NIC compatibility

Mike Derouen mike.derouen at gmail.com
Sun Jun 22 23:28:34 UTC 2008


Jeremy,

Thanks for your reply.  I wasn't able to find out much from the ASUS site
either.  Here is the pciconf output:

hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0:    class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07c110de
rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = HOST-PCI
none0 at pci0:0:0:1:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07cb10de rev=0xa2
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
none1 at pci0:0:1:0:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07cd10de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
none2 at pci0:0:1:1:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07ce10de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
none3 at pci0:0:1:2:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07cf10de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
none4 at pci0:0:1:3:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07d010de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
none5 at pci0:0:1:4:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07d110de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
none6 at pci0:0:1:5:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07d210de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
none7 at pci0:0:1:6:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07d310de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
none8 at pci0:0:2:0:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07d610de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
isab0 at pci0:0:3:0:    class=0x060100 card=0x82ae1043 chip=0x07d710de rev=0xa2
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-ISA
none9 at pci0:0:3:1:    class=0x0c0500 card=0x82ae1043 chip=0x07d810de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = SMBus
none10 at pci0:0:3:2:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07d910de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
none11 at pci0:0:3:4:    class=0x050000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x07c810de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = memory
    subclass   = RAM
ohci0 at pci0:0:4:0:    class=0x0c0310 card=0x82ae1043 chip=0x07fe10de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = USB
ehci0 at pci0:0:4:1:    class=0x0c0320 card=0x82ae1043 chip=0x056a10de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = USB
atapci0 at pci0:0:8:0:    class=0x01018a card=0x82ae1043 chip=0x056c10de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = mass storage
    subclass   = ATA
none12 at pci0:0:9:0:    class=0x040300 card=0x829f1043 chip=0x07fc10de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = multimedia
pcib1 at pci0:0:10:0:    class=0x060401 card=0xcb7310de chip=0x056d10de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
pcib2 at pci0:0:11:0:    class=0x060400 card=0x000010de chip=0x056e10de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
pcib3 at pci0:0:12:0:    class=0x060400 card=0x000010de chip=0x056f10de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
pcib4 at pci0:0:13:0:    class=0x060400 card=0x000010de chip=0x056f10de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
atapci1 at pci0:0:14:0:    class=0x010185 card=0x82ae1043 chip=0x07f010de
rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = mass storage
    subclass   = ATA
none13 at pci0:0:15:0:    class=0x020000 card=0x82ae1043 chip=0x07dc10de
rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
vgapci0 at pci0:0:16:0:    class=0x030000 card=0x82ae1043 chip=0x07e110de
rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    class      = display
    subclass   = VGA
twe0 at pci0:1:6:0:    class=0x010400 card=0x100113c1 chip=0x100113c1 rev=0x01
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = '3ware Inc.'
    device     = '7000/8000 series ATA-133 Storage Controller'
    class      = mass storage
    subclass   = RAID


Mike



On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 01:59:25PM -0700, Mike Derouen wrote:
> > I have been trying to get FreeBSD 7.0 amd64 to run on my hardware:
> >
> > motherboard: ASUS P5N-EM-HDMI
> > chipset: GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i
> > processor: intel core2 quad Q6600
> >
> > I have installed from the release ISO image, and everything seems to
> install
> > fine.  However, I can't seem to get the network card to be recognized.  I
> > have tried using both nfe and nve kernel modules, but neither one seems
> to
> > identify with the onboard network card.  dmesg reports:
> >
> > pci0: <network, ethernet> at device 15.0 (no driver attached)
> >
> > Is there another module that uses the drivers listed here?:
> > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.25.html  Or another way to
> get
> > the network card working?  I have also considered going the ndisgen route
> > and trying to use the windows drivers that came w/ the motherboard, but
> I'm
> > thinking that there's a better solution to this problem out there.
> >
> > Any Ideas?
>
> Provide the output from pciconf -lv.
>
> By the way, finding specification details for that motherboard appears
> to be difficult.  Asus's own site has empty fields for each spec.
> detail, and all you can find on Google are vendors selling it.  The
> closest thing I can find is the Windows driver page for the board:
>
>
> http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N-EM%20HDMI
>
> The User Manual lists the NIC as "Gb LAN".  Wow, thanks Asus.  The BIOS
> listing in the Manual (which isn't 100% accurate, but it's the best
> we've got) shows a "Onboard nVidia LAN" item.  I can't find any other
> details about the board.
>
> CC'ing PYUN YongHyeon, who should be able to help, since he assists in
> maintaining these drivers for FreeBSD.
>
> --
> | Jeremy Chadwick                                jdc at parodius.com |
> | Parodius Networking                       http://www.parodius.com/ |
> | UNIX Systems Administrator                  Mountain View, CA, USA |
> | Making life hard for others since 1977.              PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
>
>


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