From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 16 01:41:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@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 ESMTPS id 15854ABE for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:41:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-x22e.google.com (mail-pd0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DCF8D1472 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:41:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f174.google.com with SMTP id y13so4653181pdi.19 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:41:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=mtYOmqTLPAh8YrNBN/MlxgSHVFAZOGdR5KMNXkEjdmk=; b=Z8DFEpIQGkYpZ05L+R3VXsIBLGZmLs2NA/Sx4kvlgtJ5RNBd8SxtUEVI+Y7MnYkDen nInGjsQ9iASfXV8IsMzy1FbaQIVNQdHh9fC2Xlj0txTFAYA2yKR1SWctSvpno8t6z3Ps gCx1qfysK8ggzZEKFDxSATQeKFuVd8kj1Yq0ShojMVg6jL5D3lsaO7SnGXu5M5EbhP+C HVuFX5/k8tH5lyOlKXX/Jqkn8KB1ED/o6QTWzN28ERVXCeRmUYhkFJgGC6SXZVBpTxsk 7CnoSkkqjPydmqRnyXjmwxC3L6UEvxxkS3ZrzkLjh4iSI/h/xJdlAo/zdLLGncD/VT1R avIQ== X-Received: by 10.68.217.129 with SMTP id oy1mr17244770pbc.23.1387158066451; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:41:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from pyunyh@gmail.com (lpe4.p59-icn.cdngp.net. [114.111.62.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id g6sm30304975pat.2.2013.12.15.17.41.02 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:41:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by pyunyh@gmail.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:40:59 +0900 From: Yonghyeon PYUN Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:40:58 +0900 To: David Rufino Subject: Re: RTL8111/8168B NIC & FreeBSD Message-ID: <20131216014058.GA3345@michelle.cdnetworks.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:41:07 -0000 On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 04:31:56PM -0500, David Rufino wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having similar problems using an onboard RTL 8168B NIC. I noticed > there were some recent changes to the re0 driver, so I tried -STABLE > (r258961). The device is detected but can't send or receive packets. > Interestingly it doesn't work in Debian wheezy, but does work fine in > Windows 7 with latest drivers. I'm happy to assist in any way. Here's > some relevant debugging information > > pciconf -l -v > > re0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x81161019 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x0c hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.' > device = 'RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > re0: port > 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xfea00000-0xfea00fff,0xd0800000-0xd0803fff irq 32 > at device 0.0 on pci1 > re0: Using 1 MSI-X message > re0: ASPM disabled > re0: Chip rev. 0x4c000000 > re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000 > miibus0: on re0 > re0: Ethernet address: 74:27:ea:d3:de:5a > Your controller is RTL8168G, latest generation of RTL8168 family. I don't see issues you mentioned above on RTL8168 engineering sample board. Different motherboard vendors shall use different H/W configuration so that may trigger that issue. I don't have any clue about that but I'll let you know if I manage to narrow down the issue. > Thanks!, > David > > > > > Hello, > > > > we are trying to install FreeBSD on a computer that uses the NIC mentioned > > above. The NIC is running under linux without problems, which we've tested > > for several days transferring several GB of data.