From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 4 11:03:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1D2737B401 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:03:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from citicorp.hypnotech.no (citicorp.hypnotech.no [194.63.248.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 819D143F93 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:03:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lasse@ulvund.org) Received: from multimedium.uio.no (bjs1-dhcp298.studby.uio.no [129.240.115.85]) (authenticated bits=0) by citicorp.hypnotech.no (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h54I3YTq002173 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 20:03:34 +0200 Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 20:03:49 +0200 From: Lasse Ulvund To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030604200349.028a8f28.lasse@ulvund.org> In-Reply-To: <2549770000.1054748445@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org> References: <2549770000.1054748445@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org> Organization: private X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 X-Spam-Report: -2.5 hits, 5.0 required; *-0.5 -- Has a valid-looking References header *-0.5 -- Has a In-Reply-To header *-0.5 -- BODY: Contains what looks like an email attribution *-0.5 -- BODY: Contains what looks like a quoted email text *-0.5 -- Reply with quoted text X-Virus-Scanned: by moam (http://www.moam.net/) X-Moam-Version: 0.90 Subject: Re: NIC and Video on Asus A7N266-VM under -STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 18:03:56 -0000 On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 10:40:45 -0700 Pat Lashley wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone on this list been able to get FreeBSD 4-STABLE to work > with either the built-in ethernet or video on an Asus A7N266-VM > mainboard? > > According to the booklet, the NIC is part of the 'nVidia nForce > MCP-D' South Bridge chip; and the video is an 'nVidia GeForce2 > MX Integrated' in the North Bridge. > > Hi AFAIK the integrated NIC's on the Nforce boards don't work under FreeBSD. I tried several different ones 2 months ago, cause I needed a motherboard with onboard NIC under FreeBSD (for use in 1U case). In the end I ended up with a Epox motherboard with an integrated Via Rhine III NIC, which has worked fairly well for me. for Video.. I don't know, never did need to run X on that machine :). -- Regards, Lasse