Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [FC1], 2.6.8-rc2 kernel, new motherboard problems | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:55:49 -0400 |
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On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 14:49, Nuno Monteiro wrote: > On 2004.07.22 13:49, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet > > Controller (rev a1) > > Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 2301 > > > However, this, nor the xconfig helps, still don't indicate which > > driver I should be using, or where to get it if its not in the > > kernel's tree yet a/o 2.6.8-rc2. So thats the next piece of data I > > need. > > Hi Gene, > > > I believe you'll need forcedeth.c for this one. It's called "Reverse > Engineered nForce Ethernet support", under Device Driver -> Networking -> > Ethernet 10/100 Mbit.
Wow, nVidia won't release the specs for a *10/100 ethernet controller*? Having to reverse engineer a network driver is ridiculous in this day and age. I can understand binary-only graphics drivers, there is a lot of valuable IP in there, but this is a freaking network card. What do they expect people to do?
Maybe some bad press would set them straight.
Lee
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