On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:01:16 +0100, Alexander Apprich <a.apprich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Roger Grosswiler wrote: > > Alexander Apprich schrieb: > > > >> Roger Grosswiler wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I would like to see all pci-slots on a system via shell, not only the > >>> used slots. > >>> > >>> How can i do that? > >> > >> > >> > >> dmidecode should do the job. > >> > >> http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/ > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Thx, > >>> Roger > >>> > >> > >> Alex > >> > > Hi Alex, > > > > Thanks a lot, nice to see you alive ;-) > > to be a lil more specific > > apprich@elmstreet bin $ sudo dmidecode | grep PCI | wc -l > 6 > > > > > Roger > > > > Alex > Is the result correct? Here's what I get on my system with an ASUS SP97-V motherboard: # dmidecode | grep PCI | wc -l 9 No way is that correct. I had to change the filter for grep to get the correct count. # dmidecode | grep "PCI Slot" | wc -l 4 So even if I changed the filter to "Slot" the results would not be that useful. The ASUS SP97-V MB has 4 PCI and 3 ISA slots, but only 6 openings. One opening is shared. The information dmidecode provides is useful but incomplete. dmicode cannot determine if an ISA slot is occupied. Even if you have a new motherboard with all PCI slots the data provided would not tell you that an installed card is oversize and requires an adjacent slot or that an opening is used for an I/O panel. You are still going to need to use keep track of what is installed.
