From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 18:36:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06BDB16A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 18:36:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from amcuxfw801.amc.af.mil (amcuxfw801.amc.af.mil [131.9.254.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41E1043D49 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 18:36:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david.hauan@fairchild.af.mil) Received: from amcw2av802.amc.ds.af.mil (amcw2av802.amc.af.mil [131.9.19.115]) by fw1.amc.af.mil with SMTP id i57IaAjI027432 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 13:36:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from amcw2ms872.amc.ds.af.mil ([131.9.25.136]) M2004060713364805575 for ; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 13:36:48 -0500 Received: from amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil ([131.9.19.74]) by amcw2ms872.amc.ds.af.mil with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 7 Jun 2004 13:36:29 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 13:36:43 -0500 Message-ID: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC6579C31@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: FreeBSD on Gigabyte Motherboard GA-7N400 Pro2 Thread-Index: AcRJ3N6AGvXU65xzSXC2MntmeGym1AC4Wbww From: "hauan david" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Jun 2004 18:36:29.0233 (UTC) FILETIME=[58E84210:01C44CBE] Subject: RE: FreeBSD on Gigabyte Motherboard GA-7N400 Pro2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 18:36:56 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Technical Director [mailto:technical@server1.ultratrends.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 8:30 PM > To: Red > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Gigabyte Motherboard GA-7N400 Pro2 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Red, >=20 > Wow, Ma'am or Sir... <-- >=20 > I do believe the nVIDIA nFORCE 2 MCP Integrated controller=20 > will operate > with the /usr/ports/net/nvnet port. >=20 > >From the port pkg-desc: >=20 > > bash-2.05b# cat pkg-descr > > This port contains a driver for the NVIDIA nForce MCP=20 > Ethernet adapter. > > It contains a wrapper that replaces the Linux nvnet.c, and=20 > links against > > the Linux binary only object file (nvnetlib.o) included in=20 > the NVIDIA > > driver source distribution. > > > > This should work on all nForce and nForce2 based=20 > motherboards that have > > the onboard MCP MAC enabled. >=20 > Hope this helps. >=20 > R. >=20 > On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Red wrote: >=20 > > Dear Ma'am or Sir: > > Is FreeBSD in versions 4 or 5 fully supported on the Gigabyte > > GA-7N400 Pro2 which uses the nVIDIA nFORCE 2 Ultra 400 Memory / > > AGP/ PCI Controller (PAC) and the nVIDIA nFORCE 2 MCP Integrated > > Peripheral Controller (PSIPC)? The processor is an AMD Athlon XP > > with and nVIDIA GeForce 5200 video card and 1 Giga Byte of Ram. > > Thank you, > > Marvin C. Bell > > NRA Endowment, > > Sam's Club Member, > > Former L/ Cpl 10th Marines. > > here is my dmesg output on ASUS A7N8X nForce2 running 5.2.1 #02 nv0: port 0xec00-0xec07 mem 0xe0000000-0 xe0000fff irq 5 at device 4.0 on = pci0 nv0: Ethernet address 00:0e:a6:8c:04:8a miibus0: on nv0 rlphy0: on miibus0 rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto dave