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

[Brian Jackson <brian@brianandsara.net>]

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

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