From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Tue Apr 10 23:06:03 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9622AFA1CC2 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 23:06:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from killing@multiplay.co.uk) Received: from mail-wr0-x232.google.com (mail-wr0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c0c::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 155A777B90 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 23:06:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from killing@multiplay.co.uk) Received: by mail-wr0-x232.google.com with SMTP id m13so14341594wrj.5 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:06:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=multiplay-co-uk.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language; bh=MyHWBIklveE32ec5SRqI+vnf+bIl1v7VwHrGYwKEJgY=; b=RktKguhQTv1xfX2MySr4rKBHnpBNz3GJs7Dut+dceKydVwSKaxOfjc0igmYtcQ1D5+ IleqPz3fPSL1dJubnuq1XiRq8rE36E6/PxL9GTjCdnQNJFFqiG9ND46WRKY2Q/f8lPmL dypRT4KaZ8S4m93n5Gi+HAymC2TKf8f5AaHEl+7rwh+vGtdLHAxQJq2zvtL/1gFl87YG K7DQLxHbNEFoiHW4X+A50Sysv4vQhlS4FSlers+r7You0mNhjqh9WEmqTB0lKW1steTo mJfnyGZd+XddUCc7zAKnnMG/S8SyCnfLdbgRESCO6hdfW3KzTQzWhbEBQa0fJScccf7g XdRw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language; bh=MyHWBIklveE32ec5SRqI+vnf+bIl1v7VwHrGYwKEJgY=; b=fhPgAuktIniHP5t+/1xhNBww/UTYBiGOXXb2uxyitTPWKsmagLL9dwcWSOatNtDIFB 9kEVwviYVAYtP9ZOKMlDnqg3w0zxN893SJk7Jq6JLQSSQ84kxTyLb0CyXizWvelkHatU qg7C/CB2c/L57D+d9cA4lL+gRSQdGV6p5lkPUPqMj+1JXnipCWAlb/MN2WZXlmWub9Fa A4nvknVcydxj5BxS/6TO8oLBvcTyocsHAUWUpFVBLwMjQExyNi46J8vkdxpLn4WxIVAj jsk0i7T4guuSi48EfpvOmC9WyIJIlR7fJU1CmulOqQiBdTZpajRzmc9LqShKsEzu9yQN anwg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tBZW/SbS5X3AZ08TUZSIF8hskpbqqXiuGZgHz8qysh7cjQyEbV/ lPwr5Ot4DTu03SM5glY5aeHNc0fHgmE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx48zCgj+TISKBV+r+bCRFGZHXITsuoVhjfQUMiGWToDp3Br5rMLtCRAFtcQDzL8lwzTh3fonwA== X-Received: by 10.223.163.221 with SMTP id m29mr1765896wrb.4.1523401561102; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:06:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.10.1.111] ([185.97.61.1]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v75sm3846337wrc.90.2018.04.10.16.05.59 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:05:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Realtek re(4) driver To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: From: Steven Hartland Message-ID: Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:05:59 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 23:06:03 -0000 Try: http://12244.wpc.azureedge.net/8012244/drivers/rtdrivers/cn/nic/0007-rtl_bsd_drv_v194.01.tgz May or many not work depending on if its a per client download URL On 10/04/2018 23:50, Dieter BSD wrote: > Multiple people have found that FreeBSD's re(4) driver for Realtek > Ethernet chips has problems. Something like a rcp(1) with another > FreeBSD box merely runs slower due to the stalls, but if the other end > has buggy network code and/or if the transfer is forced to use UDP > (Unreliable Data Protocol) data is lost. :-( > > Rumor has it that Realtek has a driver that works properly with FreeBSD. > > FreeBSD's developers are apparently unable to: > a) Fix the existing FreeBSD re(4) device driver so that it works correctly. > b) Replace the existing FreeBSD re(4) device driver with Realtek's driver. > c) Make Realtek's driver into a port/pkg. > d) At least add a warning to the re(4) man page, with the URL for > Realtek's driver. > > Therefore every user with Realtek Ethernet chips are forced to somehow > discover that Realtek has a working driver, then somehow obtain a copy > of this mythical driver, get it to compile and build a custom kernel. > They then need to write a test suite and verify that Realtek's driver > does in fact work properly for their applications. > > I am currently suffering data loss due to this. Therefore I am > attempting to obtain a copy of the mythical Realtek device driver. > I managed to find > >> http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=4&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false > But it does not work for me. It has a listing for > >> Description Version Update Time File Size Download Site 1 >> FreeBSD 7.x and 8.0 1.94 2017/9/15 93k Global > The machine with the re ports is running 10.3, hopefully the 7&8 code > will compile and work on 10. But the real problem is that clicking on > "Global" does not work. Some browsers do nothing. Firefox creates > a new window with http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/ > which is going backwards. I was expecting something like a tar file > containing the source code. > > I also tried google, and emailing a FreeBSD user that runs the Realtek > driver, but both pointed me to the above non-working URL. I'm > told that seamonkey works, but... > > So my question is: could someone please tell me the URL that points > *directly* to the mythical Realtek device driver? (without > the broken javascheist garbage) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"