> about
lshwd - lists hardware devices and their approp modules. currently supports pci
,usb, pcmcia, and firewire devices. lshwd uses pcitable & usbtable files (can
be located at same directory or /usr/share/hwdata) for displaying extended
description and module names. module names are then parsed for generic names
and changes accordingly.

> purpose
lshwd is a simple device lister with some very handy options. ideally, its
functionality should be similiar to kudzu/hwsetup but without the lag. when used
with '-a' it should auto-load approp modules. lshwd is intended for anyone who
wants to quickly check for his hardware specific modules without too much
hastle, for quick live-cds auto-detection and configure, 1st time linux n00bs,
etc. lshwd tries to mimic the lsxxx tools family (lspci,lsusb) output when no
commandline is specified. using '-cc' option provides a more "user-friendly"
output.

> why
hmm... out of bordem? mostly for knowledge :-)
when i entered the linux world, i used hwd to identify my hardware and to direct
me to which modules i should use - this all concept was very new to me. however,
the more i used hwd, the more i got frustrated - its performance time was ~22
sec on my pc. this little anooyance was insignificant since hwd is not a
daily-use tool. however, once i considered making my own Arch-Live-CD, ~22 sec
delay at startup was too much to for me to bare... so i decided to code a new
engine for hwd - and there u have it - lshwd.

> todo
- improve mouse probe
- add cpu detection (and sensors maybe?)
- add hd info (ide/scsi/sata)

> usage
lshwd [-a] [-c] [-cc] [-d] [-id] [-m] [-n] [-ox]
  -a   auto-modprobe 
  -c   categorized output
  -cc  colorized & categorized output
  -d   display default description
  -id  display hardware id
  -m   machine readable format
  -n   no duplicates
  -ox  output X info to /tmp/xinfo (only gfx card section)

> changes
version 1.1.3
+ added static usbhid module for usb mouse

version 1.1.2
+ updated pcitable

version 1.1.1
+ updated pcmciatable

version 1.1
+ fixed sort_pci_list bug
+ changed colors to fit Arch scheme

version 1.0
+ fixed (yet again) mouse issue
+ added devices coloring
+ added hardware id's display
+ added Cardbus pci check
+ changed isLoaded modules procedure (syscall fails) 
+ added Arch package and PKGBUILD

version 1.0-rc1
+ fixed mouse issue
+ added comments to code
+ added xinfo output (saved to /tmp/xinfo)
+ added attached usb communication device 
+ minor bugs fixes

version 0.6
+ added firewire support
+ added X info for gfx cards
+ fixed some minor display bugs
+ fixed files permissions

version 0.5
+ added pcmcia support
+ added Makefile

version 0.4-2
+ added usb mouse device (static)
+ added mount to /proc/bus/usb

version 0.4-1
+ fixed usb sorting bug and added usb check
+ added autoload modules
+ fixed compiler warnings (leftovers, etc)

version 0.4
+ usb recoded, now using usblib
+ changed usb class names (hopefully correct this time)
+ minor bugs fixes and code cleaning (code size reduced) 

version 0.3
+ added usb devices detection
+ changed and added some commandline options 
+ changed output formats

version 0.2
+ changed default options
+ added new output formats
+ added new commandline options
+ added psaux mouse detection
+ tries to mimic lsxxx tools look-n-feel on default

version 0.1
+ pci devices supported
+ ansi output

> compiling
you must have latest pciutils & usbutils packages to compile lshwd properly.
edit the Makefile if u wish, and execute make.

> files used
/usr/share/hwdata/Cards
/usr/share/hwdata/pcitable
/usr/share/hwdata/usbtable
/usr/share/hwdata/pcmciatable
/usr/share/pci.ids (from pciutils package)
/usr/share/usb.ids (from usbutils package)

we are keeping same file names and directory structure as kudzu/hwsetup, to
minimize problems on distributions other than Arch linux. see contact info
for latest files versions.

> contact
for ideas, questions and bug reports, email to z4ziggy at bliss-solutions dot org

for latest cvs snapshot, check out http://www.bliss-solutions.org/archlinux/webpm/ 
(use guest/guest for user/pass)

for latest pcitable/usbtable/Cards, check out 
http://cvs.mandrakesoft.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/soft/ldetect-lst/lst/

for latest pcmciatable, check out
http://user-contributions.org/projects/hwd/wrk/4.5/usr/share/hwdata/pcmciatable