nForce MCP network driver - working

[Peter Wemm]

Q wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am in the final stages of porting the NVidia Linux nForce MCP network
> driver to FreeBSD-5.1 and am after some experienced users/developers
> with access to this hardware to do some testing to find out what breaks,
> and what doesn't work. My driver makes use of the Linux nvnetlib.o API
> library, and should therefore be compliant with the NVidia Linux
> distribution license.
> 
> The driver currently appears to be stable on my hardware (an MSI K7N420 Pro),
> although I haven't done much stress testing, nor do I have access to an 
> nForce2 based motherboard to test.

I have a set of nForce2 and nForce3 based boards, but they all run 5.x
and the nForce3 is an athlon64 system.

> This is still very much a work in progress, but it has been stable
> enough for me to actually use productively so I thought I would share
> the wealth, so to speak, with the rest of the community.
> 
> If you are interested in testing this, email me offline. I am also
> interested in how many people would like to see a FreeBSD-4.x version.
> 
> PS: I am still waiting for NVidia to reply to any of my emails. :(

Fun fun. :-(

Cheers,
-Peter
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