Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:39:06 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: "Tore Lund" <tl32@next.online.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 7.1 BETA2 and RTL8168/8111 problem Message-ID: <1bd550a00811301139r5f14f8bej9a80c3d30bd64d57@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49306C09.40308@next.online.no> References: <1227874986.00041844.1227863401@10.7.7.3> <49306C09.40308@next.online.no>
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On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Tore Lund <tl32@next.online.no> wrote: > Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I recently installed FreeBSD 7.1 BETA2 on my system. During >> installation using FTP option, I could notice the following: >> >> After some random time (two, five or six minutes, for instance) the >> installation stalled and sysinstall lost the connection. I was taken >> back to the "Select FTP site" screen, and I had to configure my NIC >> again. Then, the install resumed and I got a usable system (MINIMAL + >> docs + manpages) >> >> But the problem persists. From time to time, it seems the kernel can't >> see the NIC. It happens during normal operation and no message is >> shown in /var/log/messages. ifconfig doesn't show my 're0' device, so >> I can't run dhclient on it and I have to reboot. I have to say that >> sometimes, even when I reboot, the NIC (RTL8168/8111 PCI Express) is >> not present. >> >> This device works fine in the same computer with either Vista or >> Fedora 9, though I have to say I had similar problems with earlier >> versions of Fedora (device disappearing or not present after boot), >> but after a kernel upgrade everything run smoothly. >> >> Does FreeBSD use the same driver than Linux does? Anybody else with >> this problem? >> >> Thanks in advance. > > All I can say is that I have the same NIC, which is built into my Asus > M2A-VM motherboard. I have used it since March 2008 with no problems at > all. For the past three days I have been running 7.1-BETA2, also with > no problems. I should like to provide more detail if that can be of any > help to you. > -- > Tore > Hi again, As Pegasus remarked, I can see two "PHY write failed" in dmesg. I did a freebsd-update a couple of days ago and I haven't seen this issue so far. I'll watch and report it should I get this error again. Cheers > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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