@ray: "Hello,
I'm trying to setup a new server, and I'm having some problems mostly with the 
network card. (machine specs follow) I can't get a driver to work for the 
integrated network card.  I've spent a number of hours on google / "the 
complete freeBSD" / "the freeBSD handbook". the handbook (section 11.8 
<url> 
outlines using ndis (project evil) drivers. I tried using this. I went 
through ndisgen, and everything seemed to work. I then tried to use kldload 
and got the error message:  
"kldload: can't load file.ko :operation not permitted" 
of course I did all of this as root. I am using the amd64 version of freeBSD 
(is this my first mistake?) and the 64 bit version of the drivers.
as a side note, the supplied driver disk includes a source version of the 
linux driver. is there any way to use this?
Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.
Ray
machine specs
ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE mobo
2GB ram
AMD 5200 x2 processor (sorry, the box isn't in front of me)
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    @youshi10: "<quote>
Not sure if nForce drivers are supported on the 6.2 install CD. You 
might want to give one of the 7-CURRENT driver CDs a go. Grab a snapshot 
iso from <ftp://ftp7.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200703>, or the 
directory above it in one of the other snapshot directories if that 
doesn't work for you.
-Garrett
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    @ray: "<quote>
Thanks for the response. 
just 2 questions:
1) is 7-CURRENT ready for a production environment?
2) should I stick with amd64 or should I go back to i386?
Thanks,
Ray
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    @youshi10: "<quote>
By no means yet.
I don't think that will solve the problem. I think it has to do with 
driver availability. If you can get the 7-CURRENT snapshot to install 
and upgrade the source tree with amd64, you might be able to update the 
sources for your system and get on track with 6.2-RELEASE.
-Garrett
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    @ray: "<quote>
I'll see what 7 does, but I'm sure I'll be back for help on that second part.
Thanks, 
Ray
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    @ray: "<quote>
well, for whatever it proves, 7-current, bootonly can't see my network card. 
I'm still waiting for the full disk 1 to download.
Ray 
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    @freebsd: "On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:21:48 -0600
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a friend of mine installed a 6.2-RELEASE system with an nforce network card in it a few weeks ago.  upon intial install, the nve adapter would not fire up.  he put in another card that was supported (a linksys), did his cvsup and buildworld, and the nve driver worked after that.
however, the nve thru our freebsd router has had trouble several times, locking the system up over frames with larger than 1500 mtu (or something to that effect).  my friend had to dump the nve and just settle for the linksys, in the name of system system stability.
cheers,
jonathan
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    @ray: "<quote>
I didn't get anywhere with 7-current, (it's shortcomings or my lack of 
knowledge, I don't know.) but I think my good friend Google came through 
again. I found a site 
(<url> that 
provided a patch for phy1000 stuff (side note: can anybody point me to info 
on what this is all about?) and a new nforce driver source. This site 
includes a fairly detailed walk through. (oh yeah, don't try to use the 6.2 
stable patch on a 6.2 release system, it doesn't work :)    )
the only slight concern that I have is when I run 
sysinstall ->configure -> Networking -> interfaces
the network ports show up as 
nfe0 <unknown network interface type>
nfe1 <unknown network interface type>
is this anything to worry about?
I now have 2 new questions:
kldload still gave me the same error as mentioned earlier in this thread
does kldload not work, even for root when securelevel is set to secure, or 
does it fail when /boot/loader.conf is empty or ...?
the reason I ask is that manually editing loader.conf works, kldload doesn't.
How is the best way to test for stability? Just because it boots every time 
and pings google doesn't mean it's ready for production, especially in light 
of Jonathan's comment above.
Thanks, 
Ray 
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    @ray: "<quote>
(see adition below)
sorry, didn't fully acknowledge all sources 
see also <url> followup for 
a second possible answer
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