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authorJean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>2005-05-15 14:37:37 +0000
committerJean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>2005-05-15 14:37:37 +0000
commitb4cc2c0aa1fe63d784851868b9ac35423af411f2 (patch)
tree1c662db8abaaf2267fb54dc3bbe26098b23335a4 /man
parent10f117939ef0ee1c603d6814c9ff7bfea723cb36 (diff)
downloaddmidecode-git-b4cc2c0aa1fe63d784851868b9ac35423af411f2.tar.gz
Document the new -u, --dump option.
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-rw-r--r--man/dmidecode.86
-rw-r--r--man/vpddecode.86
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diff --git a/man/dmidecode.8 b/man/dmidecode.8
index bc258fb..12b775c 100644
--- a/man/dmidecode.8
+++ b/man/dmidecode.8
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ and serial number.
.BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE"
Read memory from device \fBFILE\fR (default: \fB/dev/mem\fR)
.TP
+.BR "-u" ", " "--dump"
+Do not decode the entries, dump their contents as hexadecimal instead.
+Note that this is still a text output, no binary data will be thrown upon
+you. The strings attached to each entry are displayed as both
+hexadecimal and ASCII. This option is mainly useful for debugging.
+.TP
.BR "-h" ", " "--help"
Display usage information and exit
.TP
diff --git a/man/vpddecode.8 b/man/vpddecode.8
index 028b8b8..7057cc0 100644
--- a/man/vpddecode.8
+++ b/man/vpddecode.8
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ the accuracy of these labels is welcome.
.BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE"
Read memory from device \fBFILE\fR (default: \fB/dev/mem\fR)
.TP
+.BR "-u" ", " "--dump"
+Do not decode the VPD records, dump their contents as hexadecimal instead.
+Note that this is still a text output, no binary data will be thrown upon
+you. ASCII equivalent is displayed when possible. This option is mainly
+useful for debugging.
+.TP
.BR "-h" ", " "--help"
Display usage information and exit
.TP