidecode +for a more detailed output. +.IP \[bu] +\s-1SYSID\s0 +.IP \[bu] +\s-1PNP\s0 (Plug and Play) +.IP \[bu] +\s-1ACPI\s0 (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) +.IP \[bu] +\s-1BIOS32\s0 (\s-1BIOS32\s0 Service Directory) +.IP \[bu] +\s-1PIR\s0 (\s-1PCI\s0 \s-1IRQ\s0 Routing) +.IP \[bu] +\s-132OS\s0 (\s-1BIOS32\s0 Extension, Compaq-specific) +.br +See +.B ownership +for a Compaq ownership tag retrieval tool. +.IP \[bu] +\s-1SNY\s0 (Sony-specific, not decoded) +.IP \[bu] +\s-1VPD\s0 (Vital Product Data, IBM-specific) +.br +Use +.B vpddecode +for a more detailed output. + +.PP +.B biosdecode +started its life as a part of +.B dmidecode +but as more entry point types were added, if was moved to a different +program. +.SH FILES +.I /dev/mem +.SH BUGS +Most of the time, +.B biosdecode +prints too much information (you don't really care about addresses) +or not enough (because it doesn't follow pointers and has no lookup +tables). +.SH AUTHORS +Alan Cox, Jean Delvare +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR dmidecode (8), +.BR mem (4), +.BR ownership (8), +.BR vpddecode (8) diff --git a/man/dmidecode.8 b/man/dmidecode.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad337c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/dmidecode.8 @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.TH DMIDECODE 8 "December 2003" "dmidecode" +.SH NAME +dmidecode \- \s-1DMI\s0 table decoder +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B dmidecode +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B dmidecode +is a tool for dumping a computer's \s-1DMI\s0 (some say \s-1SMBIOS\s0) table +contents in a human-readable format. This table contains a description of the +system's hardware components, as well as other useful pieces of information +such as serial numbers and \s-1BIOS\s0 revision. Thanks to this table, you can +retrieve this information without having to probe for the actual hardware. +While this is a good point in terms of report speed and safeness, this also +makes the presented information possibly unreliable. + +The \s-1DMI\s0 table doesn't only describe what the system is currently made +of, it also can report the possible evolutions (such as the fastest supported +\s-1CPU\s0 or the maximal amount of memory supported). + +\s-1SMBIOS\s0 stands for System Management \s-1BIOS\s0, while \s-1DMI\s0 +stands for Desktop Management Interface. Both standards are tightly related +and developed by the \s-1DMTF\s0 (Desktop Management Task Force). + +As you run it, +.B dmidecode +will try to locate the \s-1DMI\s0 table. If it succeeds, it will then parse +this table and display a list of records like this one: + +Handle 0x0002 + DMI type 2, 8 bytes. + Base Board Information + Manufacturer: Intel + Product Name: C440GX+ + Version: 727281-001 + Serial Number: INCY92700942 + +Each record has: +.IP \[bu] +A handle. This is a unique identifier, which allows records to +reference each other. For example, processor records usually reference +cache memory records using their handles. +.IP \[bu] +A type. The \s-1SMBIOS\s0 specification defines different types of elements +a computer can be made of. In this example, the type is 2, which +means that the record contains "Base Board Information". +.IP \[bu] +A size. Each record has a 4-byte header (2 for the handle, 1 for the type, +1 for the size), the rest is used by the record data. This value doesn't +take text strings into account (these are placed at the end of the record), +so the actual length of the record may be (and is often) greater than the +displayed value. +.IP \[bu] +Decoded values. The information presented of course depends on the type +of record. Here, we learn about the board's manufacturer, model, version +and serial number. +.SH FILES +.I /dev/mem +.SH BUGS +More often than not, information contained in the DMI tables is inaccurate, +incomplete or simply wrong. +.SH AUTHORS +Alan Cox, Jean Delvare +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR biosdecode (8), +.BR mem (4), +.BR ownership (8), +.BR vpddecode (8) diff --git a/man/ownership.8 b/man/ownership.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb61551 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/ownership.8 @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +.TH OWNERSHIP 8 "February 2004" "dmidecode" +.SH NAME +ownership \- Compaq ownership tag retriever +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B ownership +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B ownership +retrieves and prints the "ownership tag" that can be set on Compaq +computers. Contrary to all other programs of the +.B dmidecode +package, +.B ownership +doesn't print any version information, nor labels, but the only the raw +ownership tag. This should help its integration in scripts. +.SH FILES +.I /dev/mem +.SH AUTHOR +Jean Delvare +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR biosdecode (8), +.BR dmidecode (8), +.BR mem (4), +.BR vpddecode (8) diff --git a/man/vpddecode.8 b/man/vpddecode.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..50ebb5f --- /dev/null +++ b/man/vpddecode.8 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +.TH VPDDECODE 8 "February 2004" "dmidecode" +.SH NAME +vpddecode \- \s-1VPD\s0 structure decoder +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B vpddecode +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B vpddecode +prints the "vital product data" information that can be found in almost +all IBM computers, and only IBM computers. Available items are: +.IP \[bu] +\s-1BIOS\s0 Build \s-1ID\s0 +.IP \[bu] +Product Name +.IP \[bu] +Box Serial Number +.IP \[bu] +Motherboard Serial Number +.IP \[bu] +Machine Type/Model + +.PP +Some systems have these additional items: +.IP \[bu] +BIOS Release Date +.IP \[bu] +Default Flash Image File Name + +.PP +Note that these additional items are not documented by IBM, so this is +guess work, and as such should not be blindly trusted. Feedback about +the accuracy of these labels is welcome. +.SH FILES +.I /dev/mem +.SH AUTHOR +Jean Delvare +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR biosdecode (8), +.BR dmidecode (8), +.BR mem (4), +.BR ownership (8) |