Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 06:26:27 +0200 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: je killen <jekillen@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: nvidia nforce motherboard w/onboard nic Message-ID: <200505060626.35890@harrymail> In-Reply-To: <174CE8BC-BDE4-11D9-AAD4-0003930420B6@prodigy.net> References: <174CE8BC-BDE4-11D9-AAD4-0003930420B6@prodigy.net>
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--nextPart1393189.tMx6LS5sn8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Freitag, 6. Mai 2005 06:05 schrieb je killen: > To whom ever receives and responds to this request for info; > > I had installed Mandrake Linux on a machine that uses an nvidia > motherboard and found there to be no ethernet driver included with the > distribution. After hunting around I found a driver for the onboard > nic from the nvidia web site. I installed it and got a tainted kernel > warning. I realize that FreeBSD is not Mandrake linux, but I also > anticipate a few hoops to jump through to get a driver for FreeBSD to > use this network interface. Needless to say I'm dumping Mandrake and > want to use FreeBSD. My source of info at this time is FreeBSD > Unleashed; Michael Urban and Brian Tiemann, Sams publishing. It has a > hardware compatibility list in an appendix in the back and is > copyrighted 2003 but lists minimum hardware requirements as intel 386 > architecture or compatible processor (AMD, which I am using, I > presume). This leads me to believe that the text is somewhat dated. I > have another nic installed in the machine, a D-link card, but I want > two network cards. One to connect to ADSL and the other to connect to > the inside network. My machine has two pci Slots but I'd rather use the > builtin and one pci card slot (which I have been using). I would > appreciate any guidance on this matter; E.G, Is there a FreeBSD > compatible driver for this nic? I have not determined what chip set is Yes, 6-current has nve, but I guess you're using 5.4, so you have to=20 compile a port called nvnet. It's in /usr/ports/net/nvnet, just type make=20 install. =46or more information how to add packages or ports see the surpassing=20 handbook:=20 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html =2DHarry > used. > Thank you so much for your time and attention: > I would thank you by name but I don't know who will be responding; > Jeff Killen > jekillen@prodigy.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --nextPart1393189.tMx6LS5sn8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCevH7Bylq0S4AzzwRAg5pAJ9PT8s/EJipdSC+j+hrbO3L1IPn2ACeNQ2V lwejR/CtMdbRg3tmW3tA4oQ= =aHj9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1393189.tMx6LS5sn8--
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