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7 Sep 2024 09:20:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Linux & drivers  
From: Fredrik Eriksson
Date: 5 Sep 2008 13:15:53
Message: <op.ug0p8ri57bxctx@e6600>
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:57:07 +0200, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> I still have no idea what "force deth" actually means...
>>  It makes more sense as "forced eth", even though the idea of a module  
>> that forces death is somewhat amusing...
>>  Apparently, the ambiguity is at least partially intentional.
>
> Well, "force" because it's the nForce 4 chipset. "eth" because it's the  
> Ethernet interface. I have no idea what the "d" is for.

Presumably "driver".


> ("Disassembled"? As in, they reverse-engineered a drives from the  
> Windoze version?)

The Linux version actually.


http://kerneltrap.org/node/1606



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FE


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