misc/114797: no support for Nvidia chip set / nic

[Buck Jones]

>Number:         114797
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       no support for Nvidia chip set / nic
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 21 22:30:12 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Buck Jones
>Release:        6.2 release
>Organization:
buckjones.net
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:
I attempted to install BSD 6.1 Rel on a BioStar MB with Nvidia nNforce 6100 chip set.

No support in BSD 6.1 for the Nic.

Had to change MB to VIA to make it work.

Found a unsupported Linux driver which the docs says is prone to lockups, no info how to make it work.

forcedeth.c

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.21.html

Just F.Y.I.

Buck

>How-To-Repeat:
buy a biostar mb with a Nforce 6100 chip set and try to install bsd.
>Fix:
add support in the next release of BSD 6.3, 6.4, etc to support the Nvidia Nforce  ethernet controller(s).

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