systemd-hwdb

Hardware database management tool.

Update the binary hardware database in /etc/udev

$ systemd-hwdb update

Query the hardware database and print the result for a specific modalias

$ systemd-hwdb query [modalias]

Update the binary hardware database, returning a non-zero exit value on any parsing error

$ systemd-hwdb --strict update

Update the binary hardware database in /usr/lib/udev

$ systemd-hwdb --usr update

Update the binary hardware database in the specified root path

$ systemd-hwdb --root=[path/to/root] update

systemd-hwdb [options] update

systemd-hwdb [options] query modalias

systemd-hwdb expects a command and command specific arguments. It manages the binary hardware database.

--usr

Generate in /usr/lib/udev instead of /etc/udev.

-r, --root=PATH

Alternate root path in the filesystem.

-s, --strict

When updating, return non-zero exit value on any parsing error.

-h, --help

Print a short help text and exit.

Update the binary database.

Query database and print result.