intel_bios_dumper(1)

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💾 intel_bios_dumper(1) — the intel_bios_dumper manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so picture this: it's a general commands manual page, the program is called intel_bios_dumper, and it's about to become your new fave little utility. no cap. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

intel_bios_dumper — save the Intel video BIOS contents to a file 💅

like, it literally scoops up the contents of the Intel video BIOS and drops them into a file for you. iconic behavior honestly.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

intel_bios_dumper FILENAME

one argument, one file, zero drama. you give it a FILENAME and it does its thing 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

intel_bios_dumper is a tool to save the contents of the Intel video BIOS to a file 📁. that's the whole vibe.

and then?? you can parse it offline for debugging issues with the video bios table handling. so like — dump it now, poke at it later, no pressure, no live system required 💖. it's giving "prep work that saves you later" main character energy, fr fr.

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found a bug? bestie, don't sit on it — report bugs on fd.o GitLab:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/igt-gpu-tools/-/issues

(the original page wraps this URL across two lines, but it's one link, iykyk 🧚)

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • intel_vbt_decode(1) — the obvious next stop on your journey, lowkey obsessed with the pairing 🌈

🍓 AUTHOR 🍓

IGT Developers <igt-dev@lists.freedesktop.org> — the whole squad behind this 🫶

2010,2012,2016 Intel Corporation

okay genuine note bestie: that copyright line and the author line are the receipts — keep 'em, they're not decorative 💜

and that's the page!! 🎀 this little gem ships as part of igt-gpu-tools 2.6, dated 2016-03-01, and yes that's the same intel_bios_dumper(1) page you just read. slay, go dump some BIOS 💅✨

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