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diff --git a/biosdevname.1 b/biosdevname.1 index fd0f99b..8bfd8ca 100644 --- a/biosdevname.1 +++ b/biosdevname.1 @@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ Enable debugging .TP .B \-\-prefix \fI[string] string use for embedded NICs in the physical policy (default=em) +.TP +.B \-\-nopirq +Do not use $PIR table for mapping PCI device to slot. Some BIOS have +incorrect values. +.TP +.B \-\-smbios \fI[x.y] +Require minimum SMBIOS version x.y .SH POLICIES .br The @@ -50,7 +57,7 @@ policy uses the following scheme: em<port> for embedded NICs .TP -pci<slot>#<port>_<virtual instance> +p<slot>#<port>_<virtual instance> for cards in PCI slots .br .TP @@ -69,7 +76,7 @@ different PCI tree, and thus cannot provide consistent enumeration. Use of this policy should be limited to only scenarios where all PCI devices are present at boot (cold-plug). -.SH RETURN CODES +.SH EXIT CODES Returns 0 on success, with BIOS-suggested name printed to stdout. .br Returns 1 on provided device name lookup failure. @@ -77,10 +84,30 @@ Returns 1 on provided device name lookup failure. Returns 2 if system BIOS does not provide naming information. biosdevname requires system BIOS to provide naming information, either via SMBIOS or sysfs files. +.br +Returns 3 if not run as root but requires root privileges. +.br +Returns 4 if running in a virtual machine. .SH SEE ALSO .br +http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Oss/libnetdevname +.br http://linux.dell.com/files/biosdevname/ +.br +git://linux.dell.com/biosdevname.git + +.SH RELATED PROGRAMS +.br +The +.B dmidecode +package contains two tools useful for debugging BIOS features that +biosdevname uses, specifically +.B dmidecode +to read the SMBIOS Type 9 and Type 41 tables, and +.B biosdecode +to read the PCI IRQ Routing Table. Please include the output of each +of these programs in any bug reports. .SH AUTHOR biosdevname was written by Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> .PP |