source: general/sysutils/pciutils.xml@ 0829916

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY pciutils-download-http "http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/pciutils/pciutils-&pciutils-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY pciutils-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/pciutils/pciutils-&pciutils-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY pciutils-md5sum        "7c891d039c8e7a7ec73ff2fc8317e21c">
  <!ENTITY pciutils-size          "256 KB">
  <!ENTITY pciutils-buildsize     "3.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY pciutils-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="pciutils" xreflabel="PCI Utilities-&pciutils-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="pciutils.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>PCI Utilities-&pciutils-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="pciutils">
    <primary sortas="a-PCI-Utilities">PCI Utilities</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to PCI Utilities</title>

    <para>The <application>PCI Utilities</application> package
    is a set of programs for listing PCI devices, inspecting
    their status and setting their configuration registers.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pciutils-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pciutils-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &pciutils-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &pciutils-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &pciutils-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &pciutils-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pciutils"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of PCI Utilities</title>

    <para>Install <application>PCI Utilities</application> by
    running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr ZLIB=no</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr install</userinput></screen>

    <para>Some packages require the PCI static library. To install the library
    and headers, issue the following commands as the
    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m 755 -d /usr/include/pci &amp;&amp;
install -v -m 644 lib/libpci.a /usr/lib &amp;&amp;
install -v -m 644 lib/*.h /usr/include/pci</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>ZLIB=no</parameter>: This parameter prevents compression of 
    the <filename>pci.ids</filename> file which is needed by other applications 
    such as <xref linkend="hal"/>.</para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring PCI Utilities</title>

    <para>The <filename>pci.ids</filename> data file is constantly being
    updated. To get a current version of this file, run
    <command>update-pciids</command> as the <systemitem
    class="username">root</systemitem> user. This program requires the
    <xref linkend="which"/> script or program to find <xref linkend="curl"/>,
    <xref linkend="wget"/> or <xref linkend="lynx"/> which are used to
    download the most current file, and then replace the existing file in
    <filename class='directory'>/usr/share</filename>.</para>

    <para>You may wish to add an entry to
    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>'s (or any other user who
    has write privilege to <filename class='directory'>/usr/share</filename>)
    crontab to automatically update the <filename>pci.ids</filename> file
    periodically.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>lspci, setpci and update-pciids</seg>
        <seg>libpci.a</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/pci</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="lspci">
        <term><command>lspci</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a utility for displaying information about all PCI buses in the
          system and all devices connected to them.</para>
          <indexterm zone="pciutils lspci">
            <primary sortas="b-lspci">lspci</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="setpci">
        <term><command>setpci</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a utility for querying and configuring PCI devices.</para>
          <indexterm zone="pciutils setpci">
            <primary sortas="b-setpci">setpci</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="update-pciids">
        <term><command>update-pciids</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>fetches the current version of the PCI ID list. Requires
          <xref linkend="curl"/>, <xref linkend="wget"/> or
          <xref linkend="lynx"/>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="pciutils update-pciids">
            <primary sortas="b-update-pciids">update-pciids</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libpci">
      <term><filename role='library'>libpci.a</filename></term>
      <listitem>
        <para> is the static library that allows applications to access the PCI
        subsystem.</para>
        <indexterm zone="pciutils libpci">
          <primary sortas="c-libpci">libpci.a</primary>
        </indexterm>
      </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>