Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:20:04 GMT From: Buck Jones <buck@bvminc.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/114797: no support for Nvidia chip set / nic Message-ID: <200707212220.l6LMK4UI071719@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200707212230.l6LMUC0n000661@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 114797 >Category: misc >Synopsis: no support for Nvidia chip set / nic >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jul 21 22:30:12 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Buck Jones >Release: 6.2 release >Organization: buckjones.net >Environment: n/a >Description: I attempted to install BSD 6.1 Rel on a BioStar MB with Nvidia nNforce 6100 chip set. No support in BSD 6.1 for the Nic. Had to change MB to VIA to make it work. Found a unsupported Linux driver which the docs says is prone to lockups, no info how to make it work. forcedeth.c http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.21.html Just F.Y.I. Buck >How-To-Repeat: buy a biostar mb with a Nforce 6100 chip set and try to install bsd. >Fix: add support in the next release of BSD 6.3, 6.4, etc to support the Nvidia Nforce ethernet controller(s). >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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