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On 10/16/07, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> From my config file I'm using this driver for 2.6.22-gentoo-r8: |
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> CONFIG_FORCEDETH=y |
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> CONFIG_B44=y |
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> lspci shows: |
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> 00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2) |
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> 00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3) |
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> 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 02) |
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> The Broadcom is the wireless ethernet chip, I believe. |
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> Anyway, wired ethernet works fine under Gentoo, but since |
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> it is a dual boot laptop, I need to get the wired ethernet |
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> working under XP (hence, the OT, in the subject. Wireless |
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> is not a concern at the moment. |
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> Does anyone know where I can download just a working ethernet |
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> driver for this chip under XP? (lspci -vvv: |
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This might be a place to start: |
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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=1842189 |
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HTH |
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-James |
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> 00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3) |
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> Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 30b7 |
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> I'm not sure who's ethernet hardware Nvidia uses. Using lshw I see: |
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> product: HP Pavilion dv9000 (GD545AV) |
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> description: Motherboard |
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> product: 30B9 |
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> vendor: Quanta |
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> *-bridge |
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> description: Ethernet interface |
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> product: MCP51 Ethernet Controller |
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> vendor: nVidia Corporation |
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> physical id: 14 |
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> bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0 |
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> logical name: eth0 |
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> version: a3 |
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> serial: 00:1b:24:66:3a:b0 |
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> The original installation partition was Vista and it's gone. I installed |
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> XP pro (working fine except for wired ethernet), but I cannot seem to find an |
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> ethernet driver. HP is useless.... I did get one fact from the myriad of |
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> folks at HP support. There is nothing about the machine that mandates |
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> Vista. All of the hardware should work with XP. All they will do is send |
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> me a recovery CD. |
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> Maybe somebody (more skilled than I at windoz) could help me locate |
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> a binary or source code ethernet driver that would work under XP pro? |
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> I've googled my fingers off with no luck |
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> desperate (as usual), |
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> James |
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