On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 00:52 +0200, Rogier Krieger wrote: > I've given up hope on the ethernet chip ever > getting supported as well as the S-ATA controller on board. In both > cases, I blame nVidia.
/* * forcedeth: Ethernet driver for NVIDIA nForce media access controllers. * * Note: This driver is a cleanroom reimplementation based on reverse * engineered documentation written by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger * and Andrew de Quincey. It's neither supported nor endorsed * by NVIDIA Corp. Use at your own risk. Do you reckon this documentation could also be used to write a *BSD driver? > If you intend to only ever use Windows, I suppose nVidia's fine; if > not, I heartily recommend other manufacturers. Why limit your options? Well, it's about *not* limiting options. And this one is a particularly attractive option (from the hardware price/performance point of view). Cheers Steffen.