Snipped from mailing list late august, 2016 Describles how device_id's are used.
But, on my (other PC installed OI Hipster) in /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids I can
see it:
15b8 Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V
pci.ids is just a copy of the device id to name mappings table from pciids.sf.net and has nothing to do with driver support, only with whether utilities like scanpci can print a name for the device.
Many devices in pci.ids aren't actually supported by Solaris drivers.
-alan-
Can try:
> Is it possible to get (somehow) this card (reported by installation
driver compatibility program as pci1849,15b8) supported?
If you are optimistic enough you can try :
update_drv -a -i pci1849,15b8 e1000g
This will add your interface as an alias for e1000g in /etc/driver_aliases. You will probably have to reboot to have it initialized.
I guess, it might work?
It might, if your interface is similar enough to e1000g (also try other network interface). Otherwise, ...