Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:23:22 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-net@dino.sk> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MSI Wind Notebook's network interfaces Message-ID: <20080905082322.GA66951@cdnetworks.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <200809050945.09276.freebsd-net@dino.sk> References: <200809050945.09276.freebsd-net@dino.sk>
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--gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 09:45:08AM +0200, Milan Obuch wrote: > Hi, > I have new notebook, MSI's Wind, and installed succesfully both FreeBSD-7 > and -CURRENT. > > In 7.0-RELEASE wired network interface did not work, but after upgrading to > 7-STABLE (now 7.1-PRERELEASE) it work with re driver. There is just one small > uglyness - it's link level address (MAC) is 00:00:00:00:00:00. Needless to > say, Windows initializes this to 00:1d:92:59:f5:8b. I can change it > with 'ifconfig re0 ether 00:1d:92:59:f5:8b', but I would rather let the > driver to find the correct MAC. > > While everything works (I am csup'ing sources over its re0, which is a good > test in my experience), if anybody have any idea/patch to test, I would like > to do it. > > Some data collected: > > ifconfig re0 > re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=389b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC> > ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 > inet 192.168.16.235 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.16.255 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > > pciconf -lcv (part of) > re0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x01101462 chip=0x813610ec rev=0x02 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > device = 'RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0 > cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit > cap 10[70] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint IRQ 0 > cap 11[ac] = MSI-X supports 2 messages in map 0x20 > cap 03[cc] = VPD > > dmesg (part of verbose boot) > re0: <RealTek 8101E/8102E/8102EL PCIe 10/100baseTX> port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem > 0xffd10000-0xffd10fff,0xffd00000-0xffd0ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 > re0: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x18 type 3 at 0xffd10000 > re0: MSI count : 1 > re0: Chip rev. 0x34800000 > re0: MAC rev. 0x00200000 > miibus0: <MII bus> on re0 > rlphy0: <RTL8201L 10/100 media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0 > rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > re0: bpf attached > re0: [MPSAFE] > re0: [FILTER] > > When not booting verbose, there is also one line telling > re0: turning off MSI enable bit. > re(4) cleared MSI enable bit of configuration register as MSI wouldn't be used. You can ignore this. > This netbook has also wireless interface, but this one does not get detected > (or I have no driver for it), in dmesg there is only line telling > pci2: <network> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > > and relevant part of pciconf -lcv is > none0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x68941462 chip=0x819910ec > rev=0x22 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > class = network > cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0 > cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit > cap 10[70] = PCI-Express 1 legacy endpoint > > While currently I have no urge need for wireless connectivity, in the long run > I would like to use it. Currently I can't change card (probably minipci) as > netbook is under warranty, with 'warranty sticker - void if tampered' over > screw. > > If anybody had some idea how to fix MAC address initialization for wired Would you try attached patch? > interface or what driver to use for wireless interface (I will probably try > NDIS, but my experience in this area is limited and previous succesfull try > none), I am all ears. > > Regars, > Milan -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="re.810E.patch" --- sys/dev/re/if_re.c.orig Wed Aug 13 12:40:08 2008 +++ sys/dev/re/if_re.c Fri Sep 5 17:18:40 2008 @@ -1213,7 +1213,8 @@ case RL_HWREV_8102E: case RL_HWREV_8102EL: sc->rl_flags |= RL_FLAG_NOJUMBO | RL_FLAG_INVMAR | - RL_FLAG_PHYWAKE | RL_FLAG_DESCV2 | RL_FLAG_MACSTAT; + RL_FLAG_PHYWAKE | RL_FLAG_PAR | RL_FLAG_DESCV2 | + RL_FLAG_MACSTAT; break; case RL_HWREV_8168_SPIN1: case RL_HWREV_8168_SPIN2: --gBBFr7Ir9EOA20Yy--
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