decode-dimms (1)

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decode-dimms.1 - manpage for the i2c-tools/decode-dimms utility
Copyright (C) 2013  Jaromir Capik

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NAME

decode-dimms - decode the information found in memory module SPD EEPROMs

SYNOPSIS

decode-dimms [-c] [-f [-b]] [-x|-X file [files..]]
decode-dimms -h

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the decode-dimms tool is to decode the information found in memory module SPD EEPROMs. The SPD data is read either from the running system or dump files. In the former case, the tool requires either the eeprom kernel module or the at24 kernel module to be loaded.

PARAMETERS

-f, --format

Print nice html output

-b, --bodyonly

Don't print html header (useful for postprocessing the output)

--side-by-side

Display all DIMMs side-by-side if possible

--merge-cells

Merge neighbour cells with identical values (side-by-side output only, default)

--no-merge-cells

Don't merge neighbour cells with identical values (side-by-side output only)

-c, --checksum

Decode completely even if checksum fails

-x

Read data from hexdump files

-X

Same as -x except treat multibyte hex data as little endian

-h, --help

Display the usage summary

SEE ALSO

decode-vaio(1)

AUTHORS

Philip Edelbrock, Christian Zuckschwerdt, Burkart Lingner, Jean Delvare