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nForce MCP Network Driver Working On FreeBSD 5.1

Posted by timothy on from the integrated-parts dept.

Dan writes "Quinton Dolan is in the final stages of porting the NVidia Linux nForce MCP network driver to FreeBSD-5.1. He is looking for users/developers with access to this hardware for testing help. The driver currently appears to be stable on his hardware (an MSI K7N420 Pro), although he hasn't done much stress testing, nor does he have access to an nForce2 based motherboard to test."

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  1. Re:Hmmmm.... by xA40D · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Also, why bother using a card that requires some special driver? Every run of the mill Ethernet card that I've thrown in a box works just fine without any tweaking or downloading special drivers.

    Well, if you get offered a couple of motherboards with the nForce chipset onboard at a really good price, it'd be nice if you could actually do somethng with them.

    Besides, somebody had to write the drivers for all of them run-of-the-mill cards at some point. Or should we just have one card with one driver? Don't think so. Different chipsets have different features, so it's nice to have drivers written to get the most out of each set.

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