Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:11:02 -0700 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Frank Reppin <frank@undermydesk.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [if_re.c] INTEL mini/itx DE945GSEJT Message-ID: <20090812211102.GE55129@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <4A78C0B5.8080808@undermydesk.org> References: <4A78C0B5.8080808@undermydesk.org>
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On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 01:13:57AM +0200, Frank Reppin wrote: > Hi all, > > just purchased the above mentioned board: > > http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GSEJT/D945GSEJT-overview.htm > > and this board claims to come with a so called: > > Realtek 8111D > > network (10/100/1000m) chipset onboard. > > Digging in -current and google.com/ncr revealed that this certain > board/nic 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: > > http://www.openbsd.org/45.html > (searching for 8111D will point you to re(4)) > > My question(s) is(are): > > a) does anyone run this board without flaws on fbsd-current > with its intergrated 8111D NIC re(4) man page requires major update for its supported chipsets and features. All known RealTek PCIe wired controllers(up to 8168D) should be supported. > ( my 'failover' option is to run this board using xl thanks to > it's pci slot) > > b) if a) doesn't apply - how did you get it working on current/stable > without another driver > > c) OpenBSD mentions this one ( 8111D support ) in their release notes > for a _stable_ version ( 4.5 )- but I cannot even see support for > this specific device in FreeBSD trunk/head > > d) realtek itself does provide drivers for even FreeBSD (sources)... > ... are there any experiences using those drivers > Vendor's FreeBSD driver lacks a lot of nice hardware features and its performance is suboptimal. Use it only when you have no choice for your controller. > 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
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