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On 5/15/2024 1:48 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 8 May 2024 10:08:21 -0400, DFS wrote:
> 
>> But HWiNFO is a serious hardware info app, with extreme detail about
>> every component, including the BIOS.
> 
> <https://manpages.debian.org/8/biosdecode.en.html>


$ sudo biosdecode -d /dev/mem
# biosdecode 3.3
ACPI 2.0 present.
         OEM Identifier: VRTUAL
         RSD Table 32-bit Address: 0x00100000
         XSD Table 64-bit Address: 0x0000000000100000


This is on Ubuntu WSL.





bios-related from HWiNFO (Windows only):


SMBIOS DMI ----------------------------------------------------------------

BIOS ----------------------------------------------------------------------

   BIOS Vendor:                            American Megatrends 
International, LLC.
   BIOS Version:                           A.50
   BIOS Release Date:                      01/15/2021
   BIOS Start Segment:                     F000
   BIOS Size:                              32 MBytes
   System BIOS Version:                    5.17
   ISA Support:                            Not Present
   MCA Support:                            Not Present
   EISA Support:                           Not Present
   PCI Support:                            Present
   PC Card (PCMCIA) Support:               Not Present
   Plug-and-Play Support:                  Not Present
   APM Support:                            Not Present
   Flash BIOS:                             Present
   BIOS Shadow:                            Present
   VL-VESA Support:                        Not Present
   ESCD Support:                           Not Present
   Boot from CD:                           Present
   Selectable Boot:                        Present
   BIOS ROM Socketed:                      Present
   Boot from PC Card:                      Not Present
   EDD Support:                            Present
   NEC PC-98 Support:                      Not Present
   ACPI Support:                           Present
   USB Legacy Support:                     Present
   AGP Support:                            Not Present
   I2O Boot Support:                       Not Present
   LS-120 Boot Support:                    Not Present
   ATAPI ZIP Drive Boot Support:           Not Present
   IEE1394 Boot Support:                   Not Present
   Smart Battery Support:                  Not Present
   BIOS Boot Specification Support:        Present
   Function key-initiated Network Service Boot Support: Not Present
   Targeted Content Distribution Support:  Present
   UEFI Specification Support:             Present
   Virtual Machine:                        Not Present