On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Akemi Yagi amyagi@gmail.com wrote:
We cannot tell until you check the vendor:device ID pair. It's a one-liner:
for BUSID in $(/sbin/lspci | awk '{ IGNORECASE=1 } /net/ { print $1 }'); do /sbin/lspci -s $BUSID -m; /sbin/lspci -s $BUSID -n; done
Then you can find out if the driver is supported by the kernel.
All the details are in #4 of the ELRepo FAQ at:
Here's what i got - the first one is my vmware network bridge.
$ for BUSID in $(/sbin/lspci | awk '{ IGNORECASE=1 } /net/ { print $1
}'); do /sbin/lspci -s $BUSID -m; /sbin/lspci -s $BUSID -n; done
00:07.0 "Bridge" "nVidia Corporation" "MCP61 Ethernet" -ra2 "Elitegroup Computer Systems" "Unknown device 2609" 00:07.0 0680: 10de:03ef (rev a2)
The FAQ shows this:
pci 10DE:03EF kmod-forcedeth
This is installed on my desktop (that has no wireless card), but I'll check the laptop tomorrow.
Thanks - this and the guides on the CentOS page ought to cover it. I'll come back if I don't get it working....
Mark