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, it was moved
       to a different program.

OPTIONS

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

           --pir full
              Decode the details of the PCI IRQ routing table.  Only full mode is supported.

       -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)