Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 22:20:29 +0100 From: Gabor Radnai <gabor.radnai@gmail.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Problem with re0 Message-ID: <AANLkTikaCiGTdGfJB=f=vJ1-RR8ZDtM3qv08oY2rV%2BsY@mail.gmail.com>
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"The question has come up several times. What should be changed in re(4) to cover this?" Well, if this question has come up several times a) it has a reason: same chip works for some but not for others b) description is not clear that driver is only supporting this chip if and when ... Anyhow, one advise to"fix" my problem was to get a decent nic. I did: Intel Gigabit CT desktop adapter. But still no luck, same symptoms: insert card to PCI-E x 1 slot, FreeBSD boots, card detected, see outgoing messages through this card (via tcpdump) but no replies (e.g. from DHCP server) are processed. I see ip address was offered by DHCP server but driver does not get/process any answer and sets ip address to 0.0.0.0 ... and one more new thing from em driver: by reporting "watchdog timeout - reset" interface is getting down-up frequently. So, neither RTL8111 nor this Intel 82574L chip is working under FreeBSD via PCI-E, quite frustrating. Though works under Linux. Might be a PCI-E related communication issue of FreeBSD? Or is there special configuration to force PCI-E to work with network cards in network drivers or sysctl variable am not aware of?
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