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author | Jörg Frings-Fürst <jff@merkur> | 2014-05-19 19:33:50 +0200 |
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committer | Jörg Frings-Fürst <jff@merkur> | 2014-05-19 19:33:50 +0200 |
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diff --git a/man/vpddecode.8 b/man/vpddecode.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9e4acf --- /dev/null +++ b/man/vpddecode.8 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.TH VPDDECODE 8 "February 2007" "dmidecode" +.SH NAME +vpddecode \- \s-1VPD\s0 structure decoder +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B vpddecode +.RB [ OPTIONS ] + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B vpddecode +prints the "vital product data" information that can be found in almost +all IBM and Lenovo computers. Available items are: +.IP \(bu "\w'\(bu'u+1n" +\s-1BIOS\s0 Build \s-1ID\s0 +.IP \(bu +Box Serial Number +.IP \(bu +Motherboard Serial Number +.IP \(bu +Machine Type/Model + +.PP +Some systems have these additional items: +.IP \(bu "\w'\(bu'u+1n" +BIOS Release Date +.IP \(bu +Default Flash Image File Name + +.PP +Note that these additional items are not documented by IBM, so this is +guess work, and as such should not be blindly trusted. Feedback about +the accuracy of these labels is welcome. + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE" +Read memory from device \fBFILE\fR (default: \fB/dev/mem\fR) +.TP +.BR "-s" ", " "--string KEYWORD" +Only display the value of the \s-1VPD\s0 string identified by \fBKEYWORD\fR. +\fBKEYWORD\fR must be a keyword from the following list: \fBbios-build-id\fR, +\fBbox-serial-number\fR, \fBmotherboard-serial-number\fR, +\fBmachine-type-model\fR, \fBbios-release-date\fR. +Each keyword corresponds to an offset and a length within the \s-1VPD\s0 +record. +Not all strings may be defined on all \s-1VPD\s0-enabled systems. +If \fBKEYWORD\fR is not provided or not valid, a list of all valid +keywords is printed and +.B vpddecode +exits with an error. +This option cannot be used more than once. +Mutually exclusive with \fB--dump\fR. +.TP +.BR "-u" ", " "--dump" +Do not decode the VPD records, dump their contents as hexadecimal instead. +Note that this is still a text output, no binary data will be thrown upon +you. ASCII equivalent is displayed when possible. This option is mainly +useful for debugging. +Mutually exclusive with \fB--string\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 AUTHOR +Jean Delvare +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR biosdecode (8), +.BR dmidecode (8), +.BR mem (4), +.BR ownership (8) |