Re: False positive VGA PCI device detection

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