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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) |