Re: getting hardware details - pls help

["suresh ds" <dssuresh66@xxxxxxxx>]

Ofcourse, I know lspci. But then , it'll list only the PCI devices. Ofcourse, one can try always cat /proc/ioports, cat /proc/interrupts etc. But what I want to know is, how to get the details of the hardware, like the name of the device, version no., some basic details like that. I just want to know what PIC (8259 or some other) my system uses. I think there is no way to get such details from the software. Even if /proc provides some details, it limits itself only to certain categories I feel.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: suneesh

To: suresh ds
Subject: Re: getting hardware details - pls help
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:42:56 +0530

>
> suresh ds wrote:
>
> > In windows, one can always go the control panel and check what all
> > devices are installed and the details about them. In unix/linux
> > systems, how to find these? Well, I've not checked the linux desktop
> > environment. My question is, whether these details are stored in any
> > file in the directory tree or is it possible to see these thro' any
> > shell command? For eg., I'm learning to write a driver but don't know
> > what PIC is present. The system BIOS detects all the
> > peripherals/components and initialises them. But the kernel (one
> > booted up) stores these details in any file? OR the only way to find
> > out these is to look at the screen(monitor) after the system is
> > powered on and read those details as the BIOS prints message by message?
> >
> > Pls answer
> >
> > -suresh
> >
> >
> >
> 'lspci' command can be used to see information about all pci buses and
> devices connected to it.
>
> also try
> $ cat /proc/pci
>
>
>
>
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