X-Git-Url: http://mj.ucw.cz/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=setpci.man;h=80f1a68c8f4fd7b1f0db0bb7374cd359093ce244;hb=3052f51eb542dc538f9d41576c526c251ae51def;hp=6eb2bde8bf03429e595738f8863619182d3fcad8;hpb=46ea554d56ce1fddc1b4ca34483a1e8ea0dcc18a;p=pciutils.git diff --git a/setpci.man b/setpci.man index 6eb2bde..80f1a68 100644 --- a/setpci.man +++ b/setpci.man @@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ is a utility for querying and configuring PCI devices. All numbers are entered in hexadecimal notation. +Root privileges are necessary for almost all operations, excluding reads +of the standard header of the configuration space on some operating systems. +Please see +.BR lspci(8) +for details on access rights. + .SH OPTIONS .TP .B -v @@ -43,7 +49,6 @@ Shows .I setpci version. This option should be used stand-alone. - .SH DEVICE SELECTION .PP Before each sequence of operations you need to select which devices you wish that @@ -91,10 +96,12 @@ to be changed to values of the corresponding bits in the .SH REGISTER NAMES .PP .B setpci -knows the following configuration register names. See PCI bus specs for their precise +knows the following configuration register names. See PCI bus specifications for their precise meaning or consult +.B header.h +or .B /usr/include/linux/pci.h -for few comments. +for a couple of comments. .PP .nf VENDOR_ID @@ -164,34 +171,10 @@ CB_LEGACY_MODE_BASE .SH PCILIB OPTIONS The PCI utilities use PCILIB (a portable library providing platform-independent -functions for PCI configuration space access) to talk to the PCI cards. The following -options control parameters of the library, especially what access method it uses. -By default, PCILIB uses the first available access method and displays no debugging -messages. Each switch is accompanied by a list of hardware/software configurations -it's supported in. - -.TP -.B -P