<sect1 id="pci">
<sect1info>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Matthias</firstname>
<surname>H&ouml;lzer</surname>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Helge</firstname>
<surname>Deller</surname>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Duncan</firstname>
<surname>Haldane</surname>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Mike</firstname>
<surname>McBride</surname>
</author>
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</authorgroup>

<date>2002-02-12</date>
<releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>KControl</keyword>
<keyword>PCI</keyword>
<keyword>system information</keyword>
</keywordset>
</sect1info>

<title><acronym>PCI</acronym>-bus and Installed <acronym>PCI</acronym>
Cards</title>

<para>This page displays information about the
<acronym>PCI</acronym>-bus and installed <acronym>PCI</acronym> cards,
and other devices that use the Peripheral Component Interconnect
(<acronym>PCI</acronym>) bus.</para>

<note><para>The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some
systems, <acronym>PCI</acronym>-information can not yet be
displayed.</para> </note>

<para>On &Linux;, this information is read from <filename
class="devicefile">/proc/pci</filename> which is only available if the
<filename class="directory">/proc</filename> pseudo-filesystem is
compiled into the kernel.  A listing of all <acronym>PCI</acronym>
devices found during kernel initialization, and their configuration, is
shown.</para>

<para>Each entry begins with a bus, device and function number.</para>
<para>The user cannot modify any settings on this page.</para>

<sect2 id="pci-author">
<title>Section Authors</title>

<para> Matthias H&ouml;lzer <email>hoelzer@kde.org</email>, Helge Deller
<email>helge.deller@ruhruni-bochum.de</email>, Duncan Haldane
<email>duncan@kde.org</email>,and Michael McBride
<email>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email></para>

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</sect2>
</sect1>

