User Feedback :: Modem not recognized
From within SUSE, here is what looks like the section about the ethernet modem:
00:08.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50
Memory at fe02a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at b400 [size=8]
Memory at fe029000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Memory at fe028000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [70] MSI-X: Enable+ Mask- TabSize=8
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask+ 64bit+ Queue=0/3
original here.