IPMCTL-SHOW-PREFERENCES(1)

πŸ’– IPMCTL-SHOW-PREFERENCES πŸ’–

okay bestie, so this is a page from the ipmctl manual β€” the <pink>IPMCTL-SHOW-PREFERENCES(1)</pink> one, literally right there in the top corner. sit down, grab a boba, and let's get into it πŸ§‹βœ¨


✨ NAME ✨

ipmctl-show-preferences β€” shows you the whole list of PMem module software user preferences, like the vibes board for your memory modules πŸŽ€


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

ipmctl show [OPTIONS] -preferences

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

It displays a list of the PMem module software user preferences and their current values. that's it, that's the whole job. it's giving "tell me everything about yourself" energy and honestly? iconic πŸ‘‘


πŸ’… OPTIONS πŸ’…

  • -h, -help β€” shows you the help for this command. when in doubt, ask for help, no shame 🫢
  • -ddrt β€” use this to specify DDRT as the desired transport protocol for the current invocation of ipmctl.
  • -smbus β€” use this to specify SMBUS as the desired transport protocol for the current invocation of ipmctl.
⚠️ note, bestie, listen up: -ddrt and -smbus are mutually exclusive and may not be used together. it's giving "you can't sit with both of us" 😭 pick one.
  • -o (text|nvmxml), -output (text|nvmxml) β€” changes the output format. one of: "text" (the default) or "nvmxml". choose your aesthetic 🌈

πŸ”₯ EXAMPLES πŸ”₯

Displays the current values for all the user preferences.

ipmctl show -preferences

πŸ‘‘ RETURN DATA πŸ‘‘

CLI_DEFAULT_DIMM_ID

The default display of PMem module identifiers. one of:

  • UID: use the DimmUID attribute as defined in the command [Show Dimm].
  • HANDLE: use the DimmHandle attribute as defined in the command [Show Dimm]. this is the default. βœ…

CLI_DEFAULT_SIZE

The default display of capacities in the CLI. one of:

  • AUTO: automatically choose the best format for each capacity in binary multiples of bytes (i.e., B, MiB, GiB or TiB). this is the default. βœ…
  • AUTO_10: automatically choose the best format for each capacity in decimal multiples of bytes (i.e., B, MB, GB or TB).
  • B: displays all capacities in bytes.
  • MB: displays all capacities in megabytes.
  • MiB: displays all capacities in mebibytes.
  • GB: displays all capacities in gigabytes.
  • GiB: displays all capacities in gibibytes.
  • TB: displays all capacities in terabytes.
  • TiB: displays all capacities in tebibytes.

APPDIRECT_SETTINGS

The interleave settings to use when creating App Direct capacity, in the format: (IMCSize_ChannelSize). the default is "RECOMMENDED", which uses the BIOS recommended App Direct settings returned by the command [Show System Capabilities]. letting the BIOS pick for you = main character energy 🌟

DBG_LOG_LEVEL

Whether debug logging is enabled in the PMem module host software. πŸ› these logs pertain to the operation of the command-line tool only and do not reflect any logging functionality of the PMem module. one of:

  • 0: logging is disabled. this is the default. βœ…
  • 1: log Errors.
  • 2: log Warnings, Errors.
  • 3: log Informational, Warnings, Errors.
  • 4: log Verbose, Informational, Warnings, Errors.

and that's the whole page, periodt πŸ’…βœ¨

this one's from the <pink>ipmctl</pink> crew, dated 2024-04-22 β€” mwah, love that for us πŸŽ€πŸ’– go check your preferences bestie, they're waiting πŸ¦‹

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