Linux nForce2 nvnet driver
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Dear nVidia
We would like you to GPL the source code of the nvnet Ethernet driver in your nforce2 Linux driver package.
You have stated that you wish to support the Linux community. Please show us that this is the case by providing the complete source code for the nvnet driver with a GPL license so that it may be included with the Linux kernel source.
This would make the use of nforce2 boards in combination with Linux easier for the user community for several reasons:
1) It would allow distributions that do not distribute closed source drivers to include the nvnet driver and thus support motherboards that use the nforce2 chip set.
2) It would allow the driver to be updated by the Linux kernel hackers when they update the Linux kernel, ensuring that the nforce2 chip set will be properly supported in future versions of the Linux kernel.
3) It would allow bright kernel hacker to improve upon the driver through peer review, which will ensure that the user experience with the nforce2 chip set will always be a positive experience.
The logical thing for you to do is to GPL the source for the nvnet driver. Users of the Linux operating system do not purchase the nvnet driver from you, the driver is not a source of revenue income for your company.
We do, however, buy motherboards with your chip set on them. This is the source of revenue your company has from the Linux community.
By releasing the complete source code for the nvnet driver under the GPL license, you will make the user experience for Linux users who use your chip set better, and this will translate into better reviews for your chip set and increased sales. It will also reduce the cost of your in house development of the driver, as the Open Source Community can update the driver when changes in the kernel require an update.
Thank you.
We would like you to GPL the source code of the nvnet Ethernet driver in your nforce2 Linux driver package.
You have stated that you wish to support the Linux community. Please show us that this is the case by providing the complete source code for the nvnet driver with a GPL license so that it may be included with the Linux kernel source.
This would make the use of nforce2 boards in combination with Linux easier for the user community for several reasons:
1) It would allow distributions that do not distribute closed source drivers to include the nvnet driver and thus support motherboards that use the nforce2 chip set.
2) It would allow the driver to be updated by the Linux kernel hackers when they update the Linux kernel, ensuring that the nforce2 chip set will be properly supported in future versions of the Linux kernel.
3) It would allow bright kernel hacker to improve upon the driver through peer review, which will ensure that the user experience with the nforce2 chip set will always be a positive experience.
The logical thing for you to do is to GPL the source for the nvnet driver. Users of the Linux operating system do not purchase the nvnet driver from you, the driver is not a source of revenue income for your company.
We do, however, buy motherboards with your chip set on them. This is the source of revenue your company has from the Linux community.
By releasing the complete source code for the nvnet driver under the GPL license, you will make the user experience for Linux users who use your chip set better, and this will translate into better reviews for your chip set and increased sales. It will also reduce the cost of your in house development of the driver, as the Open Source Community can update the driver when changes in the kernel require an update.
Thank you.
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Michael A. Peters
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- United States of America
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Marko Macek
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- I will (only) buy nforce2 once it has open specs or drivers. No closed stuff. (nvnet, AGPGART, soundstorm, firewire, ide). I can tolerate closed source video drivers, but it would be nice if you released specs. But for other hardware, no closed stuff, please!
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- Slovenia
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Martin Turcotte
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- Canada
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Marshall Bjerke
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- And write a module for agpgart on the nforce2 for non-nvidia graphics cards while your at it
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- US
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Daniel O'Connor
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- I'm a FreeBSD user, GPL is OK, BSD would be more useful.
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- Australia
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Terence Lee
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- Not having nic drivers built into the install makes installing linux a much bigger hassle than it should be. I'd appreciate it if you GPL'd the drivers.
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- United States of America
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Alex
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- USA
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Dirk Honda
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- USA
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Alexander Friedman
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- I already have a motherboard with the nforce2 chipset and would love for the nvnet drivers to be in the default linux kernel
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- USA
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Sean Morton
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- USA
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Leonard Hanson
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- USA
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Andrew Cupino
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- USA
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Ludovic Hoarau
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- I'm a linux user and a nvidia hardware buyer/user, please nvidia make ways become easier for the linux cmmunity
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- Reunion island (Indian Ocean)
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Mitrovic
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- Netherlands
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Mika Myllynen
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- Right thing to do
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- Finland
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Paul Harris
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- Yes - I choose my hardware based on how it works with linux.
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- United States.
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Galanopoulos Antonios
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- UK
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Richard Hellstrom
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- And maybe the AGP-drivers as well?
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- Sweden
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b tietze
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- agp is an imortant issue to me too
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- Austria
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Dirk Brenken
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- Germany
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Ricardo Biloti
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- The tradition of NVidia to contribute to open source community has to continue
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- Brazil
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erik bies
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- Please provide us this in order to work properly under Linux. If not, please remain up2date with patches for major distro's
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- NL
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Paul Ellis
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- I love the nForce2 chipset, but it is hard to get Linux to work with it, that's my main gripe.
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- USA
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cheng chung yan
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- let your product(nVidia) to support linux, more better to your business
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- China Hong Kong
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Cris B
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- Decided to buy a KT400 board to go with my new XP2700+, as not having the network working during install is a stupid waste of time for an ADSL user! I don't want to be held hostage to an nVidia video card just for agpgart support either - very M$ tactic. Finally, no point in paying for not-working firewire, so bye bye nForce.
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- AU
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Herbert Maier
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- need it for etherboot
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- Germany
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Martin Kaiser
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- Germany
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Carsten Luedtke
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- Germany
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Brendan Shanks
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- Sweet chipset, why a proprietary NIC?
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- USA
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Jarrad Jinks
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- USA
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David Hastings
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- USA
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Ian Griffiths
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- I would love to buy a nforce2 motherboard to go with the new box i'm building but i want *good* support for operating systems that are not from microsoft, and providing the source for the drivers is the best way to do this. I may end up getting a motherboard with a via chipset instead
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- Australia
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Justin Clark
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- UK
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M Moore
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- UK
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Mattias Berglund
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- Sweden
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Abrassart
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- canada
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Vaclav Tomec
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- Czech Republic
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Martin Cuma
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- USA
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Alvaro Silva
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- Brazil
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Tom Nicholson
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- I recommended an A7N8X Deluxe motherboard to a friend and it's been a major problem. No network, no sound.
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- USA
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Andrea La Fauci
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- Italy
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Stephane Muller
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- Switzerland
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Timo Hoffmann
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- Germany
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Nick Kiest
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- I have an ASUS A7N8X deluxe, and the work to try and get it to work is turning me off from that computer, one that does not even have windows on it.
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- USA
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Steven Lumos
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- US
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Graham Cantin
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- Please open this driver, source code is so much more flexible than binary code...
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- USA
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Tobias Rautenkranz
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- Switzerland
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Stijn Michiels
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- Belgium
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Sean O'Cain
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- USA
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Stian Soli
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- norway
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