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Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelv...@suse.de> --- man/biosdecode.8 | 11 ++++++++--- man/dmidecode.8 | 18 +++++++++++------- man/ownership.8 | 10 +++++++--- man/vpddecode.8 | 12 +++++++----- 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) --- dmidecode.orig/man/dmidecode.8 2019-01-22 11:25:25.204197972 +0100 +++ dmidecode/man/dmidecode.8 2019-01-22 11:25:47.137474612 +0100 @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ .TH DMIDECODE 8 "January 2019" "dmidecode" +.\" .SH NAME dmidecode \- \s-1DMI\s0 table decoder +.\" .SH SYNOPSIS .B dmidecode .RB [ OPTIONS ] - +.\" .SH DESCRIPTION .B dmidecode is a tool for dumping a computer's \s-1DMI\s0 (some say \s-1SMBIOS\s0) table @@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ displayed value. Decoded values. The information presented of course depends on the type of record. Here, we learn about the board's manufacturer, model, version and serial number. - +.\" .SH OPTIONS .TP .BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE" @@ -158,10 +160,9 @@ is run on a system with BIOS that boasts is not supported by the tool yet, it will print out relevant message in addition to requested data on the very top of the output. Thus informs the output data is not reliable. - +.\" .SH "DMI TYPES" The \s-1SMBIOS\s0 specification defines the following \s-1DMI\s0 types: - .TS r l __ @@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ dmidecode --type 0,13 dmidecode --type bios .IP \(bu dmidecode --type BIOS - +.\" .SH BINARY DUMP FILE FORMAT The binary dump files generated by --dump-bin and read using --from-dump are formatted as follows: @@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ The SMBIOS or DMI entry point is located It is crafted to hard-code the table address at offset 0x20. .IP \(bu "\w'\(bu'u+1n" The DMI table is located at offset 0x20. - +.\" .SH UUID FORMAT There is some ambiguity about how to interpret the UUID fields prior to SMBIOS specification version 2.6. There was no mention of byte swapping, and RFC 4122 @@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ compatibility, it was decided to interpr 4122 (no byte swapping) when the SMBIOS version is older than 2.6, and to interpret the first 3 fields as little-endian (byte-swapped) when the SMBIOS version is 2.6 or later. The Linux kernel follows the same logic. - +.\" .SH FILES .I /dev/mem .br @@ -278,11 +279,14 @@ version is 2.6 or later. The Linux kerne .br .I /sys/firmware/dmi/tables/DMI (Linux only) +.\" .SH BUGS More often than not, information contained in the \s-1DMI\s0 tables is inaccurate, incomplete or simply wrong. +.\" .SH AUTHORS Alan Cox, Jean Delvare +.\" .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR biosdecode (8), .BR mem (4), --- dmidecode.orig/man/biosdecode.8 2019-01-22 11:25:25.204197972 +0100 +++ dmidecode/man/biosdecode.8 2019-01-22 11:25:29.339250227 +0100 @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ .TH BIOSDECODE 8 "February 2007" "dmidecode" +.\" .SH NAME biosdecode \- \s-1BIOS\s0 information decoder +.\" .SH SYNOPSIS .B biosdecode .RB [ OPTIONS ] - +.\" .SH DESCRIPTION .B biosdecode parses the \s-1BIOS\s0 memory and prints information about all structures (or @@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ started its life as a part of .B dmidecode but as more entry point types were added, it was moved to a different program. - +.\" .SH OPTIONS .TP .BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE" @@ -68,17 +70,20 @@ Display usage information and exit .TP .BR "-V" ", " "--version" Display the version and exit - +.\" .SH FILES .I /dev/mem +.\" .SH BUGS Most of the time, .B 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). +.\" .SH AUTHORS Alan Cox, Jean Delvare +.\" .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR dmidecode (8), .BR mem (4), --- dmidecode.orig/man/ownership.8 2019-01-22 11:25:25.204197972 +0100 +++ dmidecode/man/ownership.8 2019-01-22 11:25:29.340250239 +0100 @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ .TH OWNERSHIP 8 "February 2005" "dmidecode" +.\" .SH NAME ownership \- Compaq ownership tag retriever +.\" .SH SYNOPSIS .B ownership .RB [ OPTIONS ] - +.\" .SH DESCRIPTION .B ownership retrieves and prints the "ownership tag" that can be set on Compaq @@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ package, .B ownership doesn't print any version information, nor labels, but only the raw ownership tag. This should help its integration in scripts. - +.\" .SH OPTIONS .TP .BR "-d" ", " "--dev-mem FILE" @@ -25,11 +27,13 @@ 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), --- dmidecode.orig/man/vpddecode.8 2019-01-22 11:25:25.204197972 +0100 +++ dmidecode/man/vpddecode.8 2019-01-22 11:25:29.340250239 +0100 @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ .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 @@ -17,19 +19,17 @@ Box Serial Number 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" @@ -62,11 +62,13 @@ 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), -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support _______________________________________________ https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dmidecode-devel
