From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270678AbTG0GBu (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 02:01:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270680AbTG0GBu (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 02:01:50 -0400 Received: from [65.248.106.250] ([65.248.106.250]:4495 "EHLO brianandsara.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270678AbTG0GBt (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Jul 2003 02:01:49 -0400 From: Brian Jackson Organization: brianandsara.net To: Rahul Karnik Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvidia nforce 1.0-261 nvnet for kernel 2.5 Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 00:53:14 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.9 Cc: lkml References: <200307262309.20074.adq_dvb@lidskialf.net> <3F235B73.70701@genebrew.com> In-Reply-To: <3F235B73.70701@genebrew.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200307270053.14649.brian@brianandsara.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 26 July 2003 11:56 pm, Rahul Karnik wrote: > Andrew de Quincey wrote: > > Small patch for the latest nvidia nforce 1.0-261 nvnet drivers with > > kernel 2.5. > > Further nvnet musings (cc:ing Jeff as net driver maintainer and > knowledgeable person). > > As I reported here a few days earlier, I tried using the AMD8111 driver > with my NForce2 ethernet a few days ago, with the result that no MAC > address was being assigned to the card. I suspect that the MAC address > is being assigned by the Nvidia driver. Does that make sense? > > If so, then using the option in the BIOS to manually set the MAC address > might make the AMD driver work. Unfortunately, I have no idea what I > should set it to without stomping on the MAC address for other devices. my mac address is printed on a little sticker on top of the parallel port (inside the case) on a leadtek NCR18Gpro(?) --Brian Jackson > > Any ideas? I hate to rely on a binary only module for something as > "simple" as a 10/100 ethernet card. > > Thanks, > Rahul -- OpenGFS -- http://opengfs.sourceforge.net Home -- http://www.brianandsara.net