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diff --git a/system/lshw/README b/system/lshw/README index f917315f0f084..04d64576ebde9 100644 --- a/system/lshw/README +++ b/system/lshw/README @@ -1,15 +1,27 @@ -lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information on -the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory -configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and -speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86 or EFI -(IA-64) systems and on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to work). +lshw (Hardware Lister) is a small tool to provide detailed information +on the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory +configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version +and speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86 or +EFI (IA-64) systems and on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known +to work). Information can be output in plain text, XML, or HTML. It currently supports DMI (x86 and EFI only), OpenFirmware device tree -(PowerPC only), PCI/AGP, ISA PnP (x86), CPUID (x86), IDE/ATA/ATAPI, PCMCIA -(only tested on x86), USB, and SCSI. +(PowerPC only), PCI/AGP, ISA PnP (x86), CPUID (x86), IDE/ATA/ATAPI, +PCMCIA (only tested on x86), USB, and SCSI. -On x86, lshw needs to be run as root to be able to access DMI information -from the BIOS. Running lshw as a non-root user usually gives much less -detailed information. +On x86, lshw needs to be run as root to be able to access DMI +information from the BIOS. Running lshw as a non-root user usually gives +much less detailed information. + +There several build options available for the SlackBuild: + + GUI=no Disable GTK GUI support (default: yes) + ZLIB=yes Enable zlib support (default: no) + SQLITE=yes Enable sqlite support (default: no) + +where one or more build options are passed to the SlackBuild. For +example, to disable GUI and enable zlib support use: + + GUI=no ZLIB=yes ./lshw.SlackBuild |