Linux Command :: lshw
| Bhaskar S | 01/03/2015 |
Have you ever had the need to figure detailed information about one or more hardware components in your Desktop running Linux ???
If yes, there is help. The Linux lshw (List Hardware) command is a handy utility to extract detailed information on the various hardware components (such as CPU, Disk, Memory, Network, Video, etc) of the Desktop PC.
This command must to be run as a super user (sudo) to gather accurate information.
Let us go ahead and execute the lshw as follows:
$ sudo lshw -short
The following is the typical output:
H/W path Device Class Description
===================================================
system GA-970A-UD3 ()
/0 bus GA-970A-UD3
/0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
/0/4/a memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/4/c memory 2MiB L3 cache
/0/b memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/29 memory 32GiB System Memory
/0/29/0 memory 8GiB DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/29/1 memory 8GiB DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/29/2 memory 8GiB DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/29/3 memory 8GiB DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/100 bridge RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 p
/0/100/2 bridge RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp
/0/100/2/0 display Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Ser
/0/100/2/0.1 multimedia Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300 Se
/0/100/4 bridge RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp
/0/100/4/0 bus EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller
/0/100/7 bridge RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp
/0/100/7/0 wlan0 network RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/9 bridge RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp
/0/100/9/0 eth0 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Et
/0/100/a bridge RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx1 p
/0/100/a/0 bus EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller
/0/100/11 storage SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE m
/0/100/12 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
/0/100/12.2 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
/0/100/13 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
/0/100/13.2 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
/0/100/14 bus SBx00 SMBus Controller
/0/100/14.1 storage SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
/0/100/14.2 multimedia SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
/0/100/14.3 bridge SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
/0/100/14.4 bridge SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
/0/100/14.4/e bus VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI C
/0/100/14.5 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
/0/100/15 bridge SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI
/0/100/16 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
/0/100/16.2 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
/0/101 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 0
/0/102 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 1
/0/103 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 2
/0/104 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 3
/0/105 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 4
/0/106 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 5
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 256GB SanDisk SDSSDHP2
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 238GiB EXT4 volume
/0/2 scsi2 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD RW AD-7280S
/0/3 scsi4 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 1TB Hitachi HDS72101
/0/3/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 912GiB EXT4 volume
/0/3/0.0.0/2 /dev/sdb2 volume 18GiB Extended partition
/0/3/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sdb5 volume 18GiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/5 scsi5 storage
/0/5/0.0.0 /dev/sdc disk 1TB Hitachi HDS72101
/0/5/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdc1 volume 931GiB EXT4 volume
/0/6 scsi6 storage
/0/6/0.0.0 /dev/sdd disk SCSI Disk
/0/6/0.0.1 /dev/sde disk SCSI Disk
/0/6/0.0.2 /dev/sdf disk SCSI Disk
/0/6/0.0.3 /dev/sdg disk SCSI Disk
/0/6/0.0.4 /dev/sdh disk SCSI Disk
The third column Class indicates the class of the hardware component.
The fourth column Description gives a short and brief description of the hardware component.
Now, to find information about the hardware class network, execute the following command:
$ sudo lshw -short -class network
The following is the typical output:
H/W path Device Class Description =================================================== /0/100/7/0 wlan0 network RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter /0/100/9/0 eth0 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Et
Hmm. What if we want more detailed information about the hardware class network ??? For that execute the following command (without the -short option):
$ sudo lshw -class network
The following is the typical output:
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192ce driverversion=3.13.0-37-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:19 ioport:de00(size=256) memory:fdbfc000-fdbfffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 06
serial: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168e-3_0.0.4 03/27/12 ip=192.168.1.8 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:42 ioport:ce00(size=256) memory:fd6ff000-fd6fffff memory:fd6f8000-fd6fbfff
To find detailed information about the hardware class processor, execute the following command (without the -short option):
$ sudo lshw -class processor
The following is the typical output:
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
slot: Socket M2
size: 1400MHz
capacity: 1400MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb arat cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold bmi1 cpufreq
To find detailed information about all the hardware in the Linux desktop, execute the following command (will generate a very long and detailed output):
$ sudo lshw
The following is the typical output (truncated):
my-host
description: Desktop Computer
product: GA-970A-UD3 ()
vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=35304535-3439-4330-3930-4245FFFFFFFF
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: GA-970A-UD3
vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
version: x.x
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
physical id: 0
version: F8f
date: 12/16/2013
size: 128KiB
capacity: 4032KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
slot: Socket M2
size: 1400MHz
capacity: 1400MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb arat cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold bmi1 cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: a
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L3 cache
physical id: c
slot: External Cache
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache
description: L1 cache
physical id: b
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 29
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 32GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: A0
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
physical id: 1
slot: A1
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
physical id: 2
slot: A2
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
physical id: 3
slot: A3
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
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In short, lshw is a nifty command line tool that generates detailed information about the various hardware components of the Linux desktop.