(get_eth_cards) if SIOCETHTOOL ioctl is not supported by driver, try

to lookup card by driver in devices list (if there's only one physical
card managed by this driver)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/network/ethernet.pm b/perl-install/network/ethernet.pm
index 5e95e25c8..baf52d82d 100644
--- a/perl-install/network/ethernet.pm
+++ b/perl-install/network/ethernet.pm
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ sub get_eth_cards() {
         } else {
             ($description) = (mapIntfToDevice($interface))[0]->{description};
         }
+        if (!$description and my $driver = $a || $saved_driver) {
+            my @cards = grep { $_->{driver} eq $driver } detect_devices::probeall();
+            $description = $cards[0]->{description} if $#cards == 0;
+        }
         $a and $saved_driver = $a; # handle multiple cards managed by the same driver
         [ $interface, $saved_driver, if_($description, $description) ]
     } @all_cards;