Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-868

Chapter 12. System Utilities

pciutils-3.13.0

Introduction to PCI Utils

The PCI Utils package contains a set of programs for listing PCI devices, inspecting their status and setting their configuration registers.

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Package Information

pciutils Dependencies

Recommended

hwdata-0.390 (runtime)

Installation of PCI Utils

Prevent the installation of the pci.ids file to avoid a conflict with the hwdata-0.390 package: 

sed -r '/INSTALL/{/PCI_IDS|update-pciids /d; s/update-pciids.8//}' \
    -i Makefile

Install PCI Utils by running the following commands: 

make PREFIX=/usr                \
     SHAREDIR=/usr/share/hwdata \
     SHARED=yes

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make PREFIX=/usr                \
     SHAREDIR=/usr/share/hwdata \
     SHARED=yes                 \
     install install-lib        &&

chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libpci.so

Next, install the hwdata-0.390 package for the pci.ids file.

Command Explanations

SHARED=yes: This parameter enables building of the shared library instead of the static one.

Contents

Installed Programs: lspci, pcilmr, and setpci
Installed Library: libpci.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/pci

Short Descriptions

lspci

is a utility for displaying information about all PCI buses in the system and all devices connected to them

pcilmr

is a utility for managing PCIe links

setpci

is a utility for querying and configuring PCI devices

libpci.so

is a library that allows applications to access the PCI subsystem