Chapter 18. The Sysctl Interface
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## Chapter 18. The Sysctl Interface

The sysctl interface allows you to obtain run-time information about the driver and any installed NVIDIA graphics cards.

The various pieces of information are held in a hierarchy under hw.nvidia and are accessible with the sysctl(8) command.

NVIDIA sysctl Entries

hw.nvidia.version

  Prints the installed driver revision

hw.nvidia.cards.n.*

  These OIDs provide information about NVIDIA device 'n':

  ID | Description
  --- | ---
  model | the device's product name
  irq | the IRQ claimed by this device
  vbios | the device's Video BIOS revision
  type | the bus type of this device

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