Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 13:13:38 +0300 From: den <moreau@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 unstable? Message-ID: <3FD44ED2.8060104@myrealbox.com> In-Reply-To: <20031207.041540.aceba533c4516d83.10.0.3.9@bugsgrief.net> References: <000001c3bafc$38a92540$5201a8c0@intranet.absol.co.za> <20031205072109.GH77051@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3FD0576B.9020001@myrealbox.com> <20031207.041540.aceba533c4516d83.10.0.3.9@bugsgrief.net>
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horio shoichi wrote: >On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:01:15 +0300 >den <moreau@myrealbox.com> wrote: > > >>Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Friday, 5 December 2003 at 8:51:30 +0200, Chris Visser wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>I'm running FreeBSD 5.1, on a box with a Digi Sync 570 card and a >>>>Realtek 8139 network card. >>>> >>>>The Machine runs fine, most of the time, but every now and again my >>>>network card stops working for no reason. Rebooting the box fixes this >>>>for a while, but the it starts again. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>There have been reports of instabilities with the 8139. I don't know >>>if it's really the hardware to blame or the driver, but the >>>documentation for the hardware is apparently so terrible that it's >>>difficult to say. >>> >>>I'm using an 8139 in a number of places, including (currently) my main >>>server machine. The switch notes a large number of errors under load, >>>and I'm thinking of changing to a different card the next time I have >>>to reboot. >>> >>>Rather than reboot your machine, you'll probably find that the >>>following sequence unwedges the card: >>> >>> ifconfig rl0 down >>> ifconfig rl0 up >>> >>>I had this in a cron job at one point. >>> >>>Greg >>>-- >>>When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. >>>If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. >>>For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html >>>See complete headers for address and phone numbers. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I have had the problem with this card on FreeBSD 5.0. >>Problem was resolved by recompiling of kernel with new drivers from Realtec. >>It seems there is many modification of 8139 chipset that have a postfix >>( "D", "C",...). >>When I choose driver that match my chipset all become ok. >>I don't know whether this driver was included in 5.1, so this is only >>assumption, and it doesn't help to you. >> >>-------------- >>Denis. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > >I found ftp://152.104.125.40/cn/nic/rtl8139abcd8130810xseries/freebsd-8139(110).zip >via www.realtek.com.tw, which is for FreeBSD. > >However, it is for 4.5. > >Could you give me (us) your reference to 5.0 (or 5.x) ? > > > >horio shoichi > > > > > Unfortunately, I don't remember where I found the diver. Are you sure that dirver from link you pointed isn't serve for 5.0 ? I have had the problems with this card approximately in the same time as changing system from 4.x to 5.0 . Possibly , I fixed the problem in 4.x - not in 5.0 - I don't remeber precisely. But now I have this card working under 5.0 and there is no problem.
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