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-.TH BIOSDECODE 8 "February 2007" "dmidecode"
-.SH NAME
-biosdecode \- \s-1BIOS\s0 information decoder
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B biosdecode
-.RB [ OPTIONS ]
-
-.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 "\w'\(bu'u+1n"
-\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.
-.IP \(bu
-\s-1FJKEYINF\s0 (Application Panel, Fujitsu-specific)
-
-.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 OPTIONS
-.TP
-.BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE"
-Read memory from device \fBFILE\fR (default: \fB/dev/mem\fR)
-.TP
-.BR "-h" ", " "--help"
-Display usage information and exit
-.TP
-.BR "-V" ", " "--version"
-Display the version and exit
-
-.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)