%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ pciutils-&pciutils-version; pciutils Introduction to PCI Utils The PCI Utils package contains a set of programs for listing PCI devices, inspecting their status and setting their configuration registers. &lfs78_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &pciutils-md5sum; Download size: &pciutils-size; Estimated disk space required: &pciutils-buildsize; Estimated build time: &pciutils-time; User Notes: Installation of PCI Utils Install PCI Utils by running the following commands: make PREFIX=/usr \ SHAREDIR=/usr/share/misc \ SHARED=yes This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make PREFIX=/usr \ SHAREDIR=/usr/share/misc \ SHARED=yes \ install install-lib && chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libpci.so Command Explanations SHARED=yes: This parameter enables building of shared library instead of static one. : This option prevents compression of the pci.ids file. Configuring PCI Utils The pci.ids data file is constantly being updated. To get a current version of this file, run update-pciids as the root user. This program requires the script or program to find , or which are used to download the most current file, and then replace the existing file in /usr/share/misc. You may wish to add an entry to root's (or any other user who has write privilege to /usr/share/misc) crontab to automatically update the pci.ids file periodically. Contents Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directory lspci, setpci and update-pciids libpci.so /usr/include/pci Short Descriptions lspci is a utility for displaying information about all PCI buses in the system and all devices connected to them. lspci setpci is a utility for querying and configuring PCI devices. setpci update-pciids fetches the current version of the PCI ID list. Requires , or . update-pciids libpci.so is library that allows applications to access the PCI subsystem. libpci.so