eno Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 nForceLAN is a recent development which used planetbeing's nForce4 0.3c driver as a framework to port the forcedeth 0.64 driver from linux 2.6.31 to OS X. nForceLAN should support all of the network adapters supported by the forcedeth 0.64 driver (listed below) and is a replacement for both forcedeth.kext and nForceEthernetController.kext. Please remove all installed versions of forcedeth.kext and nForceEthernetController.kext from your system if you are manually installing nForceLAN (not using the pkg). It is recommended, but not required, that all users upgrade to at least 10.5.5 (preferably 10.5.6) and AMD users install the Voodoo XNU kernel. Please post comments in this thread on how well this works (or doesn't work for that matter) for various configurations. The source code for this driver is released under the GPL. The original nForce4 driver is posted here: nForce4 LAN driver Features: - Support for nForce NICs from the nForce1 to the MCP89. - Sleep/wake functionality. - Supports message signalled interrupts (MSI), line interrupts (Legacy), and multiple MSI interrupts. - Supports manual selection of the network medium and max transfer unit (MTU). - Supports hardware VLAN tagging. Supported PCI ids: 0x01c310de, 0x006610de, 0x00d610de, 0x008610de, 0x008c10de, 0x00e610de, 0x00df10de, 0x005610de, 0x005710de, 0x003710de, 0x003810de, 0x026810de, 0x026910de, 0x037210de, 0x037310de, 0x03e510de, 0x03e610de, 0x03ee10de, 0x03ef10de, 0x045010de, 0x045110de, 0x045210de, 0x045310de, 0x054c10de, 0x054d10de, 0x054e10de, 0x054f10de, 0x07dc10de, 0x07dd10de, 0x07de10de, 0x07df10de, 0x076010de, 0x076110de, 0x076210de, 0x076310de, 0x0ab010de, 0x0ab110de, 0x0ab210de, 0x0ab310de, 0x0d7d10de Recent updates: - [0.64.0]Maintenance update (updated to match 2.6.31 forcedeth driver). New device support (MCP89). - [0.64.2]Fixed 10.6 sleep/unload bug. - [0.64.3]Some code cleanup. Rebuilt with 64-bit support. - [0.64.4]Fixed setting the lladdr with ifconfig. Added an option to override the built-in or random MAC. To use the MAC override set (in the plist) MACOverride to true and add a string for OverrideMAC1 and/or Override MAC2. The string should be a standard IPv4 MAC in hexadecimal with pairs of digits separated by colons (ex. 01:23:45:67:89:ab). - [0.64.5]Fixed a typo in nForceLAN::setHardwareAddress(); - [0.64.6]Some adjustments that appear to improve Snow Leopard support. enjoy! -Nate Kernel extension: 0.64.6 (Snow Leopard + Leopard/Tiger) nForceLAN_0.64.6.mpkg.zip 0.64.5 (Snow Leopard + Leopard/Tiger) nForceLAN_0.64.5.mpkg.zip Source: 0.64.6 Source nForceLAN_0.64.6.zip 0.64.2 Source nForceLAN_0.64.2.zip nForceLANSrc_0.62.13.zip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphony Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Finally!!! M61PME-S2 mobo. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=125686 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eno Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 Opps, forgot the remove those options as they are deprecated. The new driver detects if the hardware has checksum support but those options incorrectly override the device settings. Your MCP61 for example does not support device checksums. I will remove it in the next iteration. Glad to hear it works with your MCP61. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rz950 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 This drivers should replace the other ones for almost everyone. It's extremely more stable, no more need for cpus=1. I was going to update the forcedeth to match a bit of the linux one but I kept forgetting to download xcode Thanks for this driver and really the only thing I can say is, more support for devices might be the only issue, altho there might be a bit of a performance hit but I don't expect a optimized driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viiddee Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 perfect work! ..no cpus=1, no bugs... it runs stable and fast on my mcp55 (m2n-e sli)... Big Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritalin Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Working fine on my HP Pavilion a6557 MCP61. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paw-Fox Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 +1 - Finally working! Internet finally working yay. Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 AMD - Just need to fix the "InterfacerNamer timed out waiting {censored} and im pretty much done Thanks alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter onhika Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Hmm this is a step in the right direction for me. It sees the MCP55's now put still can't detect a cable plug in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eno Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 Hmm this is a step in the right direction for me. It sees the MCP55's now put still can't detect a cable plug in If the lights don't come on on the adapter reboot the machine and make sure the old kext does not load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eno Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 0.61.1alpha_osx: Added support for sleep/wake. Card will no longer loose connection on system snooze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eno Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 0.61.2alpha_osx adds an optimization mode setting. With the optimization mode set to cpu (default) my MCP55 now works flawlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obcy Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I'm quite "green" in OS systems. I've installed (successfully) osX86 but I really don't know how to use this driver - can you wrote short installation walktrough ? I'll be really happy (as well as some other "noobs" here ;-) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eno Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 I'm quite "green" in OS systems. I've installed (successfully) osX86 but I really don't know how to use this driver - can you wrote short installation walktrough ? I'll be really happy (as well as some other "noobs" here ;-) ) There is an option in osx86tools (google it) to install kexts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOS3 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 finally work for me too!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mevman Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Thank you eno! My Compaq Presario F755 onboard LAN now works. Now to get my Atheros AR500P working. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scififan68 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Great work eno! Your driver rocks! My lan is working and it seems stable, well I hope it's stable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyjs1968 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 ToForce 550 SE can use？ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
identity Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 works perfectly with my m2npv-vm (nforce 430).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Guerreiro Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 WWOOOTT!!! You, my friend, are a life saver!!!! All the forcedeth that i tried where frezzing the system when, for example, a download reached speeds above 300KB/s.... Your driver however works flawlessly and i can see a huge performance increase on web surfing (web pages open 10times faster!!!) and on networking with other computers on my network. And now i can really use my DSL Cable speeds properly since now im making downloads at a top rate speed (depending on the download) of 15MB/s.....!!!!! WoooooooT! I have Nvidia´s MCP68 on MSI K9NGM4-V2 motherboard. Congratulations. You´re the man!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHair Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 So far it's working great on my M2N32-sli deluxe wifi (nForce590sli). Installed the kext and it just worked after reboot (no unplugging powercord). Downloading xcode as I'm typing, at 1.4MB/s at 670+MB now and still no freezes, using both cores! Many thanks eno! Edit: Even network transfers on GB network are stable, going at about 45MB/s!! (old slow ata drive on server ) This driver rox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNoob Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Working. Had to add 0x026910de to Info.plist file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNNetworks Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 It works, but my system freezes after a while...I have the Asus P5N-D 750i nForce, with MCP51 Ethernet (0x026910de) . Is is beacuse of the LAN? Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envying Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Fantastic Job, eno!!! Works perfectly on my Asus P5N-E SLi 88E1116 This post to be sticky!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASNNetworks Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 It works, but I get a kernel panic after a while... surfed the web for 45 minutes, then I wanted to download a video, as soon as it started I got a kernel panic...When I rebooted, and opened any site, I got the kernel panic...So now I get a kernel panic just by using internet... What should I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cielchan Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 actually those kext not really working for me, my ethernet card was detected and i can configure it, but the main problem is I can not connect to the internet, if I assign the IP by DHCP, it will get 169.254.xxx.xxx and the subnet 255.255.0.0 that does not match with my router config, and still can not connect to the internet but if I assign the IP manually, I can not connect to the internet and the worst is I can not ping my own router. guys, do you have solution for this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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