No driver for NIC...
Bill Moran
wmoran at collaborativefusion.com
Thu Dec 28 05:39:13 PST 2006
In response to Garrett Cooper <youshi10 at u.washington.edu>:
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> B. Hansmann wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just got a new mainboard (MSI K9N Platinum) with nvidia nforce
> > 570/MCP55
> > chipset. It has a dualLAN 1Gbit ethernet adapter which I think is
> > integrated into the southbridge chipset (nforce 570/MCP55).
> > The mainboard manual says it's controlled by Vitesse VSC8601.
> >
> > I am new to FreeBSD and I did not manage to get it
> > to work (6.2-rc2 amd64).
> >
> > I compiled a new kernel with this nve driver (for nvidia mcp onboard
> > ethernet adapters) but it did not work. I tried to load all the if_*
> > modules but none worked.
> >
> > Before I tried this I installed NetBSD3.1 and there it worked perfectly
> > after the first boot (said it was an mcp55 lan adapter).
> >
> > How do I get this ethernet thing to work or is this chipset not
> > supported? (mcp55 sound works as stated in the hardware list on freebsd).
> >
> > Help would be appreciated! Thanks...
>
> Got miibus?
>
> - From nve(4):
>
> To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines
> in your kernel configuration file:
>
> device miibus
> device nve
If he'd left miibus out his kernel would never have compiled.
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Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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