Option --dump is only a modifier as --quiet is, so it's not actually

mutually exclusive with the output format options.

Author: jdelvare

dmidecode.c

@@ -3887,7 +3887,8 @@ static void dmi_table(u32 base, u16 len, u16 num, u16 ver, const char *devmem)
 		if ((opt.flags & FLAG_QUIET) && h.type == 127)
 			break;
 
-		if (display && !(opt.flags & FLAG_QUIET))
+		if (display
+		 && (!(opt.flags & FLAG_QUIET) || (opt.flags & FLAG_DUMP)))
 			printf("Handle 0x%04X, DMI type %d, %d bytes\n",
 				h.handle, h.type, h.length);
 

dmiopt.c

@@ -282,12 +282,12 @@ int parse_command_line(int argc, char * const argv[])
 
 	/* Check for mutually exclusive output format options */
 	if ((opt.string != NULL) + (opt.type != NULL)
-	  + !!(opt.flags & FLAG_DUMP) + !!(opt.flags & FLAG_DUMP_BIN) > 1)
+	  + !!(opt.flags & FLAG_DUMP_BIN) > 1)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "Options --string, --type, --dump and --dump-bin are mutually exclusive\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Options --string, --type and --dump-bin are mutually exclusive\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (opt.flags & (FLAG_DUMP | FLAG_DUMP_BIN))
+	if (opt.flags & FLAG_DUMP_BIN)
 		opt.flags &= ~FLAG_QUIET;
 
 	if ((opt.flags & FLAG_FROM_DUMP) && (opt.flags & FLAG_DUMP_BIN))

man/dmidecode.8

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Display usage information and exit
 .BR "-V" ", " "--version"
 Display the version and exit
 .P
-Options --string, --type, --dump and --dump-bin
+Options --string, --type and --dump-bin
 determine the output format and are mutually exclusive.
 
 .SH "DMI TYPES"