EDAC-CTL(8)							EDAC admin utility						       EDAC-CTL(8)

NAME

       edac-ctl - EDAC admin utility

SYNOPSIS

       edac-ctl [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       The edac-ctl program is a perl(1) script which performs some useful administration tasks for EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) drivers.

OPTIONS

       --help Display a brief usage message.

       --mainboard
	      Print  mainboard vendor and model for this hardware, if available.  This option requires that the dmidecode(8) utility be installed,
	      and must be run as root.

       --status
	      Print the status of EDAC drivers (loaded or unloaded).

       --register-labels
	      Register motherboard DIMM labels into EDAC driver sysfs files.  This option uses the detected mainboard manufacturer and model  num-
	      ber  in  combination  with  a  "labels  database"  found	in any of the files under /etc/edac/labels.d/* or in the labels.db file at
	      /etc/edac/labels.db. An entry for the current hardware must exist in the labels database for this option to do anything.

       --print-labels
	      Display the configured labels for the current hardware, as well as the current labels registered with EDAC.

       --labeldb=DB
	      Specify an alternate location for the labels database.

SEE ALSO

       edac(3), edac-util(1)

edac-utils-0.16-1						    2009-01-30							       EDAC-CTL(8)