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From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Issue with 7.0-RELEASE and Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit
	Ethernet NIC
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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.)

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