David Levinger wrote on Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:29:13 -0800:
I did read the README.txt file and at the end it does indeed talk about compiling the file, and if I knew enough about how all of this works it might have made more sense... What it says is, "For forcedeth.ko, just copy the forcedeth.c and Makefile to the same directory then make it." However there was no Makefile included...
but there is one!
NV_Linux_DRV_PKG_v1.23/RHEL5/source/Makefile
as mentioned by Laurentiu. Copy that in the directory where forcedeth.c resides (or do it the other way around or copy both in a new directory).
And I agree that it didn't /seem/ to support my Chipset, but the Realtek Driver which should support it doesn't seem to work either, and on Fedora 8 it is using a newer version of the forcedeth driver so I figured I'd give it a go.
That driver is from March or so. I really doubt it supports your chipset. But if I were in the same situation I'd probably try, anyway, yes ;-)
I have a feeling I'm going to end up returning this board for a Intel
based Chipset and see if I have better luck with that.
Did you try that nvnews.net forum yet? Maybe it's really that you need a Realtek driver and just somehow got the wrong one. They should know.
Good luck.
Kai