Provided by: pciutils_3.10.0-2_amd64 
NAME
pcilib - a library for accessing PCI devices
DESCRIPTION
The PCI library (also known as pcilib and libpci) is a portable library for accessing PCI
devices and their configuration space.
ACCESS METHODS
The library supports a variety of methods to access the configuration space on different
operating systems. By default, the first matching method in this list is used, but you can
specify override the decision (see the -A switch of lspci).
linux-sysfs
The /sys filesystem on Linux 2.6 and newer. The standard header of the config space
is available to all users, the rest only to root. Supports extended configuration
space, PCI domains, VPD (from Linux 2.6.26), physical slots (also since Linux
2.6.26) and information on attached kernel drivers.
linux-proc
The /proc/bus/pci interface supported by Linux 2.1 and newer. The standard header
of the config space is available to all users, the rest only to root.
intel-conf1
Direct hardware access via Intel configuration mechanism 1. Available on i386 and
compatibles on Linux, Solaris/x86, GNU Hurd, Windows, BeOS and Haiku. Requires root
privileges.
intel-conf2
Direct hardware access via Intel configuration mechanism 2. Available on i386 and
compatibles on Linux, Solaris/x86, GNU Hurd, Windows, BeOS and Haiku. Requires root
privileges. Warning: This method is able to address only the first 16 devices on
any bus and it seems to be very unreliable in many cases.
mmio-conf1
Direct hardware access via Intel configuration mechanism 1 via memory-mapped I/O.
Mostly used on non-i386 platforms. Requires root privileges. Warning: This method
needs to be properly configured via the mmio-conf1.addrs parameter.
mmio-conf1-ext
Direct hardware access via Extended PCIe Intel configuration mechanism 1 via
memory-mapped I/O. Mostly used on non-i386 platforms. Requires root privileges.
Warning: This method needs to be properly configured via the mmio-conf1-ext.addrs
parameter.
ecam Direct hardware access via PCIe ECAM (Enhanced Configuration Access Mechanism).
Available on all PCIe-compliant hardware. Requires root privileges and access to
physical memory (on Linux systems disabled CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM option). On ACPI
compatible systems is ECAM mapping read from the MCFG table specified by the
ecam.acpimcfg parameter. On EFI compatible systems, ACPI MCFG table can be located
in physical memory via EFI system table specified by the ecam.efisystab parameter.
On FreeBSD/NetBSD systems, physical address of ACPI MCFG table can be located by
kenv or sysctl interface when the ecam.bsd parameter is not disabled. On x86 BIOS
compatible systems, ACPI MCFG table can be located in physical memory by scanning
x86 BIOS memory when the ecam.x86bios parameter is not disabled. Alternatively ECAM
mappings can be specified by the ecam.addrs parameter which takes precedence over
ACPI MCFG table. This option is required on systems without ACPI and also on
systems without EFI or x86 BIOS.
fbsd-device
The /dev/pci device on FreeBSD. Requires root privileges.
aix-device
Access method used on AIX. Requires root privileges.
nbsd-libpci
The /dev/pci0 device on NetBSD accessed using the local libpci library.
obsd-device
The /dev/pci device on OpenBSD. Requires root privileges.
dump Read the contents of configuration registers from a file specified in the dump.name
parameter. The format corresponds to the output of lspci -x.
darwin Access method used on Mac OS X / Darwin. Must be run as root and the system must
have been booted with debug=0x144.
win32-cfgmgr32
Device listing on Windows systems using the Windows Configuration Manager via
cfgmgr32.dll system library. This method does not require any special Administrator
rights or privileges. Configuration Manager provides only basic information about
devices, assigned resources and device tree structure. There is no access to the
PCI configuration space but libpci either tries to use other access method to
access configuration space or it provides read-only virtual emulation based on
information from Configuration Manager. Other access method can be chosen by the
win32.cfgmethod parameter. By default the first working one is selected (if any).
Starting with Windows 8 (NT 6.2) it is not possible to retrieve resources from
32-bit application or library on 64-bit system.
win32-sysdbg
Access to the PCI configuration space via NT SysDbg interface on Windows systems.
Process needs to have Debug privilege, which local Administrators have by default.
