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Re: [LCP]how to obtain a list of installed device drivers on a Linuxbox



/proc/pci will provide info on the PCI devices discovered when the kernel
started.

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On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, mulix wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 03:18:22PM -0600, Shalabh_Sharma@Dell.com wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everybody,
> >
> > Is there a system call or a shell command using which I could obtain a list
> > of installed device drivers on a Linux box.
>
> in general, no. what you could do is obtain a list of the loaded
> kernel modules, which in some setups correspond to the list of
> "installed device drivers". see the lsmod(1) utility for how to do
> this.
>
> if you elaborate on why you need this informtion, we might be able to
> suggest a better way to achieve your goal.
>
> hope this helps...
>