Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:29:18 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia nic Message-ID: <20041018172918.GD5179@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <ef60af0904101806546fc3388d@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af0904101710342241b934@mail.gmail.com> <20041018032322.GA2635@dragon.nuxi.com> <1098094699.31294.2.camel@localhost> <ef60af0904101806546fc3388d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 03:54:02PM +0200, Gert Cuykens wrote: > I did put a other nic but i dont understand why there are no drivers > for it ? It seems there are for linux ? So why not for freebsd ? The nVidia NIC driver is a propriety binary-only driver and nVidia only supports Linux, not FreeBSD. Even in the Linux world there have been major problems with the AMD64 nVidia NIC driver. > I also dont understand why the apci from the sk8n is not working > because there is a bug in the chipset ? I dont say its not true but if > it was a bug in the chipset self how come my xp doesnt have any > problem with it what so ever ? Because OEM's (and mobo makers) think ALL THE WORLD IS MICROSOFT WINDOWS. The OEM/ODM/mobo makers don't test with anything except MS-Windows. I'm quite surprised you can be a BSD/Linux user and never run into BIOS and ACPI errors that don't happen on MS-Windows. Google around and you will find PLENTY of stories about the problems of ACPI on non-MS-Windows OS's and problems running Linux (and thus BSD) on the SK8N and other nVidia nForce3-150 chipset mobos. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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