2006-02-13 08:25:38

by Han

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Subject: OpenBSD driver for nforce-based ethernetcards.

Hi,

I just read this announcement on a well known OpenBSD forum:

http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060206150238&mode=expanded


So if anyone is interested in writing a driver for Linux for the
nvidia ethernet cards: That's a nice place to start.


The sourcecode can be found over here:

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/

Under the name if_nfe*



# Han


2006-02-13 08:34:57

by Matti Aarnio

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Subject: Re: OpenBSD driver for nforce-based ethernetcards.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 09:24:56AM +0059, Han Boetes wrote:
> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:24:56 +0059
> From: Han Boetes <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: OpenBSD driver for nforce-based ethernetcards.
>
> Hi,
>
> I just read this announcement on a well known OpenBSD forum:
> http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060206150238&mode=expanded
>
> So if anyone is interested in writing a driver for Linux for the
> nvidia ethernet cards: That's a nice place to start.

Quick browse of the forum:

Re: testers required for NVIDIA Ethernet driver (mod 2/4)
by Anonymous Coward (IP 208.252.48.163) on Mon Feb 6 21:31:33 2006 (GMT)

How much of this is based on the reverse engineered Linux driver for
forcedeth?

Re: testers required for NVIDIA Ethernet driver (mod 11/11)
by jsg (IP 210.15.216.215) on Mon Feb 6 22:39:51 2006 (GMT)

It was consulted for register offsets and semantics if we weren't sure
what was supposed to happen. If you look at the code you'll see our
driver is a hell of a lot easier on the eyes and like half the size.


So yes, perhaps 'forcedeth' driver would use some heavy handed
cleanup, but it does not mean it does not exist...


> The sourcecode can be found over here:
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/
> Under the name if_nfe*
>
> # Han

/Matti Aarnio