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.TH "LSMCODE" 8 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
lsmcode \- list microcode and firmware levels
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBlsmcode\fR [\fB\-A\fR | \fB\-\-All\fR | \fB\-d<name>\fR | \fB\-\-device=<name>\fR] [\fB\-\-tabular\fR | \fB\-\-no\-menus\fR] [\fB\-p<database\-file>\fR | \fB\-\-path=<database\-file>\fR | \fB\-z<database\-archive>\fR | \fB\-\-zip=<database\-archive>\fR] [\fB\-h\fR | \fB\-\-help\fR]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP
This program is part of the lsvpd package for Linux\&. This package is a (partial) reimplementation of AIX's lsvpd and related commands\&.

.PP
 \fBlsmcode\fR lists hardware microcode and firmware levels\&. The output can be presented in a `human readable' format or a more structured format that is easily parsable by other software\&. The Linux version does not support the interactive menus that are found in the AIX version\&. \fBlsmcode\fR retrieves information from \fBlsvpd\fR's hardware inventory database\&. Therefore, the \fIvpdupdate(8)\fR command must have been executed prior to running \fBlsmcode\fR\&.

.PP
Some IBM POWER systems feature \fIdynamic VPD\fR\&. \fBlsmcode\fR will only list version information corresponding to dynamic VPD when invoked by the \fIroot\fR user \- when invoked by another user this version information will be omitted but other version information will still be listed\&.

.SH "OPTIONS"

.TP
\-A|\-\-All
Display information for all supported hardware\&.

.TP
\-d<name>|\-\-device=<name>
Only show configuration information for the component with the given \fIname\fR\&.


.TP
\-p<database\-file>|\-\-path=<database\-file>
Use <database\-file> as the hardware inventory database, rather than the default file\&. Note the supplied filename must include a full path\&. (\fI/var/lib/lsvpd/vpd.db\fR)\&.

This option is useful for producing output for previous hardware inventory databases that have been replaced by the system\&.

.TP
\-z<database\-archive>\-\-zip=<database\-archive>
Use <database\-archive> as the hardware inventory database, rather than the default directory (\fI/var/lib/lsvpd/\fR)\&. The archive has been compressed using \fIgzip(1)\fR\&.

This option is useful for producing output for old hardware inventory databases that have been archived by the system\&.

.TP
\-h|\-\-help
Display a help screen and quit\&.

.SH "FILES"

.TP
\fI/var/lib/lsvpd/vpd.db\fR
Database file used by \fBlsmcode\fR\&.

.SH "BUGS"

.PP
 \fBlsmcode\fR will not reflect changes in firmware/microcode versions for certain hardware without a reboot\&. This will (hopefully) be supported in a later version on Linux 2\&.6 systems with dynamic \fI/proc/device\-tree\fR\&.

.PP
Version information for some adapters may not be available because retrieval mechanisms have not yet been implemented\&.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP
lsvpd(8), lscfg(8), lsvio(8), vpdupdate(8)

.SH "AUTHORS"

.PP
Eric Munson <ebmunson@us\&.ibm\&.com>\&. Brad Peters <bpeters@us\&.ibm\&.com>\&.

.PP
Copyright (c) 2003 - 2013 IBM\&.