From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 17:06:50 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 5FAC81065686 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 17:06:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 543768FC12 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 17:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from phenom.cordula.ws (phenom [192.168.254.60]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D6D035CEF; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:06:46 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:07:12 +0200 From: cpghost To: Andrew Falanga Message-ID: <20081001170712.GA1391@phenom.cordula.ws> References: <48D3D0A8.7070504@mindling.com> <1221876046.4625.4.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <48D53DA1.2040808@mindling.com> <200809211527.53755.af300wsm@gmail.com> <48D85B3A.8070706@mindling.com> <340a29540809302126m6196e828u4e8949cc092847bb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <340a29540809302126m6196e828u4e8949cc092847bb@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Sebastian , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8111C? 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: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:06:50 -0000 On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:26:14PM -0600, Andrew Falanga wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Sebastian wrote: > > Andrew Falanga wrote: > >> > >> On Saturday 20 September 2008 12:14:57 Sebastian wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Da Rock wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> I have used the compiled driver on 6.3 with success- but then I've used > >>>> the driver linked in a post to drivers list. 7.0 is a no go. > >>>> > >>> > >>> I tried to compile the current OEM Realtek driver under (v176) on fbsd > >>> 6.3, but couldn't get it to build. My foo is a little thin here. :) > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Where did you get this OEM driver? > >> > > > > The oem driver can be found here: > > > > http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false > > > > It builds just fine on 6.3, once I read the file manual on how to build a > > kernel module. > > > > So far no problems running it with a fair amount of traffic. > > Awesome! Thanks. If I've been understanding another thread on here, > it sounds like there's a FreeBSD driver coming in 7.1. Just for the record: the re(4) driver on my FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Fri Sep 26 14:43:33 CEST 2008 (both i386 and amd64) now runs like a charm on a RealTek 8111C on-board NIC (at least with 100baseTX, I didn't test with Gigabit): re0: port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem 0xfdfff000-0xfdffffff, 0xfdfe0000-0xfdfeffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2 re0: Chip rev. 0x3c000000 re0: MAC rev. 0x00200000 miibus0: on re0 rgephy0: PHY 1 on miibus0 rgephy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto $ ifconfig re0 re0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1460 options=389b ether 00:21:85:XX:YY:ZZ inet6 fe80::221:85ff:feXX:YYYZZ%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 192.168.254.60 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.254.255 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active $ lspci -v (...) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 501c Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 I/O ports at e800 Memory at fdfff000 (64-bit, prefetchable) Memory at fdfe0000 (64-bit, prefetchable) Expansion ROM at feaf0000 [disabled] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable- Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01 Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=2 Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data > Andy > > -- > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is it such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/