Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:19:24 +0100 From: Lewis Thompson <purple@lewiz.net> To: John DeStefano <deesto@yahoo.com> Cc: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> Subject: Re: nforce2 (for the zillionth time, I should imagine) Message-ID: <20030911181924.GA11502@lewiz.org> In-Reply-To: <20030911180230.6224.qmail@web40604.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030911175612.3630.qmail@web40605.mail.yahoo.com> <20030911180230.6224.qmail@web40604.mail.yahoo.com>
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--cWoXeonUoKmBZSoM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 11:02:30AM -0700, John DeStefano wrote: > I've been looking for an answer for the nForce2 chipset for months in > various arenas, including on this list and on -net. Nobody seems to > have an answer; in fact, one person's reply on this list was "good > luck". The drivers to which Andrew refers above are for Linux, not > UNIX/BSD, and Linux emulation does not seem to do the trick. There are definitely FreeBSD drivers that exist for the graphics cards (which my motherboard has). > You may be able to get away with something on enabling some peripheral > drivers such as audio, but enabling the on-board NIC, which has been > my main concern, does not seem likely unless someone at nVidia works > with a BSD developer to port over the proper drivers. Reading the manual of my board I've found the onboard LAN is a Realtek 8201BL, which I'm hoping does not count as an ``nvnet'' NIC (I'm about to get check up on this). As you suggested the audio is not NVIDIA stuff (Realtek ALC 650), so I'm hoping I can get this going too. I'm in the process of writing a letter directly to NVIDIA, which I plan on posting, praising them for their work on the graphics cards, while also suggesting they get their asses in gear with the nForce2 support. I suggest you might also do the same. Best wishes. -lewiz. --=20 I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. --Bob Dylan, 1964. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -| msn:purple@lewiz.net | jab:lewiz@jabber.org | url:http://lewiz.net |- --cWoXeonUoKmBZSoM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/YLysItq0KFQv7T8RAjqxAJ0btxDv/ZA0ar5Z+THY6ZqGOHYuSACfaCgS 9sVVcyAKlz2ZvXnmU4l7jHs= =LsdB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cWoXeonUoKmBZSoM--
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