From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 6 20:15:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20CED16A4CE for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 20:15:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from dns11.mail.yahoo.co.jp (dns11.mail.yahoo.co.jp [210.81.151.144]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CA3C43FBD for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 20:15:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ayakokiko@ybb.ne.jp) Received: from unknown (HELO gorgon.near.this) (219.11.234.11 with poptime) by dns11.mail.yahoo.co.jp with SMTP; 7 Dec 2003 04:15:46 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Received: from ghost.near.this (ghost.near.this [10.0.3.9]) by gorgon.near.this (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B3037F81; Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:15:42 +0900 (JST) Received: by ghost.near.this (Postfix, from userid 100) id C95CA1934B; Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:15:40 +0900 (JST) Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:15:39 +0900 From: horio shoichi To: den In-Reply-To: <3FD0576B.9020001@myrealbox.com> References: <000001c3bafc$38a92540$5201a8c0@intranet.absol.co.za> <20031205072109.GH77051@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3FD0576B.9020001@myrealbox.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20031207.041540.aceba533c4516d83.10.0.3.9@bugsgrief.net> cc: Chris Visser cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 unstable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 04:15:49 -0000 On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:01:15 +0300 den wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > >On Friday, 5 December 2003 at 8:51:30 +0200, Chris Visser wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a > >>Realtek 8139 network card. > >> > >>The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my > >>network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this > >>for a while, but the it starts again. > >> > >> > > > >There have been reports of instabilities with the 8139. I don't know > >if it's really the hardware to blame or the driver, but the > >documentation for the hardware is apparently so terrible that it's > >difficult to say. > > > >I'm using an 8139 in a number of places, including (currently) my main > >server machine. The switch notes a large number of errors under load, > >and I'm thinking of changing to a different card the next time I have > >to reboot. > > > >Rather than reboot your machine, you'll probably find that the > >following sequence unwedges the card: > > > > ifconfig rl0 down > > ifconfig rl0 up > > > >I had this in a cron job at one point. > > > >Greg > >-- > >When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > >If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. > >For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > >See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > > > > > I have had the problem with this card on FreeBSD 5.0. > Problem was resolved by recompiling of kernel with new drivers from Realtec. > It seems there is many modification of 8139 chipset that have a postfix > ( "D", "C",...). > When I choose driver that match my chipset all become ok. > I don't know whether this driver was included in 5.1, so this is only > assumption, and it doesn't help to you. > > -------------- > Denis. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I found ftp://152.104.125.40/cn/nic/rtl8139abcd8130810xseries/freebsd-8139(110).zip via www.realtek.com.tw, which is for FreeBSD. However, it is for 4.5. Could you give me (us) your reference to 5.0 (or 5.x) ? horio shoichi