Show 'Hardware path'-style tree of all devices in Linux

lshw -short

Sample Output

# lshw -short
H/W path              Device     Class      Description
=======================================================
                                 system     ProLiant DL380 G4
/0                               bus        Motherboard
/0/0                             memory     64KiB BIOS
/0/400                           processor  Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.80GHz
/0/400/710                       memory     16KiB L1 cache
/0/400/720                       memory     2MiB L2 cache
/0/400/730                       memory     L3 cache
/0/400/7.1                       processor  Logical CPU
/0/400/7.2                       processor  Logical CPU
/0/406                           processor  Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.80GHz
/0/406/716                       memory     16KiB L1 cache
/0/406/726                       memory     2MiB L2 cache
/0/406/736                       memory     L3 cache
/0/406/7.1                       processor  Logical CPU
/0/406/7.2                       processor  Logical CPU
/0/1000                          memory     10GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0                        memory     2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2
/0/1000/1                        memory     2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2
/0/1000/2                        memory     2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2
/0/1000/3                        memory     2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2
/0/1000/4                        memory     1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2
/0/1000/5                        memory     1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2
/0/100                           bridge     E7520 Memory Controller Hub
/0/100/2                         bridge     E7525/E7520/E7320 PCI Express Port A
/0/100/2/0                       bridge     6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge A
/0/100/2/0/1          eth0       network    NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/100/2/0/1.1        eth1       network    NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/100/2/0.2                     bridge     6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge B
/0/100/2/0.2/3                   storage    Smart Array 64xx
/0/100/6                         bridge     E7520 PCI Express Port C
/0/100/6/0                       bridge     6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge A
/0/100/6/0/1                     bridge     PI7C21P100 PCI to PCI Bridge
/0/100/6/0/1/4        eth2       network    82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
/0/100/6/0/1/4.1      eth3       network    82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
/0/100/6/0/1/6        eth4       network    82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
/0/100/6/0/1/6.1      eth5       network    82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
/0/100/6/0/2          scsi0      bus        ISP2312-based 2Gb Fibre Channel to P
/0/100/6/0/2/0.0.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.1.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.2.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.3.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.4.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.4.1    /dev/sdd   disk       1073MB SCSI Disk
/0/100/6/0/2/0.4.1/1  /dev/sdd1  volume     1023MiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/6/0/2/0.5.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.5.1    /dev/sde   disk       1073MB SCSI Disk
/0/100/6/0/2/0.5.1/1  /dev/sde1  volume     1023MiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/6/0/2/0.8.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.a.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.b.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.c.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.6.0               generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0/2/0.6.1    /dev/sdi   disk       1073MB SCSI Disk
/0/100/6/0/2/0.6.1/1  /dev/sdi1  volume     1023MiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/6/0.2                     bridge     6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge B
/0/100/6/0.2/1        scsi3      bus        ISP2312-based 2Gb Fibre Channel to P
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.1.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.1.1  /dev/sda   disk       2147MB SCSI Disk
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.2.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.2.1  /dev/sdb   disk       2147MB SCSI Disk
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.3.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.3.1  /dev/sdc   disk       2147MB SCSI Disk
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.4.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.4.1  /dev/sdh   disk       2147MB SCSI Disk
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.5.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.6.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.8.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.9.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.a.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.b.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.7.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/6/0.2/1/0.c.0             generic    SCSI
/0/100/1d                        bus        82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.1                      bus        82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.2                      bus        82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.3                      bus        82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.7                      bus        82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Co
/0/100/1e                        bridge     82801 PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/3                      display    Rage XL
/0/100/1e/4                      system     Integrated Lights Out Controller
/0/100/1e/4.2                    system     Integrated Lights Out  Processor
/0/100/1f                        bridge     82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interfac
/0/100/1f.1                      storage    82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controll

By: mhs

2011-06-28 23:32:30

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