GENWQE_VPDCONV(1)

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version 4.0.20 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 genwqe_vpdconv 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the GENWQE_VPDCONV(1) page, filed under User Commands in the manual, and it's literally the whole vibe for one little tool: genwqe_vpdconv — aka the IBM Hardware Accelerator Tool. that's it, that's the name section, periodt. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

genwqe_vpdconv [OPTIONS]...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

first things first, the classic rule from the house of GNU, no cap: mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. like, if a long option needs a value, its short twin needs it just the same. iykyk. 💅

here's the full roster of what this thing can do, one bullet per flag, nothing skipped, we are thorough:

👑 the options, one by one

  • -h, --help — prints usage info. bless, the little helper. 🫶
  • -V, --version — prints the version. 🌟
  • -i, --input=FILE — the input filename, bestie. if you don't hand one over, it just reads from standard input. 😌
  • -o, --output=FILE — the output filename. no option given? it happily writes to standard output instead. ✨
  • -v, --verbose — verbose mode. and it stacks, so you can throw in multiple v's to crank the verbosity up even higher. 🔥
  • --crcoff — do not check and correct the crc in the output file. it's giving "trust me bro" energy, so use it on purpose, not by accident. 💀
  • --reverse — flips the whole direction: takes a binary file as input and produces a CSV output file. 🌈

🦋 what it actually does

this utility converts a comma separated VPD file (that's a CSV file) meant for the GenWQE Card into a binary file. and that binary? it's the one you use for flash programming of VPD data. gorgeous. iconic. exactly what it says. 💜

one thing you truly cannot change, bestie: the CSV input file format is fixed at 0x102. no negotiations, no edits to the shape of it — only the data can be changed. 🎯

okay tiny confession: the original page says the format "is fix." we are leaving that energy as fixed, because that is what it means, and the 0x102 is unmovable. slay.

and that's the whole page, fr fr. this gem came to you as genwqe_vpdconv version 4.0.20, shipped in August 2025 — tucked inside the User Commands manual, no less. go convert something cute. bye bestie! 🧚💖🎀

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