[OpenIndiana-discuss] Hardware Identification Application?

[Lonnie Cumberland]

Hi All,

After being in the Windows, Linux, and BSD world for many years, I have 
recently started exploring illumos-based distros like OpenIndiana, 
SmartOS, OmniOS, and Tribblix as well as testing them out since I am 
switching over now due to the many features and stability that I have 
noticed in illumos.  Of course, it can always use more hardware 
development but I think that will come in time as well.

With that in mind, I am seeking some type of text based application, or 
library (C/C++) that will identify bare-metal hardware on a computer 
system (i.e. CPU, GPU, Monitors, HDD, USB devices, etc.) such that it 
might be used to determine the needed drivers that should be installed 
like Nvidia, etc.

Probably, OpenIndiana-Hipster may already have something like this, and 
I would like to try and locate the source code and application if 
possible, but if not, then maybe someone knows of a good library that 
might be used as a starting point for this type of Hardware 
Identification Program (HIP).

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated and have a 
great day,
Lonnie