Re: [PATCH] nvidia nforce 1.0-261 nvnet for kernel 2.5

From: Rahul Karnik (rahul@genebrew.com)
Date: Sun Jul 27 2003 - 11:28:07 EST


Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sul, 2003-07-27 at 15:44, Rahul Karnik wrote:
>
>>Dunno. Look in the list archives for earlier discussions on the topic.
>>It seems AMD audio is a clone of Intel audio, which is why Intel audio
>>works for NForce. Since both audio and ethernet match, it seems unlikely

s/ethernet/IDE, oops.

>>that Nvidia would license a completely different ethernet chip, but who
>>knows?
>
>
> AMD's older network component is the AMD PCnet32, which is a very
> different chip.

Yes we tried that as well, with no success. See:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105831948827945&w=2

As far as I can tell, NForce is based on AMD8111, at least for IDE and
sound. Unfortunately, ethernet is a no-go so far with amd8111e.

Thanks,
Rahul

-- 
Rahul Karnik
rahul@genebrew.com

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