Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [FC1], 2.6.8-rc2 kernel, new motherboard problems | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Sat, 24 Jul 2004 02:06:47 -0400 |
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On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 01:58, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 23 July 2004 20:55, Lee Revell wrote: > >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 > > Nvidia is immune to bad press, and probably cannot release a thing > other than some API help due to copyright contracts with the coders > who wrote their winderz drivers for them, The only cure would be for > them to hired a couple of dozen programmers of the minimum quality > the open source programmers exhibit, which I happen to think is top > notch, and the CEO can only see outgo without compensatory income for > all that salary, so they contract it out for a known cost, and get > tied up in restrictive contracts. >
I am not talking about them releasing driver code, I am just talking about datasheets so we can write our own driver, something that tells you which bits to write to which registers to get it to do $FOO.
Their net cost: $0.
Lee
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