Hi,
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Originally Posted by jefro
I think that the issue could be that pci cards for very special use may not even report to the bus.
Wouldn't it be easier to look in back or look inside?
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'PCI' devices do provide the means to the system for identification. The problem may be in that the pci:id will come up as 'unknown device';
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-- PCI:
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) <- 'A standard that describes how to connect the peripheral components of a system together in a structured and controlled way. The standard describes the way that the system components are electrically connected and the way that they should behave. This chapter looks at how the Linux kernel initializes the system's PCI buses and devices.'
pci.ids file <- 'List of PCI ID's to be placed in '/usr/share/pci.ids'. You should update your distribution id's periodically if you change pci devices with newer ones or the distributions 'pc.ids' are dated. If you have 'pciutils' installed then use 'update-pciids' script.
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Potentially not having a driver may be due to 'legacy device'.
I do agree that there may not be a non-standard device assignment, special build or even prototype. I do remember using 'ISDN' years ago and really did not care for the overhead & loads on a system. But back then we were still using Pentium & early AMD systems with limited memory footprints and tasking issues.
