Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:52:37 +0200 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia nic Message-ID: <ef60af0904101810526389c8f7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041018172918.GD5179@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <ef60af0904101710342241b934@mail.gmail.com> <20041018032322.GA2635@dragon.nuxi.com> <1098094699.31294.2.camel@localhost> <ef60af0904101806546fc3388d@mail.gmail.com> <20041018172918.GD5179@dragon.nuxi.com>
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Ok i agree but you also have to agree no matter how they made the chipset there has to be a solution that works els it would not work in windows either ? A os just tells the computer what to do right ? So its just a matter of asking the pc nicely enough :) On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:29:18 -0700, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 03:54:02PM +0200, Gert Cuykens wrote: > > I did put a other nic but i dont understand why there are no drivers > > for it ? It seems there are for linux ? So why not for freebsd ? > > The nVidia NIC driver is a propriety binary-only driver and nVidia only > supports Linux, not FreeBSD. Even in the Linux world there have been > major problems with the AMD64 nVidia NIC driver. > > > > I also dont understand why the apci from the sk8n is not working > > because there is a bug in the chipset ? I dont say its not true but if > > it was a bug in the chipset self how come my xp doesnt have any > > problem with it what so ever ? > > Because OEM's (and mobo makers) think ALL THE WORLD IS MICROSOFT WINDOWS. > The OEM/ODM/mobo makers don't test with anything except MS-Windows. I'm > quite surprised you can be a BSD/Linux user and never run into BIOS and > ACPI errors that don't happen on MS-Windows. Google around and you will > find PLENTY of stories about the problems of ACPI on non-MS-Windows OS's > and problems running Linux (and thus BSD) on the SK8N and other nVidia > nForce3-150 chipset mobos. > > -- > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) >
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