From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Oct 25 17:52: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mass.dis.org (mass.dis.org [216.240.45.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41A1437B401 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:52:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mass.dis.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.dis.org (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f9Q14Zs05166; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 18:04:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.dis.org) Message-Id: <200110260104.f9Q14Zs05166@mass.dis.org> To: Are Bryne Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, msmith@mass.dis.org Subject: Re: rl driver: need help in adding new chipset In-Reply-To: Message from Are Bryne of "Fri, 26 Oct 2001 02:40:55 +0200." Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 18:04:35 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > However, when the computer boots with the new kernel, even though it > recognizes the chip, it tells me: It's recognising the chip because you've told it to. But it looks like there are more differences than just the ID. > rl0: port 0x6000-0x60ff mem 0xe0000000-0xe000 > 00ff irq 11 at device 18.0 on pci0 > rl0: Ethernet address: 04:20:00:00:15:10 > rl0: unknown device ID: 0 > device_probe_and_attach: rl0 attach returned 6 > > or on another boot: > > rl0: port 0x6000-0x60ff mem 0xe0000000-0xe000 > 00ff irq 11 at device 18.0 on pci0 > rl0: Ethernet address: 00:02:01:41:00:43 > rl0: unknown device ID: 1000 > device_probe_and_attach: rl0 attach returned 6 > > Notice that both the 'unknown device ID' and the ethernet address > changes... Sounds like the device is not directly compatible. You're probably going to have to go find out what else is different. The Linux driver may be a good place to start, or if you're lucky, Realtek may have some datasheets you can look at. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message