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NAME¶
pcilib - a library for accessing PCI devices
DESCRIPTION¶
The PCI library (also known as pcilib and libpci) is a portable
library for accessing PCI devices and their configuration space.
ACCESS METHODS¶
The library supports a variety of methods to access the configuration space on
different operating systems. By default, the first matching method in this
list is used, but you can specify override the decision (see the -A
switch of lspci).
- linux-sysfs
- The /sys filesystem on Linux 2.6 and newer. The standard header of
the config space is available to all users, the rest only to root.
Supports extended configuration space, PCI domains, VPD (from Linux
2.6.26), physical slots (also since Linux 2.6.26) and information on
attached kernel drivers.
- linux-proc
- The /proc/bus/pci interface supported by Linux 2.1 and newer. The
standard header of the config space is available to all users, the rest
only to root.
- intel-conf1
- Direct hardware access via Intel configuration mechanism 1. Available on
i386 and compatibles on Linux, Solaris/x86, GNU Hurd, Windows, BeOS and
Haiku. Requires root privileges.
- intel-conf2
- Direct hardware access via Intel configuration mechanism 2. Available on
i386 and compatibles on Linux, Solaris/x86, GNU Hurd, Windows, BeOS and
Haiku. Requires root privileges. Warning: This method is able to address
only the first 16 devices on any bus and it seems to be very unreliable in
many cases.
- fbsd-device
- The /dev/pci device on FreeBSD. Requires root privileges.
- aix-device
- Access method used on AIX. Requires root privileges.
- nbsd-libpci
- The /dev/pci0 device on NetBSD accessed using the local libpci
library.
- obsd-device
- The /dev/pci device on OpenBSD. Requires root privileges.
- dump
- Read the contents of configuration registers from a file specified in the
dump.name parameter. The format corresponds to the output of
lspci -x.
- darwin
- Access method used on Mac OS X / Darwin. Must be run as root and the
system must have been booted with debug=0x144.
PARAMETERS¶
The library is controlled by several parameters. They should have sensible
default values, but in case you want to do something unusual (or even
something weird), you can override them (see the -O switch of
lspci).
Parameters of specific access methods¶
- dump.name
- Name of the bus dump file to read from.
- fbsd.path
- Path to the FreeBSD PCI device.
- nbsd.path
- Path to the NetBSD PCI device.
- obsd.path
- Path to the OpenBSD PCI device.
- proc.path
- Path to the procfs bus tree.
- sysfs.path
- Path to the sysfs device tree.
Parameters for resolving of ID's via DNS¶
- net.domain
- DNS domain containing the ID database.
- net.cache_name
- Name of the file used for caching of resolved ID's.
Parameters for resolving of ID's via UDEV's HWDB¶
- hwdb.disable
- Disable use of HWDB if set to a non-zero value.
AUTHOR¶
The PCI Utilities are maintained by Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>.
