Uitlity: Reading and Writing PCI, IO and memory with Linux Firmware Debug Kit (lfdk) in Linux

Many BIOS engineers are familiar with ru.exe in DOS and R/W everything in Windows.  One frequently asked question is whether there is an equivalent utility in Linux.  The answer is "sort of".

Linux Firmware Debug Kit (lfdk) provides read/write functions to PCI[1], IO and memory spaces.

lfdk's deb package is available but it is outdated. I usually download [3] and compile source code, and run ldfk manually in a terminal (ctrl + alt + T if you are running Ubuntu +Unity) as below:

1. sudo apt-get install -f git libncurses-dev
2. git clone https://github.com/alexhungce/lfdk1.git
3. cd lfdk
4. make
5. cd bin
6. sudo insmod ./lfdd_drv.ko
7. sudo ./lfdk

A familiar screen will pop up

The navigation  is to use arrow keys and hotkeys L, M and I to different spaces as instructed on the bottom of the lfdk.



[1] Built-in lspci command can be used to read PCI configuration space, too
[2] This is tested in Ubuntu Linux 12.04 to 15.04.
[3] One can also download the source code from sourceforge.net above.