NAME
ofctl
- display the OpenPROM or OpenFirmware device tree
SYNOPSIS
ofctl
[-p]
[-f file]
[node]
DESCRIPTION
ofctl
provides an interface for displaying the OpenPROM or OpenFirmware
device tree and node properties.
The
ofctl
program is only installed on supported platforms.
Without any arguments,
ofctl
will dump the full tree.
When given the name of a specific node,
ofctl
will display that node and its child nodes.
The options are as follows:
- -f file
-
On systems with OpenPROM, use
file
instead of the default
/dev/openprom
.
On systems with OpenFirmware, use
file
instead of the default
/dev/openfirm
.
- -p
-
Display each node's properties.
FILES
- /dev/openprom
-
The openprom device on systems with OpenPROM.
- /dev/openfirm
-
The openfirm device on systems with OpenFirmware.
SEE ALSO
eeprom(8)