Not available on 64-bit systems and neither on recent 32-bit systems. Only devices
from the first domain are accessible and only first 256 bytes of the PCI
configuration space is accessible via this method.
win32-kldbg
Access to the PCI configuration space via Kernel Local Debugging Driver
kldbgdrv.sys. This driver is not part of the Windows system but is part of the
Microsoft WinDbg tool. It is required to have kldbgdrv.sys driver installed in the
system32 directory or to have windbg.exe or kd.exe binary in PATH. kldbgdrv.sys
driver has some restrictions. Process needs to have Debug privilege and Windows
system has to be booted with Debugging option. Debugging option can be enabled by
calling (takes effect after next boot): bcdedit /debug on
Download links for WinDbg 6.12.2.633 standalone installer from Microsoft Windows
SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4:
amd64: https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/6/A/A6AC035D-DA3F-4F0C-
ADA4-37C8E5D34E3D/setup/WinSDKDebuggingTools_amd64/dbg_amd64.msi
ia64: https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/6/A/A6AC035D-DA3F-4F0C-
ADA4-37C8E5D34E3D/setup/WinSDKDebuggingTools_ia64/dbg_ia64.msi
x86: https://download.microsoft.com/download/A/6/A/A6AC035D-DA3F-4F0C-
ADA4-37C8E5D34E3D/setup/WinSDKDebuggingTools/dbg_x86.msi
Archived download links of previous WinDbg versions:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110221133326/https://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.mspx
https://web.archive.org/web/20110214012715/https://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/install64bit.mspx
PARAMETERS
The library is controlled by several parameters. They should have sensible default values,
but in case you want to do something unusual (or even something weird), you can override
them (see the -O switch of lspci).
Parameters of specific access methods
dump.name
Name of the bus dump file to read from.
fbsd.path
Path to the FreeBSD PCI device.
nbsd.path
Path to the NetBSD PCI device.
obsd.path
Path to the OpenBSD PCI device.
proc.path
Path to the procfs bus tree.
sysfs.path
Path to the sysfs device tree.
devmem.path
Path to the /dev/mem device.
mmio-conf1.addrs
Physical addresses of memory-mapped I/O ports for Intel configuration mechanism 1.
CF8 (address) and CFC (data) I/O port addresses are separated by slash and multiple
addresses for different PCI domains are separated by commas. Format:
0xaddr1/0xdata1,0xaddr2/0xdata2,...
mmio-conf1-ext.addrs
Physical addresses of memory-mapped I/O ports for Extended PCIe Intel configuration
mechanism 1. It has same format as mmio-conf1.addrs parameter.
ecam.addrs
Physical addresses of PCIe ECAM mappings. Each mapping must contains first PCI bus
number and physical address where mapping starts. And then it may contain the
length of the mapping, the last PCI bus number and PCI domain number. When the last
PCI bus number is not provided then it is calculated from the length of the mapping
or it is assumed 0xff. When length of the mapping is provided then it is calculated
from the last PCI bus number. And when PCI domain is not provided then 0x0 is
assumed. All numbers must be supplied in hexadecimal form (leading prefix 0x is not
required). Multiple mappings are separated by commas. Format:
[domain:]start_bus[-end_bus]:start_addr[+length],...
ecam.acpimcfg
Path to the ACPI MCFG table. Processed by the glob(3) function, so it may contain
wildcards (*).
ecam.efisystab
Path to the EFI system table.
ecam.bsd
When not set to 0 then use BSD kenv or sysctl to find ACPI MCFG table. Default
value is 1 on BSD systems.
ecam.x86bios
When not set to 0 then scan x86 BIOS memory for ACPI MCFG table. Default value is 1
on x86 systems.
win32.cfgmethod
Config space access method to use with win32-cfgmgr32 on Windows systems. Value
auto or an empty string selects the first access method which supports access to
the config space on Windows. Value win32-cfgmgr32 or none only builds a read-only
virtual emulated config space with information from the Configuration Manager.
Parameters for resolving of ID's via DNS
net.domain
DNS domain containing the ID database.
net.cache_name
Name of the file used for caching of resolved ID's.
Parameters for resolving of ID's via UDEV's HWDB
hwdb.disable
Disable use of HWDB if set to a non-zero value.
SEE ALSO
lspci(8), setpci(8), pci.ids(5), update-pciids(8)
AUTHOR
The PCI Utilities are maintained by Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>.