False positive VGA PCI device detection

Hans Petter Selasky hselasky at c2i.net
Mon Jun 29 16:29:28 UTC 2009


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



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