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BIOSDECODE(8)							 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:

       · 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).

AUTHORS
       Alan Cox, Jean Delvare

SEE ALSO
       dmidecode(8), mem(4), ownership(8), vpddecode(8)

dmidecode			 February 2007			 BIOSDECODE(8)
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