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diff --git a/man/dmidecode.8 b/man/dmidecode.8 index 1e8fed8..f5fef0d 100644 --- a/man/dmidecode.8 +++ b/man/dmidecode.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH DMIDECODE 8 "October 2008" "dmidecode" +.TH DMIDECODE 8 "March 2012" "dmidecode" .SH NAME dmidecode \- \s-1DMI\s0 table decoder .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ Display the version and exit .P Options --string, --type, --dump and --dump-bin determine the output format and are mutually exclusive. +.P +Please note in case of +.B dmidecode +is run on a system with BIOS that boasts new SMBIOS specification, which +is not supported by the tool yet, it will print out relevant message in +addition to requested data on the very top of the output. Thus informs the +output data is not reliable. .SH "DMI TYPES" The \s-1SMBIOS\s0 specification defines the following \s-1DMI\s0 types: @@ -138,7 +145,7 @@ r l. Type Information 0 BIOS 1 System -2 Base Board +2 Baseboard 3 Chassis 4 Processor 5 Memory Controller @@ -176,6 +183,9 @@ Type Information 37 Memory Channel 38 IPMI Device 39 Power Supply +40 Additional Information +41 Onboard Devices Extended Information +42 Management Controller Host Interface .TE Additionally, type 126 is used for disabled entries and type 127 is an |