Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:44:21 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Lukas Razik <freebsd@razik.name> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issue with 7.0-RELEASE and Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC Message-ID: <20080810234421.GA90311@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <200808110000.58666.freebsd@razik.name> References: <200808110000.58666.freebsd@razik.name>
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:00:58AM +0200, Lukas Razik wrote: > Hello! > > I've a GigaByte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard with a "RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit > Ethernet NIC" and I've read that 7.0-RELEASE / amd64 should recognize these > cards (by the "re" driver) but it doesn't in my case. > > So, does FreeBSD 7.0 work with these NICs or am I out of luck? Please download a FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE snapshot CD and try it. The re(4) maintainer has added support for many different sub-revisions of this NIC (read: same model number, but a completely different hardware revision) since the release of 7.0-RELEASE. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200808/ (Or a mirror of your choice, e.g. ftp4.freebsd.org, etc.) -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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