Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 06:44:48 +1100 From: Edward O'Callaghan <eocallaghan@alterapraxis.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RTL8111/8168B NIC & FreeBSD Message-ID: <20131104064448.49e8efa7.eocallaghan@alterapraxis.com> In-Reply-To: <CAK4wwDzyPG93r%2BboXDtS3H4DzNTtsoumBNqbqMboRgi20ws-7A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAK4wwDzyPG93r%2BboXDtS3H4DzNTtsoumBNqbqMboRgi20ws-7A@mail.gmail.com>
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--Sig_/G6UUQQJ0nyOHq2VOo6ol/qX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 15:27:03 +0100 Danny Winn <danny.gabriel.winn@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, I sent a patch this month to the list that adds support for that(0x4c000000) hw. You can apply the patch or try out HEAD where it has been committed. Let us know how you go! Cheers, Edward. > Hello, >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > We cannot use a different NIC (this one is onboard. The micro ATX > mainboard has no room left for any other device) >=20 > pciconf -l -v: >=20 > none2@pci0:3:0:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x81681849 chip=3D0x816810ec > rev=3D0x0c hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.' > device =3D 'RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet > controller' class =3D network > subclass =3D ethernet >=20 > dmesg: >=20 > re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> 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 >=20 > ifconfig -a: >=20 > lo0: flags=3D8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 > options=3D600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6> > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > nd6 options=3D21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >=20 > Even though "dmesg" shows the device "re0", it remains unknown to > "ifconfig". >=20 > "if_re" is already in the generic kernel, so it can't be loaded via > "kldload" as a module, right? >=20 > We've already addressed this problem here: > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D42952 >=20 > They recommended to this mailing-list. >=20 >=20 > Best Regards > Danny > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Sig_/G6UUQQJ0nyOHq2VOo6ol/qX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJSdqe2AAoJENeyf/ug44dt6SMQAIrsjlmrb/gRp7bZWDyqRIae fM2jT0RYrpfh7ETlxfYcdb0DhqVejYvuSxEKkaOw0hwoiq2rPSoAN/skYE8iG4S8 bTezQrbD1CsIQoO05aGjOLhev8gU+acuEilDnWWlcyfx1gs4XTyuNT5g0PkqrRDO sD3N0F8+xQXtHXjXcog2b9iaSN3V/Ti/xBBZsQ2U1ma/vKrwrWMo3qnWMMnVqL9Y fQ9iYWwZtzuosPkcwajJ+Zb0CxHTl9kHNSQloXeYUMr74IRq/E/X9FpgB4mwTjxb KRa1HUaPyMs9MwgMbF9slBCKIUJAT7FcqiwsC5yIN1XANGrtp3wdQSFjxtdyKyeK QYxewrvE1tqatsCy01AKX6w1InPtJWV7FsXzEmu67GnRZovFVmOC4bvcgnuaEqWB Tkupzw0CQXg9i+/+yKbXJxkxtwImGhVmV9VP/mDDfnscucVumRbuFGhQgpb3pxA2 Bkh4o2uWPpm1HXs/ZGOCET6wN3D7emJyVElpck0J6GtllfB9RGEHPKezXwl95Hwk kIj22OZNLaMh+UNqVs7tV36VQO/lsSraQXYh82mSaHquB3SBPLXfccDrUC17nkpa aAsDwnSqnqIjjoS3vurcf7+nRLf9xYwftxUdSl8hSZyO3GO+s7mzg4p+gc4P0nci ieQNoa30D0fyradWhKaZ =pTrZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/G6UUQQJ0nyOHq2VOo6ol/qX--
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