Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 19:05:23 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Cardbus GbE (Realtek 8169SBL) supported? Message-ID: <20080519100523.GB26209@cdnetworks.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <20080519071459.GA26209@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <20080517231220.c64a992b.nork@FreeBSD.org> <20080519071459.GA26209@cdnetworks.co.kr>
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On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 04:14:59PM +0900, To Norikatsu Shigemura wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 11:12:20PM +0900, Norikatsu Shigemura wrote:
> > I bought a cardbus GbE card used Realtek 8169SBL, today:-). But
> > re(4) doesn't attach it.
> >
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > re0: <RealTek 8169 Gigabit Ethernet> port 0x3100-0x31ff mem 0xb0103000-0xb01031ff irq 22 at device 0.0 on cardbus0
> > re0: reset never completed!
> > re0: Unknown H/W revision: 7cc00000
> > device_attach: re0 attach returned 6
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> > I fixed 'Unknown H/W revision' issue, but...
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > --- sys/dev/re/if_re.c.orig 2008-04-15 16:02:23.631923000 +0900
> > +++ sys/dev/re/if_re.c 2008-05-17 23:06:05.632249124 +0900
> > @@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
> > { RL_HWREV_8101E, RL_8169, "8101E"},
> > { RL_HWREV_8168_SPIN2, RL_8169, "8168"},
> > { RL_HWREV_8168_SPIN3, RL_8169, "8168"},
> > + { RL_HWREV_8169_8110SBL, RL_8169, "8169SBL"},
> > { 0, 0, NULL }
> > };
> >
> > --- sys/pci/if_rlreg.h.orig 2008-03-31 13:03:14.000000000 +0900
> > +++ sys/pci/if_rlreg.h 2008-05-17 23:07:01.584996720 +0900
> > @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
> > #define RL_HWREV_8139CPLUS 0x74800000
> > #define RL_HWREV_8101 0x74c00000
> > #define RL_HWREV_8100 0x78800000
> > +#define RL_HWREV_8169_8110SBL 0x7cc00000
> >
> > #define RL_TXDMA_16BYTES 0x00000000
> > #define RL_TXDMA_32BYTES 0x00000100
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> > I couldn't fix mii phy issue.
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > re0: <RealTek 8169 Gigabit Ethernet> port 0x3100-0x31ff mem 0xb0103000-0xb01031ff irq 22 at device 0.0 on cardbus0
> > re0: reset never completed!
> > re0: MII without any phy!
> > device_attach: re0 attach returned 6
> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> > How do I fix this issue? What I should report?
>
> Hmm, it seems that this hardware is newer one as you know. ATM
> there are several new gneration of RealTek controllers not
> supported by re(4). For instance, RTL8168C, RTL8168CP, RTL8111C
> and RTL8111CP.
> These controllers seems to use different descriptor formats and
> have lots of new magic registers. There are no publicly available
> datasheet to BSD developers so it would take long time to get a
> stable driver for these controllers. I already tried to contact
> RealTek for datasheet but they requested signing NDA which I can't
> accept. Some users reported partial success for WIP version but
> others still have trouble to get a valid link. It seems that re(4)
> need magic for PHY hardwares as Linux. :-(
>
> For 8169 family hardware, re(4) have worked without problems so
> far. Since your controller seems to be 8169 family I have no clue
> why re_reset() timed out for reset operation. Anyway, here is WIP
> version, would you give it a try?
>
> The WIP version was generated against HEAD but I guess it would
> apply to RELENG_7 too. You can find the WIP version in the
> following URL.
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/re/re.HEAD.20080519
Oops, it should be read as
http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/re.HEAD.20080519
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Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon
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