Anaconda multiple Ethernet cards question

[Till Maas]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:35:19AM +0300, Aioanei Rares wrote:
> Till Maas wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:20:59AM +0300, Aioanei Rares wrote:
>>   
>>> On 09/21/2009 08:53 AM, nodata wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Am Montag, den 21.09.2009, 02:07 +0200 schrieb Benny Amorsen:
>>>>          
>>>>> Aioanei Rares<schaiba at gmail.com>  writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>              
>>>>>> I think it would be niftier if the identification string of the card
>>>>>> was printed also (eg VIA Rhine III) so people would know what card to
>>>>>> choose and how.
>>>>>>                  
>>>>> For extra points, add a "identify nic" button which blinks the LED's of
>>>>> the appropriate nic.
>>>>>              
>>>> Doesn't the "identify" button in Anaconda already do this?
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Yes, it does, but like I said, it only works if one has an Ethernet   
>>> cable with signal coming from it plugged in.
>>>     
>>
>> On my X41 thinkpad "ethtool -p eth0" works without any attached network cable
>> to identify it. So it might be either a bug in anaconda or thr NIC might
>> not be able to do this.

> Both my NICs are capable of this as Debian is listing their names in the  
> installer, so do the *BSDs.

There seems to be a misunderstanding. I wrote about making the LEDs of
the NIC blink to identify them, not about getting a string that
describes them. You can test this with "ethtool -p eth1" and look at the
LEDs.

Regards
Till
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