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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: lshw -short
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~(-:
>>>>
>>>
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