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-.TH DMIDECODE 8 "January 2019" "dmidecode"
+.TH DMIDECODE 8 "February 2023" "dmidecode"
.\"
.SH NAME
dmidecode \- \s-1DMI\s0 table decoder
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ Read memory from device \fIFILE\fP (default: \fI/dev/mem\fP)
Be less verbose. Unknown, inactive and \s-1OEM\s0-specific entries are not
displayed. Meta-data and handle references are hidden.
.TP
+.BR " " " " "--no-quirks"
+Decode everything exactly as it is in the table, without trying to fix up
+common mistakes or hide irrelevant fields.
+This mode is primarily aimed at firmware developers.
+.TP
.BR "-s" ", " "--string \fIKEYWORD\fP"
Only display the value of the \s-1DMI\s0 string identified by \fIKEYWORD\fP.
It must be a keyword from the following list:
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ hexadecimal and \s-1ASCII\s0. This option is mainly useful for debugging.
Do not decode the entries, instead dump the DMI data to a file in binary
form. The generated file is suitable to pass to \fB--from-dump\fP
later.
+\fIFILE\fP must not exist.
.TP
.BR " " " " "--from-dump \fIFILE\fP"
Read the DMI data from a binary file previously generated using