Yes. You are indubitably right. The kernel not recognizing a major chipset
is indeed the fault of a wrong configuration. No doubt. File lacking a
device recognition string. Yep, misconfigured kernel. Yep. Right. That's
the sodding spirit.
Indenboum, please remove your straw-underfilled head from your posterior
and endeavor to use it for something less unconstructive than occupying
spatial resources.