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9 <title><acronym>PCI</acronym>-bus and Installed <acronym>PCI</acronym> Cards</title>
10 <articleinfo>
12 <authorgroup>
13 <author>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author>
14 <author>&Helge.Deller;</author>
15 <author>&Duncan.Haldane;</author>
16 <author>&Mike.McBride;</author>
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18 </authorgroup>
20 <date>2002-02-12</date>
21 <releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
23 <keywordset>
24 <keyword>KDE</keyword>
25 <keyword>KControl</keyword>
26 <keyword>PCI</keyword>
27 <keyword>system information</keyword>
28 </keywordset>
29 </articleinfo>
31 <sect1 id="pci">
33 <title><acronym>PCI</acronym>-bus and Installed <acronym>PCI</acronym>
34 Cards</title>
36 <para>This page displays information about the
37 <acronym>PCI</acronym>-bus and installed <acronym>PCI</acronym> cards,
38 and other devices that use the Peripheral Component Interconnect
39 (<acronym>PCI</acronym>) bus.</para>
41 <note><para>The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some
42 systems, <acronym>PCI</acronym>-information can not yet be
43 displayed.</para> </note>
45 <para>On &Linux;, this information is read from <filename
46 class="devicefile">/proc/pci</filename> which is only available if the
47 <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> pseudo-filesystem is
48 compiled into the kernel. A listing of all <acronym>PCI</acronym>
49 devices found during kernel initialization, and their configuration, is
50 shown.</para>
52 <para>Each entry begins with a bus, device and function number.</para>
53 <para>The user cannot modify any settings on this page.</para>
55 </sect1>
57 </article>