Are you sure, your kernel has driver for realtek card. Check your .config file. Regards Mohanlal ----- Original Message ----- From: <aksingh@hss.hns.com> To: "Grant" <email@grantmurray.com> Cc: <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 8:30 AM Subject: Re: PCI init: failure to detect device > Hi, > > I face a similar problem with my LAN card, I bought a realtek pci lan > card, but lspci doesnt detect a ethernet controller even when i plug it > into one of my pci slots, i use redhat 9.0, kernel version 2.4.20-8. Any > clues ? > > thanks > Amit > > > > > Grant <email@grantmurray.com>@nl.linux.org on 05/30/2004 05:02:41 AM > > Sent by: kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org > > > To: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org > cc: > > Subject: PCI init: failure to detect device > > > My motherboard (Asus P4P800 Dlx) has an ICH5/5R controller hub that > includes, amongst many other things, a Serial ATA controller. > > lspci fails to list the device. > > The "unusual" fact here is that there are no SATA disk drives connected to > the SATA controller. However, I would still expect that the SATA controller > would be recognized. > > Why is not being found by the kernel PCI initialization code that finds PCI > devices? > Is it because, > 1: The motherboard BIOS sees no connected hard drives and "hides" it; or > 2: The SATA controller chip sees no connected hard drives and "hides" > itself; or > 3: The kernel PCI init code sees no connected hard drives and skips it. > (AFAICT the kernel is NOT doing this) or > 4: something else. > > If there is anyone else out there, who has a SATA controller but no SATA > disks, do you see the controller in lspci? > > Cheers Grant > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
