[gentoo-user] Re: video driver discovery

[James]

Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon <at> gmail.com> writes:


> grepping a log file is the most natural way for an experienced unix admin to
> do it. It's a useful skill, all newbies should be encouraged (but not
> required) to learn it. Sometimes we experienced admin types lose sight of the
> fact that regardless of all the nice new user-friendly aspects of Linux being
> driven by distros like Ubuntu, under the covers we still have a hard-core
> Unix system.


hmmmm,

Look at lspci -v. It lists quite a few kernel drivers....


00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal
decode])
<snip>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-drive

and here:
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc 4379 Serial ATA Controller (prog-if
8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
<snip>
Kernel driver in use: sata_sil

and so on...
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
(prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)

Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus


I guess that was done just for lazy(slow) admins.....?


common, it's an obviously an oversight, cause lots of other
things get listed.........you think? Maybe it'd be too
difficult to do?

(nah)


James