Yes, I see what you mean. Using lspci -nn -v I see 8086:1502.
Thanks again, Dan On Tue, Apr 24, 2018, 11:35 AM Buchholz, Donald <donald.buchh...@intel.com> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > You can identify the hardware a driver is able to support > with the modinfo(8) command. For example, > > $ modinfo fm10k > filename: > > /lib/modules/4.4.14-200.fc22.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k.ko.xz > version: 0.15.2-k > license: GPL > description: Intel(R) Ethernet Switch Host Interface Driver > author: Intel Corporation, <linux.n...@intel.com> > srcversion: 21FB5F03E90C1AE16837B51 > alias: pci:v00008086d000015A5sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > alias: pci:v00008086d000015A4sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > depends: ptp > intree: Y > vermagic: 4.4.14-200.fc22.x86_64 SMP mod_unload > > (I use 'fm10k' because the hardware support list is short.) > See the lines which begin with "alias:". They show the PCI > IDs [http://pciids.sourceforge.net/] of the hardware that > this driver can drive. There is probably a 'pci.ids' file > somewhere under /usr/share in your distro, too. This file > is used to map the numeric PCI ID info to human-readable > strings. > > So, the 'fm10k' driver will manage a device from Vendor > "8086" (Intel), with Device ID of "0x15a5" or "0x15a4". > Some drivers will also use the SubVendorID (sv) and Sub- > VendorDeviceID (sd), but we see this driver doesn't care, > as it displays the "*" wildcard match. > > You will see that the 'e1000e' and 'igb' drivers are > (generally) for 1Gbps NICs, 'ixgbe' is for 10Gbps, and > 'i40e' is for 25/40Gbps hardware. Intel drivers with > names ending in "...vf" are virtual-function drivers > used with SR-IOV virtualization. (Typically supporting > virtual machines running on a host virtualization platform.) > > Use the lscpi(8) command to find the actual numeric values > for Vendor and Device IDs on your adapter. You should read > the man page and experiment with the different options to > find all of the information it will display and also how > to limit the output to what is useful for your purposes. > > For my RHEL-7.x and SLES-12.x systems, I find > # lspci -nn -v | grep net > to be extremely useful in identifying my Intel Ethernet > devices. > > - Don > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Zulaica [mailto:dan.zulaica...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2018 11:37 PM > > To: Fujinaka, Todd <todd.fujin...@intel.com> > > Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] e1000 driver compile > > > > Hi, > > > > The driver got compiled, but did not work. I went back to the 10.04 > > kernel download from kernel.org. It compiled and I got the environment > > setup based on the README instructions. Then compiled the exgbe > > driver, which I though was the latest? Anyway that did not work, and I > > tried a e1000e download. That one compiled and worked. I can also use > > the vendor's Eclipse IDE. > > > > Is ixgbe the latest update to e1000e. It is the green download icon, > > e1000e appear to be older version numbers. > > > > Anyway, thanks for the help. Greatly appreciated. > > Dan > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
