diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index b163acc..3dbc40b 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const ps2_keyboard_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "ps2-keyboard", "system/drivers/ps2-bus/keyboard.zig");
     const ps2_mouse_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "ps2-mouse", "system/drivers/ps2-bus/mouse.zig");
     const usb_xhci_bus_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "usb-xhci-bus", "system/drivers/usb-xhci-bus/usb-xhci-bus.zig");
+    const pci_bus_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "pci-bus", "system/drivers/pci-bus/pci-bus.zig");
     // A test fixture, not a real driver: hellos to the device manager, then faults —
     // what the driver-restart scenario drives the crash-loop cap with.
     const crash_test_exe = addUserBinary(b, kernel_target, runtime_module, posix_module, mmio_module, xkeyboard_config_module, acpi_ids_module, "crash-test", "system/services/crash-test/crash-test.zig");
@@ -388,6 +389,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     mk_run.addFileArg(ps2_mouse_exe.getEmittedBin());
     mk_run.addArg("usb-xhci-bus");
     mk_run.addFileArg(usb_xhci_bus_exe.getEmittedBin());
+    mk_run.addArg("pci-bus");
+    mk_run.addFileArg(pci_bus_exe.getEmittedBin());
     mk_run.addArg("crash-test");
     mk_run.addFileArg(crash_test_exe.getEmittedBin());
     mk_run.addArg("device-list");
diff --git a/docs/m19-m20-plan.md b/docs/m19-m20-plan.md
index 47fa5a5..95340c0 100644
--- a/docs/m19-m20-plan.md
+++ b/docs/m19-m20-plan.md
@@ -84,10 +84,11 @@ branch is green; keep branches; push everything.
       caught by the new every-BAR-contained assert in `discovery`; idempotent
       `device_register` proven in `bus`; `ChildAdded.device_id`;
       m17-m18-plan.md archived; suite 54/54).
-- [ ] **M19.1** — pci-bus driver, scan only: claim the host bridge, map the
-      ECAM window, walk bus/device/function headers, log what it finds.
-      Scenario `pci-scan`: the kernel test compares the driver's reported count
-      against the broker table's `pci_device` count — equivalence, per class.
+- [x] **M19.1** — pci-bus driver, scan only (claims the bridge, maps ECAM
+      through its grant, brute-force walk with the multifunction rule; the
+      manager matches pci_host_bridge → pci-bus per device with the full
+      protocol contract; `pci-scan` builds its expected marker from the
+      kernel's own count — equivalence on the first run; suite 55/55).
 - [ ] **M19.2** — register + report: each function registered under the bridge
       (config-space slice + BARs, `pci_class` in the descriptor), reported with
       `child_added { device_id, identity = class triple }`. Manager mirrors;
diff --git a/system/drivers/pci-bus/pci-bus.zig b/system/drivers/pci-bus/pci-bus.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a24277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/drivers/pci-bus/pci-bus.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+//! /system/drivers/pci-bus — the PCI bus driver: enumeration moved out of ring 0
+//! (docs/m19-m20-plan.md, M19). The device manager matches the `pci_host_bridge`
+//! node and spawns one instance per bridge, the bridge's device id as argv[1] —
+//! the same per-device contract as usb-xhci-bus.
+//!
+//! M19.1 (this increment): claim the bridge, map its ECAM window (resource 0;
+//! the bus range and the MMIO apertures follow it), walk every
+//! bus/device/function config header, and log what the walk finds — ending
+//! with "pci-bus: N functions found", which the `pci-scan` scenario compares
+//! against the kernel's own enumeration. Registration and reports (M19.2), and
+//! the kernel walk's retirement (M19.3), build on this proven-equivalent scan.
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const runtime = @import("runtime");
+const protocol = runtime.device_manager_protocol;
+const device = runtime.device;
+
+fn writeLine(comptime fmt: []const u8, arguments: anytype) void {
+    var line: [128]u8 = undefined;
+    _ = runtime.system.write(std.fmt.bufPrint(&line, fmt, arguments) catch return);
+}
+
+var bridge_id: u64 = protocol.no_device;
+var ecam_base: usize = 0;
+var start_bus: u64 = 0;
+var bus_count: u64 = 0;
+
+/// One aligned 32-bit read from a function's configuration space.
+fn configRead(bus: u64, dev: u64, function: u64, offset: u64) u32 {
+    const address = ecam_base + (((bus - start_bus) << 20) | (dev << 15) | (function << 12) | offset);
+    const register: *volatile u32 = @ptrFromInt(address);
+    return register.*;
+}
+
+/// Claim the bridge, map the ECAM, hello the manager, then scan.
