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diff --git a/trunk/man/biosdecode.8 b/trunk/man/biosdecode.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 46bea95..0000000 --- a/trunk/man/biosdecode.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,83 +0,0 @@ -.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) |