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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: lshw -short
so am I blogging well? what I mean is it like how you think it should be??

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 11:41 AM, IscreamKid <> wrote:

> It has been said that the best way to learn something is to teach someone
> else.
>
> Congrats on your blog, it is a good start, IMHO.
>
> I have been tracking your posts and thinking what an asset it would be if
> they were organized.
>
> Unfortunately, I have been too lazy to do it myself, so I thank you.
>
> I will post a comment or two as soon as I recall where I put my logon.
>
> Harold
>
>
> On Feb 2, 2015, at 15:49, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>
> forgot to mention I got 2 posts on it.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>
>> my blog has been up 1.5 hours and already has 11 views!
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>>
>>> started a blog:
>>> http://thesimplefromthesimple.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Stephen Partington <
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well your paths of discovery are pretty educational. Getting them on a
>>>> blog that could be indexed and searched could help some folks...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Michael Havens <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> why would I blog? I don't know anything..... unless it were a means to
>>>>> teach me.... errr.... reinforce what I've learned.
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:18 PM, John J. Macey <>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you ever thought to Blog?
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> On 02/02/2015 02:10 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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