BIOSDECODE(8) System Manager's Manual BIOSDECODE(8) 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: o SMBIOS (System Management BIOS) Use dmidecode for a more detailed output. o DMI (Desktop Management Interface, a legacy version of SMBIOS) Use dmidecode for a more detailed output. o SYSID o PNP (Plug and Play) o ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) o BIOS32 (BIOS32 Service Directory) o PIR (PCI IRQ Routing) o 32OS (BIOS32 Extension, Compaq-specific) See ownership for a Compaq ownership tag retrieval tool. o SNY (Sony-specific, not decoded) o VPD (Vital Product Data, IBM-specific) Use vpddecode for a more detailed output. o FJKEYINF (Application Panel, Fujitsu-specific) biosdecode started its life as a part of dmidecode but as more entry point types were added, it was moved to a different program. OPTIONS -d, --dev-mem FILE Read memory from device FILE (default: /dev/mem) --pir full Decode the details of the PCI IRQ routing table -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 ad- dresses) or not enough (because it doesn't follow pointers and has no lookup tables). AUTHORS Alan Cox, Jean Delvare SEE ALSO dmidecode(8), mem(4), ownership(8), vpddecode(8) dmidecode February 2007 BIOSDECODE(8)
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