Request: Include nvnet

With more recent packages (Edgy and up-to-date Dapper), the forcedeth driver actually works, so this isn't as necessary as it used to be. I'd still prefer to use the nvnet driver, but it's no longer worth the extra hassle to keep it up to date.

Assigning to restricted-manager , because I think, without being sure at all, that it has something to do with nvnet not being GPL compatible.
Hope, someone will be able to answer there.

I'm not sure why this would be needed, NVIDIA's engineers work on the open source forcedeth driver in the kernel, and NVIDIA even reccomenends forcedeth themselves ( see: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.21.html )

BTW: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvNetInstallation explains hot to compile nvnet, but also how to not have to recompile it for each kernel
upgrade (if I understand). But seems to never been updated for post-Dapper.

The NvNetInstallation does not work on 2.6.16+ kernels without patching, which hasn't been done yet. This makes it not possible to install on a Gutsy install. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/130075 Seeing as the forcedeth driver has problems in gutsy as is this needs to be looked at.

Just a bump, while forcedeth "works" in that you can connect to ethernet networks, it is painfully slow! I max out on a gigabit network with file transfer speeds of ~7 MB/sec, that's just unacceptable for a gigabit adapter. Unless forcedeth can be improved there needs to be other options available.