From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 26 04:17:58 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 151021065676 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:17:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBA2C8FC1A for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:17:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2996380rvf.43 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:17:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=rNto5xCahz5UQx395AWG8QglOjO+pGRILqiAU8LRXoE=; b=DDk6hGx/Jn0omIgNqGCOjg/T1l6+zI95UrVBi4bP0nexpZOVLUqxtMIXjYc+KKMh0Q c6B8wXgzRhbYHq+Z4ym1BVv4tJ1ccwufmjTasvMUMN17ZrX8J93UkBKZMVZzXbRsLXB6 uzsDviQuUgnI/oHQj2JYRRDJWUv4bEJDYkpBg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:message-id; b=nNCMbXaP12j+no0h0D6cy92Rd4OQbm7XK0EFc9L6RWPUh+8SRwq7QqZ0CCAMqOMweW AvNv0aHKtHTRvTFNe0TnfOlPSylRA0+T+V8eJJ43iV/J9CEg34OAZAjI/grpfnEgec52 et1tqzPaOMHg61dQU4ReYaXZ1FQ6Z/W1rB0hw= Received: by 10.141.152.8 with SMTP id e8mr2580691rvo.19.1219724277539; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:17:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sniper ( [71.221.187.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f21sm8817241rvb.5.2008.08.25.21.17.56 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:17:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Falanga To: cpghost Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:17:06 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <20080824170816.GA8938@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <48B1F685.8060102@gmail.com> <20080825002058.GB10047@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <20080825002058.GB10047@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808252217.06993.af300wsm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8111C and re(4) driver 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: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:17:58 -0000 On Sunday 24 August 2008 18:20:58 cpghost wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm curious to know about this. I just put together a computer for my > > church which has this NIC built in. I've downloaded a driver which > > claims to be for FreeBSD 5. Has anyone here any experience with it, or > > would anyone know if it's reliable and works? > > > > The web link is: > > http://driverscollection.com/?H=RTL8111C&By=RealTek&SS=FreeBSD%205 > > > > Andy > > This has just been suggested here, but it looks like it wouldn't > support FreeBSD 7. Have you actually tried it? Which version of > FreeBSD are you using? > > If you can use that machine you've just put together for a couple > of tests (i.e. not yet being into production), could you please > try the patches on kern/123123: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=123123 > > I don't have the hardware yet to test myself. I would be great > to have at least basic RTL8111C support in re(4) soon. ;) > > Regards, > -cpghost. I have not yet tried it. I was hoping to hear that some talented person here had already gotten it working. Fortunately, I have some breathing room for this as the church has a functioning server that this is intended to replace. I just started back in school this semester today, so time is limited but I will give it a try time permitting of course. Andy