From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 3 14:27:05 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D16F13BF for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2013 14:27:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny.gabriel.winn@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-x229.google.com (mail-wi0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70C65213D for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2013 14:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f169.google.com with SMTP id cb5so987783wib.0 for ; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 06:27:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=iz0CMZsSmFUXH7gqpI3uuD/dRDwdooSFTt1eLY32f7E=; b=ATsqGwqXV3IN4sdzZ838LLlywhBY+hMTuYgrAEHZgea6VZQkfvz5wTrvfimR2WmWS7 FZkmZdlKkvYo5DjGFDsNj9gQ7Bx+Y4r6TWqd/vPl8yxXB2rgZa7fvhPSFhjMDlCoZBoA Tf5+mlxSbT0jY7M2n+2g6TB0oclmcwzbPcHPz1605a9syMhCs36OgTuf0swIT4uowHnE 7JaQLi360jbvQwzl5OTNbGWbDiyZAscZNx576PsV6iRftsxwbe7Qq95Hm3PlvQ4XAW4V 17BXDujSNWUifOgbQ4UeKQo+nsCNn49oSM7Rq6GblG4lCvKXvc0xBjBwSueoXtUSo7oX 85ZA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.94.100 with SMTP id db4mr9105578wib.14.1383488823649; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 06:27:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.153.101 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Nov 2013 06:27:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 15:27:03 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: RTL8111/8168B NIC & FreeBSD From: Danny Winn To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 14:27:05 -0000 Hello, we are trying to install FreeBSD on a computer that uses the NIC mentioned above. The NIC is running under linux without problems, which we've tested for several days transferring several GB of data. The NIC is neither detected by the FreeBSD installer when attempting to setup the network, nor after the system installation when booting from HD. We've tested FreeBSD 8.x, 9.x and 10.x; same issues with this NIC. We cannot use a different NIC (this one is onboard. The micro ATX mainboard has no room left for any other device) pciconf -l -v: none2@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x81681849 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x0c hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.' device = 'RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller' class = network subclass = ethernet dmesg: re0: port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xf3204000-0xf3204fff,0xf3200000-0xf3203fff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci3 re0: Using 1 MSI-X message re0: Chip rev. 0x4c000000 re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000 re0: Unknown H/W revision: 0x4c000000 device_attach: re0 attach returned 6 ifconfig -a: lo0: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384 options=600003 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 nd6 options=21 Even though "dmesg" shows the device "re0", it remains unknown to "ifconfig". "if_re" is already in the generic kernel, so it can't be loaded via "kldload" as a module, right? We've already addressed this problem here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=42952 They recommended to this mailing-list. Best Regards Danny