RE: [LCP]how to obtain a list of installed device drivers on a Li nux box

[Shalabh_Sharma@Dell.com]

I am trying to make a tool which tells the user which device drivers are
installed on his/her system and which of those a currently being
used/loaded.
This is possible in windows, I just want to know is there a way to do this
in Linux ?

-----Original Message-----
From: mulix [mailto:mulix@actcom.co.il]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:51 PM
To: linuxcprogramming@lists.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [LCP]how to obtain a list of installed device drivers on a
Li nux box


On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 04:48:22PM -0600, Shalabh_Sharma@Dell.com wrote:
> 
> I know that lsmod will give the list of loaded modules, but it also gives
a
> list of file systems loaded eg: ext-3, smbfs.
> I want to know which device drivers are currently installed on the system,
> and which of those are being used currently minus the file systems.
> If possible I would also like to get their location, description and
version
> info. modinfo gives this to a certain degree, but not for the device
drivers
> which are installed but are not currently loaded.

i'm afraid that in the context of linux, your question makes no
sense. some "device drivers" can be compiled into the kernel, some can
be modules which are loaded into the kernel, some can be modules which
are in a non standard location, some can be compiled as the system is
running and automatically loaded into the kernel, etc, etc. 

again, please explain what you're trying to do. you're asking the
wrong question, and therefore getting the wrong answer. 

hope this helps, 
-- 
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