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(a)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.
Regards
Till