pypci-ng 0.3.1

pypci, a pciutils-like library for fetching system PCI/PCI-E information but written mostly in python.

pypci-ng

pypci-ng, a pciutils-like library for fetching system PCI/PCI-E devices but written mostly in python. Currently, this package ONLY implements the same functionality as lspci, i.e. scanning and listing all PCI/PCI-E devices. More functionalities are under development.

Install

Just install it directly by pip.

pip install pypci-ng

To upgrade pypci:

pip install pypci-ng --upgrade

Usage

Use as a command line tool

You can use this tool directly from the command line with the following command, just like lspci.

pypci

Or use -d flag to print driver information.

pypci -d

For more command line flags, see:

pypci -h

Please note that the command line entry for pypci is created by pip, and depending on the user, this entry may not in the system PATH. If you encounter this problem, pip will give you a prompt, follow the prompts to add entry to the system PATH.

Use as a Python Package

You can also use this package in Python, here is the demo:

import pypci
pci = pypci.PCI()
vga_devices = pci.FindAllVGA()
nic_devices = pci.FindAllNIC()

More functionalities are under development.

Supported (Tested) OS

• Linux
• Windows 10 and above

Build from source

Build tools

Make sure the following Python build tools are already installed.

• setuptools
• build
• twine

Build package

clone the project, and run:

python -m build

After the build process, the source package and the binary whl package can be found in the dist folder.