Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:06:30 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Yonghyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> Subject: Re: dhclient failure with Realtek 8111E Etnernet on new MSI motherboard Message-ID: <0C.1D.18320.6C394425@cdptpa-oedge01> References: <20130926083326.GB1494@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20130926155200.GA29321@knossos>
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> The patch was not intended to address your issue. It was for
> getting correct MAC revision number. So seeing no behavioral change
> is normal.
> The MAC revision number now indicates 0x00100000 which means you
> have slightly different variant. I'll let you know if I happen to
> find more clue on that MAC revision.
So now there is no advantage in building that kernel for my i386 USB-stick installation.
Do I need to file a send-pr?
> One last shot in the dark:
> what if you reboot the router in front of the node in question?
> Sometimes it was surprised, when managing different mac addresses
> on the same adapter.
> I might be missing some parts, but did the mobo work before?
> Best regards
> Zoran
I believe I can power off the router, and after a minute or two, power back on.
Sure the mobo works, even the Ethernet chip works, but not with FreeBSD.
I could boot NetBSD-HEAD amd64, dhclient ran ok, and I was able to checkout the system source tree and pkgsrc tree with cvs.
So if I can get past the snag in pkg-config, which was dropped by FreeBSD in favor of pkgconf, I could build subversion and checkout the FreeBSD-HEAD source tree.
I wonder if my Ethernet chip is better supported in the upcoming FreeBSD-10.0.
I also have the on-motherboard quasi-USB WiFi Atheros AR9271 and the Hiro USB-stick-type WiFi adapter, Realtek RTL8191SU chip.
I could also try to boot my OpenBSD 5.3 live USB 8 GB, see if Ethernet chip or Wi-Fi works, but OpenBSD can't access my hard drive or GPT-partitioned USB sticks, since OpenBSD does not support GPT, or USB 3.0.
Tom
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