Hardware probe

This is the successor of Smolt project.

About

Check hardware devices operability, collect logs and find drivers.

The Fedora Hardware Database is automatically created based on hardware probes collected by this RPM package or by this flatpak.

It is a part of the global Linux Hardware Database, the successor of Smolt project. The database is mirrored to a Github repository for statistical analysis by third parties.

Installation

# dnf install hw-probe

For RHEL/CentOS version 6 and 7 the package is available as well in the EPEL repository:

# yum install epel-release

Usage

Submit your hardware:

# hw-probe -all -upload

Output:

   Probe for hardware ... Ok
   Reading logs ... Ok
   Uploaded to DB, Thank you!
   Probe URL: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=c84b37d646

Decode ACPI tables (requires acpica-tools package):

# hw-probe -all -upload -decode-acpi

Perform simple graphics tests (requires mesa-demos package):

# hw-probe -all -upload -check

Import created probes to a local directory:

# hw-probe -import ./Directory_to_save_index

• 

  A probe

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  Index of tested computers

• 

  List of probes

Reports backup

All collected reports are anonymized and dumped to this Github repository: https://github.com/linuxhw/

Statistics

By creating a hardware probe you contribute to the "HDD/SSD Real-Life Reliability Test" and "Devices with poor Linux-compatibility" studies.

Privacy

Private info is not collected. Moreover, it's safer to share your logs by hw-probe rather than share manually, because most private data is removed or hashed at the client side before uploading.

Please note that a 32-byte prefix of salted SHA512 hashes of MAC addresses and serial numbers are uploaded to the server in order to properly identify unique computers and parts. These are unlikely to be reversible.