From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 25 00:05:45 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 8D0D41065692 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:05:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CB788FC0A for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:05:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2247773rvf.43 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:05:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bOn1sW0qolCPnnxXWakIdC4Nud6ek3Y7gk1YVRBiQaw=; b=hbQdA8iAqVxHTLndo13mJsaLMcI/ew/kaYB7q8jE4NyrGBIspoGxPvLADyH0NMgTnq XaHD5Hd1pigH3StZZlusRywjp2VYcmg05EvaloSplq2N6dgQX7OpkXVGcXA8cT7JvXF6 dM/NHd2DlTQ2dNYi9kWTcavPo1zgJ2JX/+AEo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=CNO5jHsovgsm/ad1U3Cdlm//6aQBOZZZ3Wkqc5WRWNP4HuZStSvQmwCWan90+lSrj2 Nu41iffh9J2KJuPX9agi5Jsjh10ielybpGF/+uCn1RSrD3Gvis1VZ7w/kkB+yKIETqXV bYNAtr9s5EX/hICMiOAZO7hC9XzGrOZyDaXFw= Received: by 10.140.162.21 with SMTP id k21mr1817594rve.110.1219622744980; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:05:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.2? ( [71.221.165.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b39sm6522702rvf.0.2008.08.24.17.05.43 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:05:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48B1F685.8060102@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:02:13 -0600 From: Andrew Falanga User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cpghost References: <20080824170816.GA8938@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <20080824170816.GA8938@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8111C and re(4) driver 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: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:05:45 -0000 cpghost wrote: > Hello, > > I'm about to get an MSI K9A2GM-FIH mobo with an on-board Realtek > RTL8111C GigE adapter (I've picked that because the on-board Radeon HD > 3200 RS780 chip seems supported by the radeon(4x) xorg driver). > > Unfortunately, I (wrongly) assumed that the RTL8111C would be > supported by the rl(4) or re(4) driver, and noticed a bit too late > kern/123123. > > So the question: has anyone with an RTL8111C actually tried the > patches from this PR on RELENG_7? All I need for now is 100Mbit/s > Ethernet with no frills (no offloading etc...), and I'd rather not > sacrifice one PCI slot for an extra NIC if at all possible. > > Thanks, > -cpghost. > > Hello, I'm curious to know about this. I just put together a computer for my church which has this NIC built in. I've downloaded a driver which claims to be for FreeBSD 5. Has anyone here any experience with it, or would anyone know if it's reliable and works? The web link is: http://driverscollection.com/?H=RTL8111C&By=RealTek&SS=FreeBSD%205 Andy