How to Display Device Information
Display device information with the dmesg command.
# /usr/sbin/dmesg |
The dmesg output is displayed as messages on the system console and identifies which devices are connected to the system since the last reboot.
Examples—Displaying Device Information
The following dmesg output is displayed from a SPARC based system.
# dmesg Jan 3 08:44:41 starbug genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice] SunOS Release 5.9 ... Jan 3 08:44:41 starbug genunix: [ID 913631 kern.notice] Copyright 1983-2002 ... Jan 3 08:44:41 starbug genunix: [ID 678236 kern.info] Ethernet address = ... Jan 3 08:44:41 starbug unix: [ID 389951 kern.info] mem = 131072K (0x8000000) Jan 3 08:44:41 starbug unix: [ID 930857 kern.info] avail mem = 121888768 Jan 3 08:44:41 starbug rootnex: [ID 466748 kern.info] root nexus = Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 333MHz) . . . # |
The following dmesg output is displayed from an x86 based system.
# dmesg Jan 2 07:21:46 naboo genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice] SunOS Release 5.9 Version ... Jan 2 07:21:46 naboo genunix: [ID 913631 kern.notice] Copyright 1983-2002 ... Jan 2 07:21:46 naboo genunix: [ID 897550 kern.info] Using default device ... Jan 2 07:21:46 naboo unix: [ID 168242 kern.info] mem = 130684K (0x7f9f000) Jan 2 07:21:46 naboo unix: [ID 930857 kern.info] avail mem = 116547584 Jan 2 07:21:46 naboo rootnex: [ID 466748 kern.info] root nexus = i86pc Jan 2 07:21:46 naboo rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] pci0 at root: ... Jan 2 07:21:46 naboo genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pci0 is /pci@0,0 Jan 2 07:21:46 naboo genunix: [ID 678236 kern.info] Ethernet address = ... . . . |
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