View Nic chips in Ubuntu 9.10

Use the "lspci" command"

 

00:00. 0 host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 series chipset memory controller Hub (Rev 07)
00:01. 0 PCI Bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 series chipset PCI Express graphics port (Rev 07)
00: 1A. 0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) USB uhci controller #4 (Rev 03)
00: 1A. 1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) USB uhci controller #5 (Rev 03)
00: 1A. 2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) USB uhci controller #6 (Rev 03)
00: 1A. 7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) usb2 EHCI controller #2 (Rev 03)
00: 1b. 0 audio device: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) HD Audio Controller (Rev 03)
00: 1C. 0 PCI Bridge: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) PCI Express Port 1 (Rev 03)
00: 1C. 1 PCI Bridge: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) PCI Express Port 2 (Rev 03)
00: 1C. 2 PCI Bridge: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) PCI Express Port 3 (Rev 03)
00: 1C. 4 PCI Bridge: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) PCI Express Port 5 (Rev 03)
00: 1d. 0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) USB uhci controller #1 (Rev 03)
00: 1d. 1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) USB uhci controller #2 (Rev 03)
00: 1d. 2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) USB uhci controller #3 (Rev 03)
00: 1d. 7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) usb2 EHCI controller #1 (Rev 03)
00: 1E. 0 PCI Bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 mobile PCI bridge (Rev 93)
00: 1f. 0 ISA Bridge: Intel Corporation ich9m LPC interface controller (Rev 03)
00: 1f. 2 SATA Controller: Intel Corporation ich9m/M-E SATA ahci controller (Rev 03)
00: 1f. 3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801i (ich9 family) SMBus controller (Rev 03)
0. 0 VGA compatible Controller: ATI Technologies Inc M92 Lp [mobility radeon HD 4300 series]
. 0 Ethernet controller: RealTek semiconduco., Ltd. rtl8101e/rtl8102e PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (Rev 02)
0C: 00.0 network controller: Broadcom Corporation bcm4312 802.11b/g (Rev 01)

 

0C: 00.0 network controller: Broadcom Corporation bcm4312 802.11b/g (Rev 01) ------ my wireless Nic chip.

 

Further steps:

Lspci-vnn | grep 14e4
0C: 00.0 network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation bcm4312 802.11b/g [14e4: 4315] (Rev 01)
Specific pci id: 14e4: 4315.

 

In linuxwireless.org/en/users/drivers/b43, 14e4: 4315 is actually in progress. It is still in progress and cannot be used ....