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41 lines
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From fba847d3cebdbabc96aa7d6cbc3cc94db5994249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:42:10 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH 40/45] dmidecode.8: Clarify what "bios" and "firmware"
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keywords refer to
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When passing "bios" to a command line option, it means the platform
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firmware, regardless of it technically implementing the BIOS standard.
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Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
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---
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man/dmidecode.8 | 5 +++++
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1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/man/dmidecode.8 b/man/dmidecode.8
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index f25f9a0..c4c292d 100644
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--- a/man/dmidecode.8
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+++ b/man/dmidecode.8
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@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ It must be a keyword from the following list:
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.BR processor\-version ,
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.BR processor\-frequency .
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.hy
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+In this context, for historical reasons, "bios" designates the platform
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+firmware (regardless of it technically implementing the BIOS standard),
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+while "firmware" designates the embedded controller firmware, if applicable.
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Each keyword corresponds to a given \s-1DMI\s0 type and a given offset
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within this entry type.
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Not all strings may be meaningful or even defined on all systems. Some
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@@ -149,6 +152,8 @@ keyword from the following list:
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.BR slot .
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.hy
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Refer to the DMI TYPES section below for details.
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+In this context, for historical reasons, "bios" designates the platform
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+firmware, regardless of it technically implementing the BIOS standard.
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If this option is used more than once, the set of displayed entries will be
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the union of all the given types.
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If \fITYPE\fP is not provided or not valid, a list of all valid keywords
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--
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2.47.0
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