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+Version: 2.2.00
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-18
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, tarball, man page. Maintainers, this is the official release of -m feature.
+
+I have collected enough datasamples to allow for reasonably fine grained corrections, estimates,
+warnings about unreliable capacity now, and have fixed all major failures.
+
+Also, because this stuff is filled out by people somewhere, or not, some fields often are just
+empty, or contain the default values, ie, they are worthless. inxi shows N/A for those situations,
+it means there is really no actual data to show you.
+
+This feature, sadly, well never be totally reliable, because dmi data is frankly junk, especially
+dmi type 5 and 16, which is what is supposed to tell you total capacity of memory array, and the
+maximum module size (type 5). However, this data is totally random, often it is right, sometimes
+it is wrong. Sometimes type 5 is right and type 16 is wrong, sometimes the other way. And since
+type 5 is only present in some systems, it's not reliable anyway.
+
+What is reliable and always right is the actually installed memory per device, ie, sticks. I have
+not seen any errors in that, so that seems to be actually coming from the system itself. type 5 / 16
+sadly are clearly entered in manually by some poorly paid engineers out there in the world, and are
+often total fictions, either far too small, or far too big, or whatever.
+
+inxi will attempt to correct all clear logic errors, and whenever it changes the listed data from
+type 5/16, it notes either (est) or (check). (est) means it is a good guess, one I am comfortable making,
+(check) means it is either an unreliable guess, or that what the system is reporting is so unlikely that
+even though inxi is showing it, it doubts it could actually be true, or at least, it thinks you
+should check this yourself.
+
+-m has 3 extra data options, -x prints the part number, if found, and the max module size, if type 5
+is present. inxi does NOT attempt to guess at max module size based on what is installed, it only will
+correct a listed max module size if installed modules are > than listed max size. Usually part numbers,
+if present, are all you need to order a new stick.
+
+-xx shows serial number, manufacturer (often empty, or just random alphanumeric identifiers, but sometimes
+they list the actual company name, which is helpful. It also shows, if type 5 data is present, single/double
+bank.
+
+-xxx as usual shows largely useless data that may be of interest to soemone, like if ram type is synchronous,
+memory bus width data, and module voltage (type 5 data).
+
+This feature will never be reliable I am sad to say because the source data itself is random and much
+has been filled out, or not filled out, by engineering drones somewhere out there in the underpaid
+world. The ranges of errors are so wide that inxi just has to check what is possible, reasonable, unlikely,
+etc, to generate its numbers. In other words, this is NOT just parsing dmidecode output, that is the raw
+material only, sad to say.
+
+So this is it, for better or worse. All bug / issue reports with this MUST come with a full:
+inxi -xx@14
+hardware data upload, run as root.
+
+Also, much to my annoyance, this feature requires root, since /dev/mem needs root to be read, and I assume
+the dmi table, so that is a departure from normal inxi standards, as is the low quality input, and thus,
+output, data, though I can guarantee that what inxi tells you is in most cases on average more accurate than
+what dmidecode tells you, since dmidecode simply prints out what it finds in the dmi table, and nothing else,
+in whatever order it finds it, from what I can see, ie, you also cannot trust the order of dmidecode output.
+
+I had been hoping that /sys would start to contain memory data like it does mobo/system data, but it never
+happened so I finally decided to just do the ram thing, require dmidecode, require root/sudo, and that's
+that.
+
+There will be issue reports, you can help them by looking up the mobo stats/specs yourself and listing them
+in the issue, so I don't have to do it. I use the tool at crucial.com which is very accurate and also very
+complete in terms of all possible hardware out there.
+
+I would trust that tool before trusting the companies that have the least reliable data, like ASUS.
+
+Much thanks to everyone who is contributing datasets, and the distros, particularly siduction, that really
+were very helpful in this process, by finding more and more failure cases that helped me start to tighten
+the logic, and make it more and more robust. Special thanks to Mikaela, of #smxi irc.oftc.net, who came up
+with two systems that both required a full redo of the logic, and thus who helped a lot in this process.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:07:36 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.98
+Patch Version: 01
+Script Date: 2014-08-17
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New patch version, new tarball. Another error case dataset, wrong cap, wrong max mod
+size, derived mod size 2gb, listed cap 8, but 2 slots, ie, 2gb x 2 == 4. Made this
+retain the listed size, but adds (check) to it because either max mod size is wrong
+or cap is wrong.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Sun, 17 Aug 2014 19:40:46 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.98
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-17
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, new tarball. Fixed bad assumption, DMI type 0 is not always before other
+types, in at least one case, it is last, so can't use that as trigger to start loop.
+
+Now using: Table at .. which is always at start of dmi output.
+
+Also, changed size output per module to be in MB GB TB instead of all mB, since modules
+are sold by GB or MB, the data should show that as well. Also shortens output.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:01:38 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.97
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-16
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, new tarball. Another logic redo to handle a fringe case (dmidecode places
+type 17 in front of type 16), now each array is created as a multidimenstional, 2x array,
+and each device is a 3 dimensional array. This seems to clean up the problems with bad
+ordering of dmidecode data.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:22:17 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.96
+Patch Version: 02
+Script Date: 2014-08-15
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+forgot to remove debugger on switch
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:55:04 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.96
+Patch Version: 01
+Script Date: 2014-08-15
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+Small change, forgot to add -m to the debugger inxi output.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:43:47 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.96
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-14
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, new tarball, new man page. This version hopefully brings inxi closer to
+at least making good guesses when the data is bad for ram, and hopefully will not break
+too many cases where it was actually right but seemed wrong.
