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biosdecode

BIOS information decoder


see also : dmidecode - ownership - vpddecode

Synopsis

biosdecode [OPTIONS]


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examples

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cp $PKG_BUILD/biosdecode $INSTALL/usr/bin/
cp $PKG_BUILD/dmidecode $INSTALL/usr/bin/
cp $PKG_BUILD/ownership $INSTALL/usr/bin/
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DEPS="acpidump dmidecode biosdecode lspci lsusb x86info cpufreq-info"
DEPS="$DEPS lsscsi superiotool lsinput i2cdetect decode-dimms"
sudo dmidecode
sudo biosdecode
sudo lspci -vv
sudo lsusb -v
sudo x86info -a -mp -s -v
sudo cpufreq-info -e
lsscsi -H -L

description

biosdecode parses the BIOS memory and prints information about all structures (or entry points) it knows of. Currently known entry point types are:

SMBIOS (System Management BIOS )

Use dmidecode for a more detailed output.

DMI (Desktop Management Interface, a legacy version of SMBIOS )

Use dmidecode for a more detailed output.

SYSID

PNP (Plug and Play)

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

BIOS32 ( BIOS32 Service Directory)

PIR ( PCI IRQ Routing)

32OS ( BIOS32 Extension, Compaq-specific)

See ownership for a Compaq ownership tag retrieval tool.

SNY (Sony-specific, not decoded)

VPD (Vital Product Data, IBM-specific)

Use vpddecode for a more detailed output.

FJKEYINF (Application Panel, Fujitsu-specific)

biosdecode started its life as a part of dmidecode but as more entry point types were added, if was moved to a different program.

options

-d, --dev-mem FILE

Read memory from device FILE (default: /dev/mem)

-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 addresses) or not enough (because it doesn’t follow pointers and has no lookup tables).


see also

dmidecode , mem, ownership , vpddecode


authors

Alan Cox, Jean Delvare

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