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+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
+"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
+<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
+]>
+
+<article lang="&language;">
+<title><acronym>PCI</acronym>-bus and Installed <acronym>PCI</acronym> Cards</title>
+<articleinfo>
+
+<authorgroup>
+<author>&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author>
+<author>&Helge.Deller;</author>
+<author>&Duncan.Haldane;</author>
+<author>&Mike.McBride;</author>
+<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
+</authorgroup>
+
+<date>2002-02-12</date>
+<releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
+
+<keywordset>
+<keyword>KDE</keyword>
+<keyword>KControl</keyword>
+<keyword>PCI</keyword>
+<keyword>system information</keyword>
+</keywordset>
+</articleinfo>
+
+<sect1 id="pci">
+
+<title><acronym>PCI</acronym>-bus and Installed <acronym>PCI</acronym>
+Cards</title>
+
+<para>This page displays information about the
+<acronym>PCI</acronym>-bus and installed <acronym>PCI</acronym> cards,
+and other devices that use the Peripheral Component Interconnect
+(<acronym>PCI</acronym>) bus.</para>
+
+<note><para>The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some
+systems, <acronym>PCI</acronym>-information can not yet be
+displayed.</para> </note>
+
+<para>On &Linux;, this information is read from <filename
+class="devicefile">/proc/pci</filename> which is only available if the
+<filename class="directory">/proc</filename> pseudo-filesystem is
+compiled into the kernel. A listing of all <acronym>PCI</acronym>
+devices found during kernel initialization, and their configuration, is
+shown.</para>
+
+<para>Each entry begins with a bus, device and function number.</para>
+<para>The user cannot modify any settings on this page.</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+</article>