Why does the output of lspci show "Unknown device" in RHEL5?

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Issue

  • Output of lspci shows "Unknown device" instead of the actual model number of the attached device:
18:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 10c9 (rev 01)  
18:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 10c9 (rev 01)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x

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