From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 17:08:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DE6D1065671 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:08:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list@mindling.com) Received: from b.mail.sonic.net (b.mail.sonic.net [64.142.19.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 190948FC08 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:08:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list@mindling.com) Received: from [10.0.1.10] (64-142-55-244.dsl.static.sonic.net [64.142.55.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by b.mail.sonic.net (8.13.8.Beta0-Sonic/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m8KGIqPg026117 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:19:02 -0700 Message-ID: <48D5226E.7010407@mindling.com> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:18:54 -0700 From: Sebastian User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200809191758.m8JHwmak010862@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200809191758.m8JHwmak010862@lurza.secnetix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Realtek 8111C? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:08:37 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > Sebastian wrote: > > I'd like to confirm my understanding of current status on this NIC. It > > seems, based on some searching, the current Realtek driver in FreeBSD > > doesn't support the 8111C, and that although the vendor-supplied driver > > _may_ work for older 5.x and 6.0 releases (if one can get it compiled, I > > couldn't), it doesn't work in 6.3 or 7. So the RTL8111C is effectively > > not supported. True? > > > > I picked up a nice little Atom board to use as a low-power NAS, and > > unfortunately just assumed the onboard Realtek NIC was supported. > > Unfortunately I don't have a PCI slot on this mobo to use a different NIC. > > What vendor ID and product ID, exactly? > ("pciconf -lv" will tell.) > Thanks for all the responses. I've made a little progress as a result. The computer is an MSI Wind barebone unit with "MS-7418" on the mb. Link: The NIC is an RTL8111C, and here's the output of `pciconf -lv` on FreeBSD 6.3: none2@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x41801462 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 class = network subclass = ethernet After reading the responses here, I tried the 7.1-beta live CD. It detects the NIC, and the output of the above is changed slightly (new name): re0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x41801462 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 class = network subclass = ethernet I was able to bring up the interface using the live CD, and at first glance it seems to be working (pings ok), but I didn't stress-test it. So if all else fails, I will continue using 7.1. But first, since I'm trying to use FreeNAS, which is FreeBSD 6.3, I thought I'd try copying the driver from 7.1. The module (if_re.ko) appears to load successfully at boot time, however the NIC is still not shown in dmesg and unavailable as re0. I admit I don't know if this should even work (7.1-compiled module on 6.3 kernel). I may be missing something. This machine will run off a CF card, hence the desire to use flash-friendly FreeNAS. I do have some experience with NanoBSD, so if I can't get FreeNAS to work I'll pursue that with 7.1. Thanks for any further insights you might have! Sebastian