From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 3 00:06:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAC316A419 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 00:06:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F62913C442 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 00:06:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from [192.168.1.29] (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07D25C22; Sat, 2 Feb 2008 14:09:08 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <47A50568.90003@hdk5.net> Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:06:00 -1000 From: NetOpsCenter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061211 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mel References: <70020FB8530646E2A2D029BE675BFF9A@gdmckee.home> <200802021443.01476.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200802021443.01476.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gordon McKee Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-1?q?Intel=AE_G31_+_ICH7?= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:06:01 -0000 Mel wrote: > On Saturday 02 February 2008 11:14:04 Gordon McKee wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Does anyone know how to get FreeBSD to work with the above chipset. Tried >> 6.3 and 7 ISO images. Get lots of disk and no NIC is detected. >> >> I have >> http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/detail_spec.aspx?ID=en-u >> s0000345. >> > > RTL8111B should be supported with rl driver. Apparently it's not detected, so > a pciconf -lv |grep -A4 '^none' would help greatly. > > This was on the list a while ago about RealTek 8110. Bernd Walter wrote: > > > > > >Realtek has two devices for Gbit PCI: the 8169 and the reduced 8110. > > >They are both more or less the same - likely even the same chip inside, > > >but the later has pins reduced. > > >AFAIK the later can't have an external PHY, which you can't have anyway > > >if there is neither a connector or PHY itself connected on the board. > > >The 8168 is the successor for PCI express, with the 8111 being the new > > >reduced variant. > > >Both PCIe are detected but didn't run stable with our re(4), but it is > > >said that the latest driver fixes this and also adds a good speed > > >improvement. > > > > > > > Good Luck... -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + noc@hdk5.net + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* + "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol