Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:16:26 -0700 (PDT) From: stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: v.velox@vvelox.net Subject: Re: does a working driver exist for the nForce2 MCP nic? Message-ID: <20040810221626.33080.qmail@web61307.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4118DEF6.1020704@daleco.biz>
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it was said: > >> > >>Out of general principle, I would like to get the > >>onboard NIC working on an MSI K7N2 Delta-L mobo. I > >>have checked the archives and googled this issue. > I > >>found A LOT of discussion. To sum up, Bill Paul > was > >>trying to get nVidia to cooperate, but they were > >>having none of it. According to > >>http://www.onthenet.com.au/~q/nvnet/ a driver is > >>available via ports/net/nvnet, but my fresh > install of > >>5.2.1-Release doesn't have that port. I can pull > it > >>from the site, but before I needlessly mung my > system, > >>does anyone know if it works? If it was in ports > >>before, why is it gone now? > >> > >> > > > >You need up update your port tree. > > > > > > Seems likely. Although the port was added in > December > and tagged in both 4.10-RELEASE and HEAD at that > time, > it must not have MFC'ed->RELENG_5 until after 5.2.1 > was > released (in January, IIRC), therefore a CDROM ports > tree > of 5.2.1 wouldn't include nvnet. > > It is there now. I don't know if it works. Grit > your teeth and > hang on! (Seriously, I really doubt it'd be in > there if there were > any serious problems at all, but YMMV....) > > Kevin Kinsey > Hello, Thanks for the reply. I thought this might be the case. Just making sure my belt and braces (or suspenders as the case may be) are tight. Regards, Stheg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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