<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>
</authorgroup>

<date>21/10/2000</date>
<releaseinfo>1.00.00</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>KControl</keyword>
<keyword>PCI</keyword>
<keyword>system information</keyword>
</keywordset>
</sect1info>
<title>PCI-bus and Installed PCI Cards</title>

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

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

<para>On Linux, this information is read from <filename>/proc/pci</filename>
which is only available if the <filename>/proc</filename> pseudo-filesystem is
compiled into the kernel.  A listing of all <abbrev>PCI</abbrev> 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>

</sect2>
</sect1>
