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PCI Utilities

• This document covers the compilation and installation of the "PCI Utilities".
• If you spot any major errors on this page, please e-mail me using the link above.

• It is assumed that this installation takes place on a computer on which Core Linux has been successfully installed.
• No software other than the packages bundled with Core Linux have been installed.
• As described in the installation guide, it is assumed that any downloaded application source code is stored in a directory called /apps on the CD-R, although you may have used a number of other methods to transfer the source code to your machine.
• It is assumed that you have access to at least one other machine with a CD burner.

Preparation

1. Download the PCI Utilities source code from http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/linux.shtml#pciutils.
2. Burn the file pciutils-2.1.11.tar.gz to a CD. This page assumes that the subdirectory /apps is used for the .tar.gz file. The CD-ROM can be a multi-session disk.

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Booting

1. Boot your Core Linux PC.
2. Login as root. You will need to enter the password at the prompt.

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Extract the source

1. Place the CD-R in the CD-ROM drive. Mount the CD-ROM drive under /mnt/cdrom.
2. Change to the /apps directory on the CD-R.
3. Copy the pciutils-2.1.11.tar.gz file to the directory /usr/src.
4. Change to the /usr/src directory and extract the source from the .tar.gz file.

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Configure and compile

1. Change to the /usr/src/pciutils-2.1.11 directory.
2. Run the make program.
3. Run the make program with the argument install.

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Testing PCI Utilities

1. Start lspci using the command /usr/local/sbin/lspci.

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