virt-fw-dump1
Manual page for virt-fw-dump 26.10
Overview
The virt-fw-dump utility prints the structure and content of edk2 firmware volumes to stdout.
usage: virt-fw-dump [-h] [-i FILE] [--all] [--volumes] [--modules] [--meta]
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[--volume-hashes]
Dump EFI firmware volumes and EFI variable stores.
options:
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-h, --help -
show this help message and exit
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-i, --input FILE -
dump firmware volume FILE
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--all -
print everything (default)
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--volumes -
print firmware volumes
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--modules -
print included modules
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--meta, --ovmf-meta -
decode ovmf metadata (in reset vector)
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--volume-hashes -
print volume hashes
Examples
virt-fw-dump --input /usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.fd
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
- Debian 13 (Trixie)
--meta since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.