Re: Programmatically probe video chipset

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 11:54:06 EST


> Is there an API or other means to determine what video
> card, namely the chipset, that the user has installed
> on his machine?

On a modern X86 machine use the PCI/AGP bus data. On a PS/2 use the MCA bus
data. On nubus use the nubus probe data. On old style ISA bus PCs done a large
pointy hat and spend several years reading arcane and forbidden scrolls
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