Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:41:38 +0100 From: "B. Hansmann" <b@helectronics.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No driver for NIC... Message-ID: <20061228184138.GA394@elephantspace> In-Reply-To: <20061228142501.GA638@elephantspace> References: <20061228052212.GA583@elephantspace> <45936C09.60407@u.washington.edu> <20061228083910.4f5ca6fe.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20061228142501.GA638@elephantspace>
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On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 03:25:01PM +0100, B. Hansmann wrote: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 08:39:10AM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > > In response to Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>: > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > 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. > > > > -- > > Bill Moran > > Collaborative Fusion Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Right. The kernel compiled succesfully and booted. I had the miibus and > the if_nve in the kernel. Maybe it is just the wrong driver or I need > some device hints that I can't figure out. Does anyone have experience > with this mainboard/network interface? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" OK. For anynone who will have the same problem in the future: NetBSD uses the nfe driver which was merged into the FreeBSD-7.0-CURRENT tree. This works as a loadable module for 6.2-RC2 (source available at http://www.se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~shigeaki/software/freebsd-nfe.html). There is also a patch for the nve driver but it didn't work for me.
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