+fn initialise(endpoint: runtime.ipc.Handle) bool {
+    _ = endpoint;
+    if (!device.claim(bridge_id)) {
+        writeLine("pci-bus: unable to claim bridge device {d}\n", .{bridge_id});
+        return false;
+    }
+    const buffer = runtime.allocator().alloc(device.DeviceDescriptor, 64) catch {
+        _ = runtime.system.write("pci-bus: out of memory\n");
+        return false;
+    };
+    const total = device.enumerate(buffer);
+    const descriptor = for (buffer[0..@min(total, buffer.len)]) |d| {
+        if (d.id == bridge_id) break d;
+    } else {
+        writeLine("pci-bus: device {d} not in the device tree\n", .{bridge_id});
+        return false;
+    };
+    // Resource 0 is the ECAM window (1 MiB of config space per bus); the bus
+    // range rides beside it. The MMIO apertures (M19.0) come after both.
+    if (descriptor.resource_count < 2 or descriptor.resources[0].kind != @intFromEnum(device.ResourceKind.memory)) {
+        _ = runtime.system.write("pci-bus: bridge has no ECAM window\n");
+        return false;
+    }
+    const bus_range = for (descriptor.resources[0..@intCast(descriptor.resource_count)]) |resource| {
+        if (resource.kind == @intFromEnum(device.ResourceKind.bus_range)) break resource;
+    } else {
+        _ = runtime.system.write("pci-bus: bridge has no bus range\n");
+        return false;
+    };
+    start_bus = bus_range.start;
+    bus_count = bus_range.len;
+    ecam_base = device.mmioMap(bridge_id, 0) orelse {
+        _ = runtime.system.write("pci-bus: ECAM mmio_map failed\n");
+        return false;
+    };
+
+    // The handshake, then the scan (reports join in M19.2).
+    var manager: ?runtime.ipc.Handle = null;
+    var tries: u32 = 0;
+    while (manager == null and tries < 100) : (tries += 1) {
+        manager = runtime.ipc.lookup(.device_manager);
+        if (manager == null) runtime.system.sleep(20);
+    }
+    const h = manager orelse {
+        _ = runtime.system.write("pci-bus: no device manager to hello\n");
+        return false;
+    };
+    const hello = protocol.Hello{ .role = @intFromEnum(protocol.Role.bus), .device_id = bridge_id };
+    var reply: [protocol.message_maximum]u8 = undefined;
+    const n = runtime.ipc.call(h, std.mem.asBytes(&hello), &reply) catch {
+        _ = runtime.system.write("pci-bus: hello call failed\n");
+        return false;
+    };
+    if (n < protocol.reply_size or std.mem.bytesToValue(protocol.HelloReply, reply[0..protocol.reply_size]).status != 0) {
+        _ = runtime.system.write("pci-bus: hello refused\n");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    scan();
+    return true;
+}
+
+/// The brute-force walk the kernel does today, from ring 3: every bus in the
+/// range, 32 devices, 8 functions; vendor id FFFFh means nothing decodes there,
+/// and only multifunction devices get their functions 1..7 probed.
+fn scan() void {
+    var found: u32 = 0;
+    var bus: u64 = start_bus;
+    while (bus < start_bus + bus_count) : (bus += 1) {
+        var dev: u64 = 0;
+        while (dev < 32) : (dev += 1) {
+            const first = configRead(bus, dev, 0, 0);
+            if (first & 0xFFFF == 0xFFFF) continue;
+            const multifunction = (configRead(bus, dev, 0, 0x0C) >> 16) & 0x80 != 0;
+            var function: u64 = 0;
+            while (function < 8) : (function += 1) {
+                if (function != 0 and !multifunction) break;
+                const vendor_device = configRead(bus, dev, function, 0);
+                if (vendor_device & 0xFFFF == 0xFFFF) continue;
+                const class_revision = configRead(bus, dev, function, 0x08);
+                found += 1;
+                writeLine("pci-bus: {d}:{d}.{d} class 0x{x:0>6}\n", .{ bus, dev, function, class_revision >> 8 });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    writeLine("pci-bus: {d} functions found\n", .{found});
+}
+
+fn onMessage(message: []const u8, reply: []u8, sender: u32, capability: ?runtime.ipc.Handle) usize {
+    _ = message;
+    _ = reply;
+    _ = sender;
+    _ = capability;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+pub fn main(init: runtime.process.Init) void {
+    const argument = init.arguments.get(1) orelse return; // bare (ramdisk sweep): stay silent
+    bridge_id = std.fmt.parseInt(u64, argument, 10) catch {
+        writeLine("pci-bus: malformed bridge device id '{s}'\n", .{argument});
+        return;
+    };
+    runtime.service.run(protocol.message_maximum, .{
+        .init = initialise,
+        .on_message = onMessage,
+    });
+}
+
+pub const panic = runtime.panic;
+comptime {
+    _ = &runtime.start._start; // pull the runtime entry shim into the image
+}
diff --git a/system/kernel/tests.zig b/system/kernel/tests.zig
index 2477f26..8b09a80 100644
--- a/system/kernel/tests.zig
+++ b/system/kernel/tests.zig
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ pub fn run(case: []const u8, boot_information: *const BootInformation) void {
         usbReportTest(boot_information);
     } else if (eql(case, "device-list")) {
         deviceListTest(boot_information);
+    } else if (eql(case, "pci-scan")) {
+        pciScanTest(boot_information);
     } else if (eql(case, "initial-ramdisk")) {
         initialRamdiskTest(boot_information);
     } else if (eql(case, "vfs")) {
@@ -1793,6 +1795,64 @@ fn deviceListTest(boot_information: *const BootInformation) void {
     result();
 }
 
+/// M19.1: the ring-3 PCI scan agrees with the kernel's. The manager spawns
+/// pci-bus for the host bridge; the driver walks the same ECAM window through
+/// its mmio_map grant and must find exactly the functions the kernel's own
+/// enumeration recorded — the equivalence that licenses retiring the kernel
+/// walk in M19.3.
