dmidecode type issue

Question

I am trying to get PCIe linkspeed information by parsing dmidecode. When I run

sudo dmidecode -t 9

I get a handle that looks like this

Handle 0x001A, DMI type 9, 17 bytes System Slot Information
       Designation: PCIE1
       Type: x8 PCI Express 2 x16
       ...

What exactly is "Type: x8 PCI Express 2 x16" telling me? Is it saying that I have a x8 card plugged into a x16 slot? Been digging around for a few hours and can't find any answer. Please help.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '12 at 19:28

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Are you using dmidecode for this purpose just for learning purposes or fun? lspci -vvv provides you link speed information, bus width, latency information and plethora of other stuff.

answered Jun 26 '12 at 19:28

Janne Pikkarainen

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It's for a utility I'm working on. About 10 minutes after I posted this I came upon lspci and was able to parse that output to get what I needed. Thank you very much for the suggestion – Joe Wanja Jun 26 '12 at 19:40
You're welcome, and welcome to ServerFault! :) – Janne Pikkarainen Jun 26 '12 at 19:42

dmidecode type issue

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