+
+Unfortunately, dmidecode data simply cannot be relied on, and is FAR inferior to the type
+of data inxi tries in general to present users, ie, taken directly from the system, and,
+ideally, more accurate than most other tools. But in this case, there is just no way to get
+the data truly accurate no matter how many hacks I add.
+
+But if you have bad data, then submit: inxi -xx@ 14 so I can take a look at the system,
+and see if I can modify the hacks to improve that data.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:41:42 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.95
+Patch Version: 04
+Script Date: 2014-08-14
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New patch version, tarball. Fixed a few small oversights, more debugging added.
+
+Will next try to handle the remaining corner cases if possible.
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:23:38 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.95
+Patch Version: 01
+Script Date: 2014-08-13
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+patch version, trying to fix a small glitch with gawk wanting to change integers to strings.
+
+forcing int() on relevant items.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Wed, 13 Aug 2014 21:28:46 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.95
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-13
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, new tarball. Attempting to handle bad extra data for max module size, sometimes
+it is too big, and sometimes too small. Changed data gathering to use arrays, then print/process
+the arrays once they are assembled.
+
+Now it will get rid of any max module size if it's greater than the calculated capacity, and it
+will generate an estimated capacity/max module size if they are clearly wrong because actual
+module sizes are greater than listed max size, or capacity is less than greatest module sizes times
+number of devices.
+
+Not perfect, but it never is, this covers more cases now correctly than before.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:42:00 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.94
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-13
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, new man page, new tarball. Realized that I can on some systems also add
+maximum supported module size, and module voltage. Most systems do not have this data,
+but some do. It's Type 5 item in dmidecode.
+
+Getting the type 6 data however is too hard, and even using type 5 assumes that the
+system only has one physical memory array, but that's fine given how few systems
+probably will have this information in the first place.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:03:03 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.93
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-13
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, new man page. Fixed man page errors, improved man page explanations of -m
+features. Changed output syntax to be more consistent, now each main array line starts with:
+
+Array-X capacity: (where X is an integer, counting from 1)
+
+and each device line starts with:
+Device-X: (where X is an integer incremented by 1 for each device, and starting at 1
+for each array. I have no data sets that contain > 1 physical memory array, if one appears,
+I may need to patch the output to link the array handles with the device handles explicitly.
+
+Made memory bus width output more clear, and added in a hack to correct dmidecode output errors,
+sometimes total width > data width, and sometimes data width is > total width, so using always
+greatest value for total if not equal to other width.
+
+I think this will be close to it barring any user feedback or bugs, if nothing comes to
+mind within a few days, I'll move the number to the new major version, 2.2.0
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:12:23 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.92
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-12
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, new tarball. This is closer to final release. Removed Bank/Slot separate
+items and am now just generating one: Locator item, usually from Slot/DIMM locator info,
+but sometimes from Bank Locator info when it is more reliable based on my data samples.
+
+Updated help menu, updated man page, now shows working -x -xx -xxx extra data. This may
+change slightly over time.
+
+Also removed speed output when No Module Installed is returned for device size. This
+also wills switch off width if both total/data are empty.
+
+This is much closer now to live 2.2.0, but I'll leave a few more tests before putting
+it at 2.2.0.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:16:04 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.91
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-12
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, new tarball. This is a transitional version, most -x/-xx/-xxx data is now
+working, but help/man does not have that yet, until I finalize the order.
+
+Fixed dmidecode issues, showing extra data types for -m, added line length handling
+so -m is properly integrated with rest of inxi re max line lengths.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:11:29 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.90
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-11
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, new tarball, new man page. Finally, after all these years, initial memory/ram
+support. This feature requires dmidecode, and usually that needs to be run as root.
+
+Significantly improved dmidecode error handling and output, and have as 2.1.90 testing/initial
+release basic ram data.
+
+In subsequent releases, extra info for -x and -xx and -xxx will be added as well to the output.
+
+For those who want to jump on board early for ram data, update your repos, for those who want to
+wait for the full featured version, with -x type data, wait for 2.2.0
+
+And that's that.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Mon, 11 Aug 2014 22:23:18 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.29
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-08
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+No version change, this only will impact ancient systems, cleans up a data error message
+and restores N/A to IF id in networking. No functional change, and won't be seen on any
+non ancient systems.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:10:03 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
+Version: 2.1.29
+Patch Version: 00
+Script Date: 2014-08-08
+-----------------------------------
+Changes:
+-----------------------------------
+New version, tarball. Big update/fix to -n/-i/-N. Now supports infiniband devices, which
+have the odd feature in our test data of having > 1 IF id, like ib0 ib1 per pcibusid.
+
+Added support for virtual nics as well. This required refactoring the networking functions
+significantly, so hopefully nothing breaks for existing systems. It should in theory be more
+robust now than it was before, with more accurate output, particularly with multiple port
+devices, like two port nics etc.
+
+-----------------------------------
+-- Harald Hope - Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:17:52 -0700
+
+=====================================================================================
Version: 2.1.28
Patch Version: 00
Script Date: 2014-05-05