---
name: "scanport"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "hwtools"
version: "0.8-5"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/scanport"
---

# scanport(8)

Hardware ports scanner.

## NAME

scanport - Hardware ports scanner.

## DESCRIPTION

**scanport** Scanport is a quick little hack that scans i/o space from 0x100 to 0x3ff looking for installed ISA devices.

It's helpful to find devices not automaticaly detected by the kernel.

**Warning:** Reading i/o ports of unknown hardware devices can be risky in that it may cause your machine to lock up.

## AUTHOR

Pierre Ancelot \<eternityos@free.fr\>\>