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

[mulix]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 04:48:22PM -0600, Shalabh_Sharma at 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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