Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:19:00 GMT From: "Bas v.d. Wiel" <bas@area536.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/169826: if_re no longer working in 9.x Message-ID: <201207131419.q6DEJ05c006405@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201207131420.q6DEK3Xs099699@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 169826 >Category: kern >Synopsis: if_re no longer working in 9.x >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 13 14:20:03 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bas v.d. Wiel >Release: 9.0-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: >Description: When using FreeBSD 8.3 the Realtek Gbit NIC is supported and works properly using if_re. Not so for FreeBSD 9. Here's what I got from dmesg. Jul 13 13:28:31 vmhost kernel: re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xf0004000-0xf0004fff,0xf00000000-0xf0003fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3 Jul 13 13:28:31 vmhost kernel: re0: Using 1 MSI-X message Jul 13 13:28:31 vmhost kernel: re0: turning off MSI enable bit. Jul 13 13:28:31 vmhost kernel: re0: Chip rev. 0x48000000 Jul 13 13:28:31 vmhost kernel: re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000 Jul 13 13:28:31 vmhost kernel: re0: Unknown H/W revision: 0x48000000 Jul 13 13:28:31 vmhost kernel: re0: device_attach: re0 attach returned 6 The re0 device simply isn't present. On 8.3 this is what I get from dmesg: re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xf0004000-0xf0004fff,0xf0000000-0xf0003fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3 re0: Using 1 MSI-X message re0: turning off MSI enable bit. re0: Chip rev. 0x48000000 re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000 miibus0: <MII bus> on re0 re0: Ethernet address: c8:60:00:bd:37:65 re0: [ITHREAD] re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xf0004000-0xf0004fff,0xf0000000-0xf0003fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3 re0: Using 1 MSI-X message re0: turning off MSI enable bit. re0: Chip rev. 0x48000000 re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000 miibus0: <MII bus> on re0 re0: Ethernet address: c8:60:00:bd:37:65 re0: [ITHREAD] re0: link state changed to UP Sadly I don't have physical access to the machine. It's a root server I rent at Hetzner.de. >How-To-Repeat: Install FreeBSD 9 on a device containing this Realtek NIC type. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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