Definition:

  • probe for hardware

Synopsis:

  • hwinfo [ OPTIONS ]

List of options:

  • --<HARDWARE_ITEM>:
    • Can be given more than once. Probe for a particular HARDWARE_ITEM. Available hardware items are: all, arch, bios, block, bluetooth, braille, bridge, camera, cdrom, chipcard, cpu, disk, dsl, dvb, fingerprint, floppy, framebuffer, gfxcard, hub, ide, isapnp, isdn, joystick, keyboard, memory, mmc-ctrl, modem, monitor, mouse, netcard, network, partition, pci, pcmcia, pcmcia-ctrl, pppoe, printer, redasd, reallyall, scanner, scsi, smp, sound, storage/storage-ctrl, sys, tape, tv, uml, usb, usb-ctrl, vbe, wlan, xen, zip
    • Note that if this option is missing, no hardware probing will be done!`
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