65405 – References to nforce-net should be removed

Bug 65405 - References to nforce-net should be removed

Summary: References to nforce-net should be removed

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)

URL:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?i...
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Blocks:	65330
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Reported:	2004-09-26 07:37 UTC by Daniel Drake (RETIRED)
Modified:	2004-10-10 07:44 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-09-26 07:37:15 UTC

nforce-net will probably be removed from portage sometime soon. Could someone please update the handbook, which currently says that nforce-net should be merged for nforce-based network controllers (section 7e, http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7).

The reason for removal is that an in-kernel driver now supports this hardware. Its called forcedeth (CONFIG_FORCEDETH).
In menuconfig, it can be found under "[*] EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers" and is labelled "Reverse Engineered nForce Ethernet support". I'll leave it up to you if you wish to update the documentation making a reference to this change.

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-10 07:44:15 UTC

Fixed in CVS.