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Subject: Re: 9.0 support for RealTek NIC - re0 driver
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On 08/29/12 18:14, doug@safeport.com wrote:
> This card is on a Dell Inspiron. It works perfectly on 8.x. Dmesg on 8.2
> reports it as:
>
>   re0: <RealTek 8101E/8102E/8102EL/8103E PCIe 10/100baseTX>
>
> pciconf:
>
> re0@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x04341028 chip=0x813610ec 
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
>     device     = 'Realtek 10/100/1000 PCI-E NIC Family all in one NDIS 
> Driver v5.728.0604.2009 06/04/2009 (Rtl8023)'
>     class      = network
>     subclass   = ethernet
>
> On 9.0 I got it to work once or twice out of a couple of dozen tries.
>
> 9.0 dmesg reports:
>
>   re0: RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S PCI ...
>
> The release docs imply the card is supported. I did not see a PR. 
> Anyone else with similiar issues?
Is the MAC changing?
Give dmesg some message about it?