Subject: NVIDIA nForce Ethernet (if_nfe) & NetBSD 4.0
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@NetBSD.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/28/2007 00:12:12
Just in case anyone with an NVIDIA nForce Ethernet interface
is running NetBSD-4.0 and would like to test a kernel with
the changes in current from cube and tsutsui.
The patch to pullup is at http://iffy.absd.org/nfe-patch
cvs diff -kk -r1.3 -r1.4 if_nfereg.h
cvs diff -kk -r1.2 -r1.3 if_nfevar.h
cvs diff -kk -r1.13 -r1.14 if_nfe.c
cvs diff -kk -r1.17 -r1.18 if_nfe.c
cvs diff -kk -r1.18 -r1.19 if_nfe.c (patch applied manually)
For those with a Pentium3 or better who just want to test
boot a GENERIC kernel:
http://iffy.absd.org/nfe-GENERIC.gz (compiled for pentium3)
I'm running a netbsd-4 kernel with the following and it
subjectively seems better, certainly its no worse on mine,
and its known to be much better on other hardware.
These are at the wrong end of a 448k upstream link, so be
patient :)
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