False positive VGA PCI device detection
Hans Petter Selasky
hselasky at c2i.net
Mon Jun 29 20:15:05 UTC 2009
On Monday 29 June 2009 21:51:08 Adam McDougall wrote:
> Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > On Monday 29 June 2009 18:05:30 Robert Noland wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 17:56 +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I'm not sure if my ISDN adapter has been collecting dust for too long
> >>> or what, but I was surprised about the following:
> >>>
> >>> vgapci1 at pci0:1:8:0: class=0x038000 card=0x2bd01397 chip=0x2bd01397
> >>> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
> >>> vendor = 'Cologne Chip Designs GmbH'
> >>> device = 'HFC-S PCI A ISDN 2BDS0 ISDN HDLC FIFO Controller'
> >>> class = display
> >>
> >> Why is the pci class coming up as a display? That is why it is
> >> attaching.
> >
> > I have no idea. I simply inserted the card into the box. I looked at the
> > vga_pci.c and there seems to be several VGA PCI classes. One old and one
> > new.
> >
> > --HPS
>
> I have seen things like this happen when the card was not seated in the
> PCI slot well or there was something wrong with the slot. I've seen
> Intel nics come up as an invalid product ID or even a "non-vga display
> device". Maybe that is what happened since you said you just inserted it?
Right. After a re-plug it looks normal, and it works - cool :-)
ihfc1 at pci0:1:8:0: class=0x028000 card=0x2bd01397 chip=0x2bd01397
rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Cologne Chip Designs GmbH'
device = 'HFC-S PCI A ISDN 2BDS0 ISDN HDLC FIFO Controller'
class = network
Sorry for spamming.
--HPS
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