+fn pciScanTest(boot_information: *const BootInformation) void {
+    log("DANOS-TEST-BEGIN: pci-scan\n", .{});
+    if (boot_information.initial_ramdisk_len == 0) {
+        check("bootloader handed over an initial_ramdisk", false);
+        result();
+        return;
+    }
+    const image = @as([*]const u8, @ptrFromInt(boot_handoff.physicalToVirtual(boot_information.initial_ramdisk_base)))[0..boot_information.initial_ramdisk_len];
+    const rd = initial_ramdisk.Reader.init(image) orelse {
+        check("initial_ramdisk image is valid", false);
+        result();
+        return;
+    };
+
+    // What the kernel found: the expected marker is built from its own count.
+    var buffer: [64]device_abi.DeviceDescriptor = undefined;
+    const n = @min(devices_broker.enumerate(&buffer), buffer.len);
+    var kernel_count: u32 = 0;
+    for (buffer[0..n]) |d| {
+        if (d.class == @intFromEnum(device_abi.DeviceClass.pci_device)) kernel_count += 1;
+    }
+    check("the kernel enumerated PCI functions to compare against", kernel_count >= 1);
+    var marker_buffer: [48]u8 = undefined;
+    const marker = std.fmt.bufPrint(&marker_buffer, "pci-bus: {d} functions found", .{kernel_count}) catch {
+        check("marker formatted", false);
+        result();
+        return;
+    };
+
+    process.setInitialRamdisk(image);
+    process.write_count = 0;
+    var manager: u32 = 0;
+    var i: u32 = 0;
+    while (i < rd.count) : (i += 1) {
+        const item = rd.entry(i) orelse continue;
+        if (!eql(item.name, "device-manager")) continue;
+        manager = process.spawnProcessSupervised(item.blob, 4, &.{"device-manager"}, scheduler.currentId(), null) catch 0;
+        break;
+    }
+    check("device-manager spawned", manager != 0);
+
+    scheduler.setPriority(1);
+    const deadline = architecture.millis() + 15000;
+    var seen = false;
+    while (architecture.millis() < deadline and !seen) {
+        if (process.write_len >= marker.len and eql(process.write_buffer[0..marker.len], marker)) seen = true;
+        scheduler.yield();
+    }
+    scheduler.setPriority(4);
+    check("the ring-3 scan found exactly the kernel's function count", seen);
+    result();
+}
+
 /// The whole user-side surface at once: spawn process-test's supervisor role,
 /// which — entirely from ring 3 — creates an exit endpoint, spawns its two
 /// children supervised, sees them in process_enumerate, kills them (one blocked,
diff --git a/system/services/device-manager/device-manager.zig b/system/services/device-manager/device-manager.zig
index 262f026..a579bbe 100644
--- a/system/services/device-manager/device-manager.zig
+++ b/system/services/device-manager/device-manager.zig
@@ -318,6 +318,13 @@ fn initialise(endpoint: runtime.ipc.Handle) bool {
 
     var matched: usize = 0;
     for (buffer[0..count]) |descriptor| {
+        if (descriptor.class == @intFromEnum(device.DeviceClass.pci_host_bridge)) {
+            // The PCI bus driver: enumeration in ring 3 (M19), one instance
+            // per bridge, the bridge id as its assignment.
+            matched += 1;
+            addDriver("pci-bus", descriptor.id, true);
+            continue;
+        }
         if (pciDriverFor(descriptor)) |driver_name| {
             matched += 1;
             addDriver(driver_name, descriptor.id, true);
diff --git a/test/qemu_test.py b/test/qemu_test.py
index 79e168d..9d3a0a4 100644
--- a/test/qemu_test.py
+++ b/test/qemu_test.py
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@ CASES = [
                r"device-manager: restarting usb-xhci-bus[\s\S]*"
                r"device-manager: child added",
      "fail":   r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: FAIL"},
+    # M19.1: the ring-3 PCI scan (pci-bus walks the ECAM through its mmio_map
+    # grant) finds exactly the functions the kernel's own walk recorded.
+    {"name": "pci-scan",
+     "smp":    4,
+     "timeout": 60,
+     "expect": r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: PASS",
+     "fail":   r"DANOS-TEST-RESULT: FAIL"},
     # M18.3: the application surface — device-list enumerates the tree over IPC,
     # subscribes (endpoint as capability), and observes the removed/added events
     # the reporter's test-kill produces (docs/device-manager.md).