Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751339AbWBMIe5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:34:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751351AbWBMIe5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:34:57 -0500 Received: from z2.cat.iki.fi ([212.16.98.133]:27349 "EHLO z2.cat.iki.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751339AbWBMIe5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:34:57 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:34:45 +0200 From: Matti Aarnio To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD driver for nforce-based ethernetcards. Message-ID: <20060213083445.GX3927@mea-ext.zmailer.org> References: <20060213082519.GN12484@boetes.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060213082519.GN12484@boetes.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1618 Lines: 46 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 > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/