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biosdecode (8)
>> biosdecode (8) ( Linux man: Команды системного администрирования )
NAME
biosdecode - BIOS information decoder
SYNOPSIS
biosdecode
[OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
biosdecode
parses the BIOS memory and prints information about all structures (or
entry points) it knows of. Currently known entry point types are:
*
SMBIOS (System Management BIOS)
Use
dmidecode
for a more detailed output.
*
DMI (Desktop Management Interface, a legacy version of SMBIOS)
Use
dmidecode
for a more detailed output.
*
SYSID
*
PNP (Plug and Play)
*
ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
*
BIOS32 (BIOS32 Service Directory)
*
PIR (PCI IRQ Routing)
*
32OS (BIOS32 Extension, Compaq-specific)
See
ownership
for a Compaq ownership tag retrieval tool.
*
SNY (Sony-specific, not decoded)
*
VPD (Vital Product Data, IBM-specific)
Use
vpddecode
for a more detailed output.
biosdecode
started its life as a part of
dmidecode
but as more entry point types were added, if was moved to a different
program.
OPTIONS
-d, --dev-mem FILE
Read memory from device FILE (default: /dev/mem)
-h, --help
Display usage information and exit
-V, --version
Display the version and exit
FILES
/dev/mem
BUGS
Most of the time,
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).
