List of hardware that isn't managed by the kernel

[Mike Frysinger]

On Saturday 06 October 2007, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> On Samstag, 6. Oktober 2007, Sven Pilz wrote:
> > It is possible to create a list of hardware that isn't managed by the
> > kernel, e.g. because of a missing driver or an failure, with HAL?
>
> No, it's not possible since HAL get all information from proc and sysfs,
> which mean it get only info from devices which are handled by the kernel.

sysfs will only enumerate hardware that the kernel is managing, but it is 
possible to enumerate all pci/usb devices regardless of what the kernel is 
doing
-mike
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