On Saturday 06 December 2008 15:21:59 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:53:46 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > ath_pci 196472 0 > > > > > > So I am sending this over my wireless connection without using the > > > wireless module. If the 0 means it is truly unused, I could rmmod > > > it and not notice any difference. > > > > Why don't you try? > > If I did, you'd never see the result... > > % sudo rmmod -v ath_pci > rmmod ath_pci, wait=no > % ping 192.168.1.8 > connect: Network is unreachable Hi all, I use pcimodules and usbmodules to determine what modules I have installed for example:
jwlaptop ~ # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) 00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1) 00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02) 03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05) 03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) 03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12) 03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12) 03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff) 0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01) jwlaptop ~ # pcimodules ricoh_mmc sdhci-pci ohci1394 b44 ssb k8temp snd-hda-intel atiixp i2c-piix4 ehci-hcd ohci-hcd jwlaptop ~ # lsusb Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05a9:2640 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 jwlaptop ~ # usbmodules jwlaptop ~ # as you can see it doesn't catch everything but it gives you a good idea what modules are critical. HTH James Wall
