biosdecode(8)

1BIOSDECODE(8)               System Manager's Manual              BIOSDECODE(8)
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NAME

6       biosdecode - BIOS information decoder
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SYNOPSIS

9       biosdecode [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

13       biosdecode  parses  the  BIOS  memory  and prints information about all
14       structures (or entry points) it knows of. Currently known  entry  point
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17       · SMBIOS (System Management BIOS)
18         Use dmidecode for a more detailed output.
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20       · DMI (Desktop Management Interface, a legacy version of SMBIOS)
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23       · SYSID
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25       · PNP (Plug and Play)
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27       · ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
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29       · BIOS32 (BIOS32 Service Directory)
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31       · PIR (PCI IRQ Routing)
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33       · 32OS (BIOS32 Extension, Compaq-specific)
34         See ownership for a Compaq ownership tag retrieval tool.
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36       · SNY (Sony-specific, not decoded)
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38       · VPD (Vital Product Data, IBM-specific)
39         Use vpddecode for a more detailed output.
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44       biosdecode  started  its  life as a part of dmidecode but as more entry
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OPTIONS

49       -d, --dev-mem FILE
50              Read memory from device FILE (default: /dev/mem)
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52       -h, --help
53              Display usage information and exit
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55       -V, --version
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FILES

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BUGS

63       Most of the time, biosdecode prints too  much  information  (you  don't
64       really  care  about addresses) or not enough (because it doesn't follow
65       pointers and has no lookup tables).
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AUTHORS

68       Alan Cox, Jean Delvare
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