thank you oh wise ones :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 3:08 AM, Todd Millecam wrote: > Also, if you want to manipulate the way the kernel uses a device, you can > usually find it under a directory like: > > /proc/bus/ > or > /sys/bus/ > > Using this, you can (often) deactivate a device and if the motherboard > supports it, pull it out and replace it without rebooting the machine. > Very handy for replacing PCI raid cards and faulty RAM without incurring > any downtime. > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:47 AM, James Mcphee wrote: > >> which bus and slot it sits in. like if you wanted to know which card or >> whatnot to yank. >> >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:48 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> I found the answer! >>> >>> there is a phrase in the lshw manpage that says -short is "very much >>> like the output of HP-UX's ioscan.' >>> >>> A websearch for 'HP-UX's ioscan' brings up it's man page which states: >>> >>> >>> *hw path* A numerical string of hardware components, notated >>> sequentially from the bus address to the device >>> address. Typically, the initial number is >>> appended by slash (*/*), to represent a bus >>> converter (if required by your machine), and >>> subsequent numbers are separated by periods (*.*). >>> Each number represents the location of a hardware >>> component on the path to the device. >>> >>> Could someone explain to me what 'the location of a hardware component' >>> means? >>> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>>> I was wondering, I can run lshw with the -short option and it gives me >>>> a list: >>>> >>>> H/W path Device Class Description >>>> ============================================ >>>> system Computer >>>> /0 bus Motherboard >>>> /0/1 memory 3888MiB System memory >>>> /0/6 processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ >>>> /0/0 memory RAM memory >>>> etc... >>>> >>>> does anyone know what a 'H/W path' is? >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> James McPhee >> jmcphe@gmail.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Todd Millecam > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >