[aklug] Re: (no subject)

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009, Jeffrey Eliasen wrote:

> decloaking... :)
>
> Yeah, hi all, I'm a long-time linux user (since
> '98), mostly experienced with admin/packaging/deployment stuff. I've
> got a new box, a fanless system from Intel, with an on-board NIC that
> the OS isn't finding, and it's beyond my ability to figure out what's
> going on (AFAIK, it's not being detected by the kernel at boot). I was
> hoping I could bring the box in and have someone more knowledgeable
> than myself poke around and look for clues as to what's going on.

Do a "lspci -nn | grep -i ethernet" and find your NIC:

09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M
Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1673] (rev 02)

If you grep for that number in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.alias you can
see if there's a module compiled and available to support it:

$ grep -i "14e4.*1673" /lib/modules/2.6.25.13/modules.alias
alias pci:v000014E4d00001673sv*sd*bc*sc*i* tg3

If you don't get a hit your kernel version either doesn't support it or it
wasn't built with it enabled. I have seen NICs that were supported by an
existing driver but because the device was given a new ID (because it's a
rebranded device or something). At that point, you'd have to hack the
source and recompile the module.

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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Received on Fri Oct 16 09:41:54 2009