asterisk users - Oct 2005 - TDM400P recognised as "Network controller: Unknown device"

Hello everybody,
 
I have been googling for hours and also searched on
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk, but I still can not find any information
for the problem I have. So I hope one of you could help me out.
 
I have actually very little experience in Asterisk and also Linux. But by
following installation guide, luckily I could get asterisk working. That is only
with SIP and IAX channels though, no zaptel installed. As I wanted to explore
more, I bought a TDM400P development kit (TDM11B) from an authorised Asterisk
reseller in Germany. After I updated my Asterisk (make update) and installed
zaptel last week (27 Sep 2005), here is what I got:
 
# lspci -v
01:05.0 Network controller: Unknown device e159:0001
        Subsystem: Unknown device b119:0001
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 100, IRQ 209
        I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
        Memory at efffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
 
# dmesg
Module 0: Installed -- AUTO FXS/DPO
Module 1: Not installed
Module 2: Not installed
Module 3: Installed -- AUTO FXO (FCC mode)
Found a Wildcard TDM: Wildcard TDM400P REV I (2 modules)

Both LEDs of the FXO and FXS modules are illuminated. I guess that is a normal
state.
 
Is the status of "Unknown device" a normal status?
 
>From what you have experienced, is there any issue with revision I? I know
that there are problems on the cards with revision E or F, so I don't want
to waste my time trying to configure the card, which maybe in the end I have to
return the card to be replaced as well.
 
Do you think this is just an issue of the driver (zaptel) or something else? Do
you have any hints on what should be changed or modified?
 
I sent an email to Digium support and got only a reply like this:
 
"Although the card is being shown as an 'Unknown Device', it should
still work properly."
 
To be honest, I am not happy with that answer.
 
FYI, I have installed Asterisk (CVS HEAD - 27 Sep 2005) on IBM xSeries 330
(8654-51Y) running Fedora Core 4 (kernel 2.6.12-1).

Thanks in advance for your answers.
 
Kind regards,
 
Anto
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Aryanto Rachmad wrote:
> Is the status of "Unknown device" a normal status?
Yes, it's normal and expected.
> "Although the card is being shown as an 'Unknown Device', it
should still work properly."
>  
> To be honest, I am not happy with that answer.
Why? It works, and the PCI vendor/device ID on that board are not 
unique, so lspci cannot show anything specific for the board. It makes 
zero difference in operation, though.

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Aryanto Rachmad wrote:
> I sent an email to Digium support and got only a reply like this:
>  
> "Although the card is being shown as an 'Unknown Device', it
should still work properly."
>  
> To be honest, I am not happy with that answer.

Well, does it work properly?  It will.

What is Digium supposed to do about lspci which isn't their code.  Its 
lspci which does or doesn't come up with a name for the card.  

Steve