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.TH BIOSDECODE 8 "February 2007" "dmidecode"
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.\"
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.SH NAME
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biosdecode \- \s-1BIOS\s0 information decoder
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.\"
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B biosdecode
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.RI [ OPTIONS ]
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.\"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B biosdecode
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parses the \s-1BIOS\s0 memory and prints information about all structures (or
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entry points) it knows of. Currently known entry point types are:
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.IP \(bu "\w'\(bu'u+1n"
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\s-1SMBIOS\s0 (System Management \s-1BIOS\s0)
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.br
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Use
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.B dmidecode
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for a more detailed output.
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.IP \(bu
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\s-1DMI\s0 (Desktop Management Interface, a legacy version of \s-1SMBIOS\s0)
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.br
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Use
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.B dmidecode
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for a more detailed output.
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.IP \(bu
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\s-1SYSID\s0
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.IP \(bu
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\s-1PNP\s0 (Plug and Play)
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.IP \(bu
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\s-1ACPI\s0 (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
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.IP \(bu
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\s-1BIOS32\s0 (\s-1BIOS32\s0 Service Directory)
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.IP \(bu
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\s-1PIR\s0 (\s-1PCI\s0 \s-1IRQ\s0 Routing)
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.IP \(bu
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\s-132OS\s0 (\s-1BIOS32\s0 Extension, Compaq-specific)
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.br
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See
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.B ownership
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for a Compaq ownership tag retrieval tool.
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.IP \(bu
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\s-1SNY\s0 (Sony-specific, not decoded)
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.IP \(bu
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\s-1VPD\s0 (Vital Product Data, IBM-specific)
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.br
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Use
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.B vpddecode
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for a more detailed output.
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.IP \(bu
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\s-1FJKEYINF\s0 (Application Panel, Fujitsu-specific)
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.PP
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.B biosdecode
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started its life as a part of
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.B dmidecode
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but as more entry point types were added, it was moved to a different
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program.
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.\"
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem \fIFILE\fP"
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Read memory from device \fIFILE\fP (default: \fI/dev/mem\fP)
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.TP
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.BR " " " " "--pir \fBfull\fP"
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Decode the details of the PCI IRQ routing table.
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Only \fBfull\fP mode is supported.
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.TP
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.BR "-h" ", " "--help"
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Display usage information and exit
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.TP
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.BR "-V" ", " "--version"
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Display the version and exit
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.\"
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.SH FILES
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.I /dev/mem
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.\"
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.SH BUGS
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Most of the time,
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.B biosdecode
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prints too much information (you don't really care about addresses)
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or not enough (because it doesn't follow pointers and has no lookup
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tables).
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.\"
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.SH AUTHORS
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Alan Cox, Jean Delvare
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.\"
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR dmidecode (8),
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.BR mem (4),
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.BR ownership (8),
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.BR vpddecode (8)
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