Not sure if this will work in your case, but the lmc-wan driver does it. Why not change the PCI sub vendor ID and filter it out. I assume the intel chip allows the user to supply the subvendor id (or some id) in the eeprom. -Andrew On 24 Jul 2002, Kashif Shaikh wrote: > Is it possible to hide network PCI devices under Linux? Meaning I don't > want user-space to be able to access the device through normal > means(i.e. ifconfig, etc). > > The catch: I have two instances of the same network device (Intel > 82557), and I only want to hide the first network device detected (from > /proc/pci). The second one should be seen by user-space. > > Easy answer is: disable the NIC from bios(they are embedded btw). Yes I > can do this, but without trying to explain the actual situation(quite > long), lets just say the first NIC is 'dedicated' for headless > motherboard management. Only problem is the BIOS/motherboard doesn't > hide the NIC from the OS(Linux in this case) and has problems sharing > the device with Linux. > > Of course I can work around not using eth0, but I'm looking for a more > 'idiot-proof'(hehe), cleaner solution. So would I have to modify the > NIC's driver under linux or is there a simpler way I can do this? > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Kashif > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > --- Andrew Stanley-Jones | "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." EE, LongEz N87KJ | -- Walt Disney -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
