On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 11:01 -0400, kyron wrote: > Hello Dave, > > Have you tried lshw? You might want switch to that tool or find good > inspiration in the information it provides. Well I didn't know about the command, but it seems to me that it's quite different than devinfo, in the sense that devinfo only focuses on bloc/char devs and shows information related to this, while lshw covers all hardware config of the system. There might be somethings I might try to "steel" though. Thanks, Davidlohr > > Cheers, > > Eric Thibodeau > > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:56:10 -0400, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > These series of patches add a new command, devinfo(1), which aids users > to > > quickly get details of any linux device. > > > > I have been using this program for my own purpose for some time now and > > thought that it might be a useful addition. > > There is room for improvements and suggestions, so please let me know. > > > > Some examples: > > $ devinfo /dev/video0 > > Character device: `video0' (81:0) Class: video4linux Access: > > crw-rw---- > > Name: Integrated Camera Driver: `uvcvideo' > > Type: usb_interface > > > > # devinfo /dev/sda > > Block device: `sda' (8:0) Class: sd Access: brw-rw---- > > Fabricant: ATA HITACHI HTS54502 Driver: `sd' > > Type: disk (read-write, non-removable) > > Partitions (3): > > #1: 468518912 Linux > > #2: 19873794 Extended > > #5: 19873792 Linux swap / Solaris > > > > > > $ devinfo -b > > DEVICE MAJOR:MINOR > > sr > > ââsr0 11:0 > > ramdisk > > ââram0 1:0 > > ââram1 1:1 > > ââram10 1:10 > > ââram11 1:11 > > ââram12 1:12 > > ... > > > > Thanks, > > Davidlohr > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" > in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
