From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 26 20:06:32 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B53BEB for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:06:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6721@twc.com) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54C4327AE for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:06:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [74.130.200.176] ([74.130.200.176:61853] helo=localhost) by cdptpa-oedge01 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id 0C/1D-18320-6C394425; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:06:31 +0000 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:06:30 +0000 Message-ID: <0C.1D.18320.6C394425@cdptpa-oedge01> From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient failure with Realtek 8111E Etnernet on new MSI motherboard References: <20130926083326.GB1494@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20130926155200.GA29321@knossos> X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.118:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 Cc: Yonghyeon PYUN X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:06:32 -0000 > 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