From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 12 21:36:26 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 C211C10656C2 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:36:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74DF78FC41 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:36:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe11 with SMTP id 11so462269yxe.3 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:36:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:date:to:cc :subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=x+d2s1zhERfFcTDBhc+0H5B4wGmMV/ZPvhOtPzi/fsc=; b=b1uZkfPbtQ32RVniuy/qpPCU3vE6JwZK7W/VXoJx/89qNviX7mcYHAquVKlYMHjfFk HUOFAqesZE1UPdzedn2+P08/vIxS3Zed3DVJzWEIYQNa90ZtF377owpT/yPfz3O6UOPh ljtJtbNsxa702bVRPTVE8ap9/o9L66FaAKbNk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=RmV5g/V3t8Ux5ljYsGmvqhKfjtzjsMU1Hj6b81tcP3eq/xo4z8Kkv9VIi5/9lDzKh+ a3sBuiffm8QPO0M/vOXm3LpKDqQ8PY1Hm4h0erx2QGznJmlpksHylFzixpTyQZ/0UBKh hsfI7oQjig6n/Rjg/RtobCBDqFK95qTdBufRs= Received: by 10.90.129.15 with SMTP id b15mr259968agd.64.1250111528358; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:12:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pyunyh@gmail.com ([174.35.1.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 20sm573786agb.35.2009.08.12.14.12.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:12:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by pyunyh@gmail.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:11:02 -0700 From: Pyun YongHyeon Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:11:02 -0700 To: Frank Reppin Message-ID: <20090812211102.GE55129@michelle.cdnetworks.com> References: <4A78C0B5.8080808@undermydesk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A78C0B5.8080808@undermydesk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i 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 Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:36:27 -0000 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