GPL ethernet driver for 2.4/2.6 series kernels -hchu

[tf]

tried the patch with -bk15 and it works really nice!
it even loads faster at startup than the closed nvidia one!

..had a hard time to find it in xconfig, finally found it here:
networking support - ethernet (10 or 100mbit) - EISA, VLB, PCI and on board
controllers (you have to checkmark this to get ...) Reverse Engineered nForce Ethernet support

if you have problems with the driver or want to praise them, please
provide feedback to Manfred Spraul <manfred@dbl.q-ag.de>
, the writer of this nice code.

[pzgren]

Linux: Forcedeth For Stable 2.4 Kernel

http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/1606

Marcus

[alexzapatka]

Linux: Forcedeth For Stable 2.4 Kernel

http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/1606

Marcus

hmr... not quite in the kernel as of yet... but like the mm series for 2.6 that is now including it, it is being included in the pac series... the pac series is the "patched ac" series... basically when alan when to do the MBA thing, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer, another kernel developer, took over patching it to work with current 2.4 kernels... it can be found at your local kernel.org mirror.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ ... 1-pac1.bz2

[Butcher]

I like the driver and it works ok, but is there an option to disable the endless debug messages, They make the console unusable (ssh or xserver works without any messages).
In the syslog.conf I only print the *.emerg Messages to the console.

I'm using debian sid, Kernel 2.6.0-test9

[pzgren]

easier:

http://www.hailfinger.org/carldani/linu ... forcedeth/

But:
This release it intended for developers, it's alpha quality: normal
network traffic could work, although slow due to incomplete interrupt
handling. It does work on two nForce 2 systems, nForce and nForce 3
are untested.

And i ve read the debugging in the source is on, it tells a lot output...

The good, its the beginning.

Marcus

[hchu]

you turn off debugging by changing the following code near the top of the file:

Code: Select all

#if 1
#define dprintk         printk
#else
#define dprintk(x...)      do { } while (0)
#endif


Change the #if 1 to #if 0.
HTH

[alexzapatka]

you turn off debugging by changing the following code near the top of the file:

Code: Select all

#if 1
#define dprintk         printk
#else
#define dprintk(x...)      do { } while (0)
#endif


Change the #if 1 to #if 0.
HTH

personally, i would wrather remove all the this code and replace it with this:

static int debug = 0;
MODULE_PARM(debug,"i");
#define dprintk if (debug) printk

this adds a peramater so you can turn on debuging... this way, if there is an issue with the driver that you want/need to report to the author, all you have to do is unload the module and reloade it with debug=1 (i.e. insmod forcedeth debug=1)... but chaing it to 0 works too

[hchu]

version 0.17 has just been released, it fixes the large tx mtu problem for me i.e. apache and ssh now work. get it from the hailfinger site.

[hai]

Problems with older driver versions should have been fixed in 0.17
Please test.
http://www.hailfinger.org/carldani/linux/patches/forcedeth/

[hchu]

mr. hailfinger,
I just want to say on behalf of the nforcers that we appreciate your work very very much . the driver is now perfect for me anyway, but i'm aware there's some more issues to be sorted out. this driver is a must-have for 2.6.1.