Re: NIC identification

["Hall Stevenson" <hallstevenson@mindspring.com>]

> On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 12:52:54PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > The NIC is likely a PCI device even when it's integrated
> > into the MB. So, try "cat /proc/pci" and look for an "ethernet
> > controller" line. It will probably give you the chipset it uses
> > which is usually a pretty good starting point.
>
> I am really growing to hate this machine...
>
> hudson:~# cat /proc/pci
> cat: /proc/pci: No such file or directory
>
> /proc/bus/pci is there and contains two files (00 and 01), but
> they're binary data.  The kernel is 2.2.12, which should support
> /proc/pci, IIRC.  (Yeah, I know...  I really should be using a potato
> CD, but slink is all I had handy.)

I'm not familiar with "devfs" at all, but are you using it, by chance ??
Also, I believe the "/proc" filesystem is a kernel option. You may not
have it enabled.

Regards
Hall