NAME:

Hardware Probe (hw-probe) A tool to probe for hardware, check operability and find drivers

DESCRIPTION:

Hardware Probe (hw-probe) is a tool to probe for hardware, check its operability and upload result to the Linux hardware database.

By creating probes you contribute to the "HDD/SSD Real-Life Reliability Test" study: https://github.com/linuxhw/SMART

This tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU LGPL 2.1+.

USAGE:

sudo -E hw-probe [options]

EXAMPLE:

sudo -E hw-probe -all -upload

PRIVACY:

Private information (including the username, machine's hostname, IP addresses, MAC addresses and serial numbers) is NOT uploaded to the database.

The tool uploads 32-byte prefix of salted SHA512 hash of MAC addresses and serial numbers to properly identify unique computers and hard drives. All the data is uploaded securely via HTTPS.

INFORMATION OPTIONS:

-h|-help

Print this help.

-v|-version

Print version info.

-dumpversion

Print the tool version (1.5) and don't do anything else.

GENERAL OPTIONS:

-all

Enable all probes.

-probe

Probe for hardware. Collect only hardware related logs.

-logs

Collect system logs.

-log-level N

Set the logging level to N. Available values:

- minimal - default - maximal

-minimal|-min

Collect minimal number of logs. Equal to --log-level=min.

-maximal|-max

Collect maximal number of logs. Equal to --log-level=max.

-enable LIST

Comma separated list of logs to enable in addition to current log level.

-disable LIST

Comma separated list of logs to disable in current log level. Some logs cannot be disabled. For example, you can disable collecting of 'fstab', but you cannot disable logging of 'smartctl'.

-printers

Probe for printers.

-scanners

Probe for scanners.

-check

Check devices operability.

-id|-name DESC

Any description of the probe.

-upload

Upload result to the Linux hardware database. You will get a permanent URL to view the probe.

By use of this option you confirm uploading of 32-byte prefix of salted SHA512 hash of MAC addresses and serial numbers to prevent duplication of computers in the DB.

-hwinfo-path PATH

Path to a local hwinfo binary.

INVENTORY OPTIONS:

-i|-inventory-id ID

Mark the probe by inventory ID.

-generate-inventory-id

Generate new inventory ID.

-email ADDR

Email for node status notifications.

MONITORING OPTIONS (COMING SOON!):

-start

Start monitoring of the node.

-stop

Stop monitoring of the node.

-remind-inventory

Remind node inventory ID.

OTHER OPTIONS:

-save DIR

Save probe package to DIR. This is useful if you are offline and need to upload a probe later (with the help of -src option).

-src|-source PATH

A probe to upload.

-fix PATH

Update list of devices and host info in the probe using probe data.

-show-devices

Show devices list.

-show

Show host info and devices list.

-verbose

Use with -show option to show type and status of the device.

-pci-ids

PATH

-usb-ids

PATH

-sdio-ids PATH

-pnp-ids

PATH

Path to {pci,usb,sdio,pnp}.ids file to read missed device names.

-list

List executed probes (for debugging).

-clean

Do nothing. Obsolete option.

-save-uploaded

Save uploaded probes.

-debug|-d

Do nothing. Obsolete option.

-dump-acpi

Probe for ACPI table.

-decode-acpi

Decode ACPI table.

-import DIR

Import probes from the database to DIR for offline use.

If you are using Snap or Flatpak package, then DIR will be created in the sandbox data directory.

Provide inventory ID by -i option in order to import your inventory.

DATA LOCATION:

Probes info is saved in the /root/HW_PROBE directory.

A tool to probe for hardware, check operability and find drivers License: GNU LGPL 2.1+

Usage: sudo -E hw-probe [options] Example: sudo -E hw-probe -all -upload