How to find hardware/chipset name using terminal in Linux
How can I reliably determine the chipset of a machine? I tried to use the lspci , hwinfo , lshw and dmidecode commands on my old Asus K50IJ with Linux Mint, but the output does not provide precise enough information about the northbridge. I found out that its chipset is Intel® Mobile GL40 Express +ICH9M on Asus’s website, but I would like to be able to find that using only the terminal, if that’s possible. The above commands return a lot of information, but not what I’m looking for. For instance, one line of output from lspci is:
Host bridge: Intel corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev09) Intel® Mobile GL40 Express Chipset +ICH9M The output of lspci narrows down chipsets to this list, but that’s still a lot to pick from: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/34468/intel-4-series-chipsets.html Because of output about SATA controller, I could identify the southbridge:
PCI 1f.2: 0106 SATA controller (AHCI 1.0) [Created at pci.378] Unique ID: w7Y8.1UWGXuPHmx0 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1f.2 Hardware Class: storage Model: "Intel 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" and with that, I could check on the Intel chipset list that it pairs with the GL40 northbridge. But it feels like a lot of work for a simple piece of information, especially since, on my other machines, lspci outputs the precise chipset model name. (response to a comment) the full output of lspci -nn -d 8086 :
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 09) 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 09) 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03) 00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2929] (rev 03) processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 23 model name : Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4300 @ 2.10GHz stepping : 10 microcode : 0xa0b cpu MHz : 1196.901 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl cpuid aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm xsave lahf_lm pti dtherm bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit bogomips : 4189.09 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 23 model name : Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4300 @ 2.10GHz stepping : 10 microcode : 0xa0b cpu MHz : 1196.897 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl cpuid aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm xsave lahf_lm pti dtherm bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit bogomips : 4189.09 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 09) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 09) 00: 86 80 40 2a 06 00 90 20 09 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 43 10 67 18 30: 00 00 00 00 e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40: 01 90 d1 fe 00 00 00 00 01 00 d1 fe 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 50 03 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 01 00 00 e0 00 00 00 00 01 80 d1 fe 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 10 11 11 00 00 33 33 00 40 00 4f 00 00 1a 38 00 a0: 20 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70 02 00 00 e0: 09 00 0a 61 b1 6d 51 1f b9 e1 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 0f 09 00 00 00 00 00 How to find Ethernet network interface card information in Linux
Sometimes you may want to know the product name or hardware settings of the network interface cards (NICs) attached to your Linux system. For example when you check whether a particular network device driver or a kernel module is compatible with your Ethernet adapter, you need to know its hardware specification such as NIC model/vendor (e.g., Broadcom NetXtreme, Intel I350), speed (e.g., 1GB/s, 10GB/s), link mode (e.g., full/half duplex), etc.
In this tutorial, I will describe how to find Ethernet NIC information from the command line in Linux.
Method One: ethtool
The first method is to use ethtool , a command-line tool for checking or modifying PCI-based Ethernet card settings.
To install ethtool on Ubuntu or Debian:
$ sudo apt-get install ethtool
To install ethtool on Fedora, CentOS or RedHat:
To display hardware settings of a network interface card with ethtool , run the following command. It is assumed that the NIC card is assigned the name eth0 . The reason for sudo access in this case is to allow ethtool to obtain wake-on-LAN settings and link status.
Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: No Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on MDI-X: Unknown Supports Wake-on: g Wake-on: g Link detected: yes
To find Ethernet device driver and firmware information:
driver: bnx2 version: 2.1.6 firmware-version: bc 5.2.3 NCSI 2.0.6 bus-info: 0000:03:00.0 supports-statistics: yes supports-test: yes supports-eeprom-access: yes supports-register-dump: yes
To find factory-default MAC address information:
Permanent address: 9c:8e:99:12:2d:8a
Method Two: lshw
The second method is via lshw , a command-line utility for showing detailed hardware specification of a Linux machine.
To install lshw on Ubuntu or Debian:
To install lshw on CentOS or RedHat, first set up Repoforge repository on your system, and then run:
To install lshw on Fedora, simply run:
To show detailed vendor information of your NIC, run the following.
*-network description: Ethernet interface product: NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: [email protected]:03:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 20 serial: d4:85:64:77:f3:54 size: 1GB/s capacity: 1GB/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm vpd msi msix pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=bnx2 driverversion=1.7.5 duplex=full firmware=5.2.3 NCSI 2.0.6 ip=192.168.10.78 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1GB/s resources: irq:16 memory:f4000000-f5ffffff memory:e6100000-e610ffff(prefetchable)
Method Three: lspci
If all you need to know is the product/vendor name of your Ethernet card, you can use lspci command which displays information about PCI buses and connected PCI devices.
To install lspci on Ubuntu or Debian:
$ sudo apt-get install pciutils
To install lspci on CentOS, Fedora or RedHat:
$ sudo yum install pciutils
To find the name of Ethernet card(s) available on your system, run the following.
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20)
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