people.freebsd.org/~wpaul/nVidia/nVidia.txt
Ok, so, it occured to me recently to try to convince nVidia to cough up programming documentation for their MCP ethernet controller. However, in order to do that, I need to be able to show that there is in fact sufficient demand for a FreeBSD (or even NetBSD or OpenBSD) driver to make it worth their while. My goal is to convince them to pull their heads far enough out from between their legs to realize that Linux is not the be-all, end-all of open source, and that just because OEMs haven't mentioned FreeBSD, NetBSD or OpenBSD by name doesn't mean there aren't people who want MCP ethernet support in BSD. What I want you do to is e-mail me (oh god, I can't believe I'm setting myself up for this) if: - You wanted to purchase a computer system with an nVidia nForce2 chipset but _didn't_ once you realized there was no BSD driver support for the on-board ethernet. Do *NOT* e-mail me if: - You want me to help you transfer a large sum of money out of Nigeria or some other African nation. All I need is an e-mail from you, with a line or two explaining your particular circumstances. If you did not buy an nForce2-based computer due to lack of BSD support, say so. If you did, but you were pissed by the lack of BSD support, say so. If you told your friends, relatives, cow-orkers or purchasing office not to buy nForce2-based computers because of the lack of BSD support, say so. Cite the OEM vendor of the computer (or computer) and the model (or models) where appropriate. NOTE: Please don't make up phony e-mails just to bloat the figures or or cobble together a perl script to send me hundreds of auto-generated messages from forged addresses. Ask not what your OS can do for you: ask what you can do for your OS.
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