From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 17:50:18 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 D0A7710656C5 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:50:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wearabnet@yahoo.ca) Received: from web33702.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web33702.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.201.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91F168FC29 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:50:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wearabnet@yahoo.ca) Received: (qmail 81005 invoked by uid 60001); 23 Jun 2008 17:23:38 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=1iuXmv1c9HY12/K0u6Y57yaogdUUDs+zAmpUNU/3KUINVdytRu0CMqaWipRxwk3f/Te0BSOziQe888V8ycSLu5FYSRjy3rD1e9+P38p2Dr0pUNP7TP7BR2YwP1FVd24rJo/zjdG9PH34V8GDKlHXhD5mpxKVE/E8apFphqGB05Y=; Received: from [78.101.155.156] by web33702.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:23:38 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/975.45 YahooMailWebService/0.7.199 Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:23:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri To: freebsd@vfemail.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <505447.76935.qm@web33702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Problem with IF_RE 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, 23 Jun 2008 17:50:18 -0000 ----- Original Message ---- > From: "freebsd@vfemail.net" > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 4:41:12 PM > Subject: Problem with IF_RE > > Dear List Members > > I am having an issue with a RealTek card for networking. The card in > question is recognised by FB alright, as you can see in the pciconf > output > > re0@pci0:2:8:0: class=0x020000 card=0x311a1385 chip=0x816910ec > rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > device = 'RTL8110SB Single-Chip Gigabit LOM Ethernet Controller' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > But when I do an ifconfig, the result says Media None and No Carrier > > re0: flags=8843metric 0 mtu 1500 > options=9b > ether 00:1e:2a:3b:2e:62 > inet x.x.x.x netmask 0xffffffe0 broadcast x.x.x.x > media: Ethernet none > status: no carrier > > I know for a fact that the cable and the connection is alright -- I > tried with other devices (like Laptops and other desktops), and when I > plug the cable into the RTL card, the light on the switch shows > connection established. > > But ifconfig report shows "no carrier" ? ? ? > > Any and all help is highly appreciated. I have already CVSupped twice > within this week and built world and kernels from scratch as well. > > uname -a > FreeBSD **** 7.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p1 #3: Thu Jun 12 > 15:24:40 BST 2008 > > > kldstat > Id Refs Address Size Name > 1 18 0xc0400000 7bdce8 kernel > 2 2 0xc0bbe000 28588 linux.ko > 3 1 0xc0be7000 7558c4 nvidia.ko > 4 1 0xc133d000 7a88 if_re.ko > 5 1 0xc1345000 6921c acpi.ko > 6 1 0xc35c5000 4000 nullfs.ko > 7 1 0xc4623000 1e000 smbfs.ko > 8 2 0xc4641000 3000 libiconv.ko > 9 2 0xc4644000 3000 libmchain.ko > > > All practical suggestions and pointers are highly appreciated. > > Thanks. Hello, You should follow RELENG_7, I don't think got any changes in RELENG_7_0. Good luck with it. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/