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Table 6-20 hwquery Options (continued)

DescriptionCommand Line Argument

In this argument, variable is the name of an environment variable and <string> is

a PCI device name or the name of an element from the hardware discovery file.

variable=<string>

Arguments must be in quotes if <string> contains spaces. The <string> name is

case-sensitive.

You can specify multiple variable=<string>arguments....

Examples

• To produce an hwdisc.xml file that contains <RAM>768</RAM>, use the following input

at the command line:

hwquery hwdisc.xml allboards.xml MY_SYS_RAM=RAM

The hwquery utility produces MY_SYS_RAM=768.

• To produce an hwdisc.xml file that indicates a Smart Array 6402 Controller is present, use

the following input at the command line:

hwquery hwdisc.xml allboards.xml "TEST=Smart Array 6402"

The hwquery utility produces TEST=Smart Array 6402 Controller.

• The hwquery utility is case-sensitive.

hwquery hwdisc.xml allboards.xml "TEST=smart array 6402"

This command produces TEST=. This behavior is correct even if counter-intuitive. The string

is case-sensitive and the argument uses lowercase instead of the title case in the

allboards.xml file.

• To produce an hwdisc.xml file that contains <RAM>768</RAM> and <EFIFw>1.10</

EFIFw>, use the following input at the command line:

hwquery hwdisc.xml allboards.xml MYRAM=RAM MYEFIFW=EFIFw

The hwquery utility produces MYRAM=768and MYEFIFW=1.10.

• If the MYRAM environment variable does not exist, this command creates the variable. To set

the value of the <RAM> tag in hwdisc.xml to the MYRAM environment variable use this

command.

export $( hwquery hwdisc.xml allboards.xml MYRAM=RAM )

ifhw

Synopsis

ifhw [path]hwdiscfilename [path]allboards.xml <expression>

Description

The ifhw utility is executed from a script file, in conjunction with other utilities, to control the

install process. The ifhw utility makes intelligent queries against the hardware discovery file.

Queries take the form of a logical expression, and the result of the expression is returned as the

exit status of the tool, which the hosting script can use to conditionally perform actions.

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