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Date:      Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:39:38 -0700
From:      perryh@pluto.rain.com
To:        list@mindling.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Realtek 8111C?
Message-ID:  <48d5436a.PnupVNQWy4YgXwX/%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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> ... 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) ...

That would indeed not be expected to work.  Even a 7.1 module on
a 7.0 system would be hit-or-miss; across a major revision it's a
wonder it didn't panic.  You could try building the module from
the 7.1 source on 6.3.



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