From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 5 15:20:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78B34106566C for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:20:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from whizzter@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f224.google.com (mail-fx0-f224.google.com [209.85.220.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F36938FC1D for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:20:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from whizzter@gmail.com) Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so167297fxm.36 for ; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:20:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rb+oeIRhG1DJ/e7i2V9xH4Rjn38PvMRTsR6mDMSUnXo=; b=dvh+v7xH0IMQND8gOnpObG2AFTTSW/ljoTGwJe1KQc4TjntAqUwxzRG+f7K6dt3pjw 1pdEWd+fFjh4ra75gSn69Xutou4CDMP1YVy4OgGic1lcn8IWiFticukC3vZL2osRU9hD QfiLS4XE5EnC/mI7uyqQzMMSXukXIoLuH7FoE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=P9SdNhBcP9L0SLAkSG8bwFreV7MvJkJj6GyYJtpuqOrBb4hO71ZYwzmhwZXTrPPvtF slYCQBCG4hY56CgfkH4GDSvF3DWIKl2RBNUJp/1rsbgFoMiMZB2MANPpJwBUMzOU/9SO hLTLPTFNetTeywxGpquFT5B2r3yuIL4HMO/Vo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.121.205 with SMTP id i13mr2205642far.41.1249485613455; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:20:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A78C0B5.8080808@undermydesk.org> References: <4A78C0B5.8080808@undermydesk.org> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:20:13 +0200 Message-ID: <436c7eda0908050820g5a610a9dk6b1b1cf20afe2be8@mail.gmail.com> From: Jonas Lund To: Frank Reppin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [if_re.c] INTEL mini/itx DE945GSEJT X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:20:16 -0000 If you've just purchased a new board i think you could try it out as you install it. Apart from the mentioned things boards usually contains the same chipsets as other boards so chances are it'll work. And if not directly then under some compat mode (Altho could be with reduced speed) And if realtek does provide source for their drivers i'd prolly not be too worried. The shitties drivers i've used was some crap produced by some random chineese chip-shop that had delay(10000) or something alike it inside kernel-code (That's right.. it waited 10 seconds in kernel for no apperant reason!) but the code was functional with this removed. 2009/8/5 Frank Reppin : > Hi all, > > just purchased the above mentioned board: > > http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GSEJT/D945GSEJT-ov= erview.htm > > and this board claims to come with a so called: > > =A0Realtek 8111D > > network (10/100/1000m) chipset onboard. > > Digging in -current and google.com/ncr revealed that this certain board/n= ic > seems to be not supported by the -CURRENT- if_re.c provided > by FreeBSD. Some further investigations reveals that OpenBSD claims to > support this (most prolly) precious chipset (8111D) within their 4.5 > release: > > =A0http://www.openbsd.org/45.html > =A0(searching for 8111D will point you to re(4)) > > My question(s) is(are): > > =A0a) does anyone run this board without flaws on fbsd-current > =A0 =A0 with its intergrated 8111D NIC > =A0 =A0 ( my 'failover' option is to run this board using xl thanks to > =A0 =A0 =A0 it's pci slot) > > =A0b) if a) doesn't apply - how did you get it working on current/stable > =A0 =A0 without another driver > > =A0c) OpenBSD mentions this one ( 8111D support ) in their release notes > =A0 =A0 for a _stable_ version ( 4.5 )- but I cannot even see support for > =A0 =A0 this specific device in FreeBSD trunk/head > > =A0d) realtek itself does provide drivers for even FreeBSD (sources)... > =A0 =A0 ... are there any experiences using those drivers > > To make a long story short/and to be honest... > > ... I'd like to see native support in at least -current. > > TIA, > > frank reppin > > -- > > http://www.undermydesk.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >