Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:25:48 +1000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8111C? Message-ID: <1222057549.4625.11.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <48D5226E.7010407@mindling.com> References: <200809191758.m8JHwmak010862@lurza.secnetix.de> <48D5226E.7010407@mindling.com>
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On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 09:18 -0700, Sebastian wrote:
> Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > Sebastian <sebastian@mindling.com> 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: <http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=Wind_PC&class=npc>;
>
> 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!
There is already a driver available for 6.3, but you need to compile it
yourself. Check the drivers list for details.
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