On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 01:11:25AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > [Chris Hofstaedtler] > >> ++ <modalias>pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc02sc80i*</modalias> > > > > Why should net-tools announce support for some random broadcom > > hardware? > > How is it mapping to random broadcom hardware?
Googling that string mostly yielded posts with broadcom drivers. > As far as I can tell, it > map to PCI base class 02 and subclass 80, which if I should believe > <URL: https://admin.pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PD/02 > is "Network controller" > (bc02) and "Network controller" (sc80). Okay. > Should it map to more or other PCI classes or specific hardware IDs? I don't see why it should announce for any hardware IDs. If you have networking of any form - and this is true even if you have no networking hardware - you may or may not want net-tools. A lot of people don't want it. net-tools is a collection of all sorts of legacy stuff. Chris
