Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 12:12:36 +0100 From: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> To: garyj@jennejohn.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware inventory command Message-ID: <2250.991912356@thrush.ravenbrook.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org> of "Thu, 07 Jun 2001 12:52:57 %2B0200." <0106071252570L.02054@peedub.muc.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 2001-06-07 10:52:57+0000, Gary Jennejohn writes: > On Thursday 07 June 2001 11:44, Nick Barnes wrote: > > I want a command which will tell me what hardware I have on my system. > > Akin to 'hinv' on Irix. I can get this information from dmesg, or > > from /var/log/messages, if the last reboot wasn't too long ago, but if > > a system has been up for months or years I don't really want to have > > to reboot to get this information. > > > > It seems likely that this wouldn't be too hard for a kvm program. > > > > Nick B > > > > /var/run/dmesg.boot is a persistent copy of the boot messages is is only > changed when you reboot. Thanks; this is what I need. Some sort of hinv would still be nice. I'm thinking of writing one (basically traversing the device tree). Nick B To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?2250.991912356>