From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 10:10:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 686081065676 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@incunabulum.net) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 384EA8FC0C for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@incunabulum.net) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1A81320B4F; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:10:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:10:00 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: pmOljxIplF78IoUG2B/rfKHYQ7C+KYnmPVTVu2JppOFo 1240395000 Received: from [192.168.123.18] (82-35-112-254.cable.ubr07.dals.blueyonder.co.uk [82.35.112.254]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 23CBE27707; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:10:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <49EEECF6.2080705@incunabulum.net> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:09:58 +0100 From: Bruce Simpson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kaushal Shriyan References: <6b16fb4c0904210407w3caa791fo2c9ada9879a0981d@mail.gmail.com> <6b16fb4c0904210455q33ea34c6s33c226cf5f22504b@mail.gmail.com> <49EDB566.8090409@freebsdonline.com> <6b16fb4c0904210525x43811cb3p71117e92e9826547@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6b16fb4c0904210525x43811cb3p71117e92e9826547@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ovi freebsd , Ingo Flaschberger , freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network Card X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:10:02 -0000 Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > ... > so there is no such command line utility to get to know about that > information on Free BSD ? > There is no sure fire way to get that information anywhere, unless you're working with a system which has implemented PCI geographical addressing. Some of this is present in hotplug support. If someone pays for the feature, I'm sure it can get done... Having said that you should be able to make educated guesses about where something is, just by looking at the bus hierarchy (e.g. using devinfo or similar tool). This is no different from anywhere else that implements PCI. thanks, BMS