diff -up dmidecode-2.11/CHANGELOG.manpage_update dmidecode-2.11/CHANGELOG --- dmidecode-2.11/CHANGELOG.manpage_update 2012-03-26 12:55:08.415579519 +0200 +++ dmidecode-2.11/CHANGELOG 2012-03-26 12:56:48.657586111 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2012-03-26 Anton Arapov + + * man/dmidecode.8: Add missing DMI type introduced with SMBIOS 2.7+, and + include the information about the extra output when dmidecode is run + on a hardware that has non-supported SMBIOS version. + 2012-03-12 Anton Arapov * dmioem.c: Add "PXE" to the HP OEM Type 209 output so it is similar to diff -up dmidecode-2.11/man/dmidecode.8.manpage_update dmidecode-2.11/man/dmidecode.8 --- dmidecode-2.11/man/dmidecode.8.manpage_update 2012-03-26 12:53:10.185571745 +0200 +++ dmidecode-2.11/man/dmidecode.8 2012-03-26 12:34:54.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH DMIDECODE 8 "November 2008" "dmidecode" +.TH DMIDECODE 8 "March 2012" "dmidecode" .SH NAME dmidecode \- \s-1DMI\s0 table decoder .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ Display the version and exit .P Options --string, --type and --dump-bin determine the output format and are mutually exclusive. +.P +Please note in case of +.B dmidecode +is run on a system with BIOS that boasts new SMBIOS specification, which +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: @@ -138,7 +145,7 @@ r l. Type Information 0 BIOS 1 System -2 Base Board +2 Baseboard 3 Chassis 4 Processor 5 Memory Controller @@ -177,7 +184,8 @@ Type Information 38 IPMI Device 39 Power Supply 40 Additional Information -41 Onboard Device +41 Onboard Devices Extended Information +42 Management Controller Host Interface .TE Additionally, type 126 is used for disabled entries and type 127 is an