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From: James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How can I check for haveing an ethernet "device"
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:25:16
Message-Id: loom.20150720T181910-392@post.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How can I check for haveing an ethernet "device" by Meino.Cramer@gmx.de
1 <Meino.Cramer <at> gmx.de> writes:
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4 > on an embedded system I want to check, whether I have an eth0 "device"
5 > (ok, I know, it is not an device in the usual way...), when I attach
6 > an USB2Ethernet gadget via OTG-cable to it and whether all needed
7 > drivers are already there...
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10 Strange.... Gmane dropped what I wrote the first time....
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12 It's tricky. Being "embedded" usually means you have less on the system; so
13 let's just try a few things to see.
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15 1. lspci
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17 2. dmesg | grep eth
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19 3. netstat -nr
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21 Others:: ifconfig, lswh, mii-tool, ethtool etc etc depending on what
22 you've installed.
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24 hth,
25 James

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How can I check for haveing an ethernet "device" Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>