Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:39:10 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No driver for NIC... Message-ID: <20061228083910.4f5ca6fe.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <45936C09.60407@u.washington.edu> References: <20061228052212.GA583@elephantspace> <45936C09.60407@u.washington.edu>
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In response to Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > B. Hansmann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just got a new mainboard (MSI K9N Platinum) with nvidia nforce > > 570/MCP55 > > chipset. It has a dualLAN 1Gbit ethernet adapter which I think is > > integrated into the southbridge chipset (nforce 570/MCP55). > > The mainboard manual says it's controlled by Vitesse VSC8601. > > > > I am new to FreeBSD and I did not manage to get it > > to work (6.2-rc2 amd64). > > > > I compiled a new kernel with this nve driver (for nvidia mcp onboard > > ethernet adapters) but it did not work. I tried to load all the if_* > > modules but none worked. > > > > Before I tried this I installed NetBSD3.1 and there it worked perfectly > > after the first boot (said it was an mcp55 lan adapter). > > > > How do I get this ethernet thing to work or is this chipset not > > supported? (mcp55 sound works as stated in the hardware list on freebsd). > > > > Help would be appreciated! Thanks... > > Got miibus? > > - From nve(4): > > To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines > in your kernel configuration file: > > device miibus > device nve If he'd left miibus out his kernel would never have compiled. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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