Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:19:26 +0300 (MSK) From: Oleg Bulyzhin <oleg@rinet.ru> To: Julien Gabel <jpeg@thilelli.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIC detected, but won't DHCP or configure. Message-ID: <20050323011538.B82878@lath.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <51345.192.168.1.18.1111522001.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> References: <c451b0c43b75.c43b75c451b0@uidaho.edu> <200503222351.44698.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <51345.192.168.1.18.1111522001.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net>
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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Julien Gabel wrote: >>> thanks for the suggestion! I tried that and it didn't seem to change >>> anything: the relevant output of pciconf -lv is still >>> none4@pci10:3:0: class=0x020000 card=0x09001558 chip=0x816910ec > rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 >>> vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' >>> device = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter' >>> class = network >>> subclass = ethernet > >> Andrew, it seems you have a chip revision which isn't currently >> supported. Try applying the attached patch, and see if loading >> if_re.ko results in something like this: > > > Interestingly, i encountered the very same behaviour as explained by > Andrew, with a side note: it works sometimes for me. Despite the fact > that my ethernet seems correctly handled (ifconfig shows the 're' entry), > almost all the time i boot on my notebook (D480V) the state of the > media is "no carrier". So, all services which use the network fail > inevitably: dhcp, ntpdate and ntpd. > > In order to be able to use the network, sometimes i just must wait some > dozens minutes... or totally reboot and wait some other dozens minutes. > I can't remember of one boot wich went without a hitch. > > Here is some (useful?) information: > > # uname -a > FreeBSD boboche.thilelli.net 5.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #1: Tue > Mar 22 20:04:20 CET 2005 > root@boboche.thilelli.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BOBOCHE i386 > > # pciconf -lv > re0@pci0:10:0: class=0x020000 card=0x08001558 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > device = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > => note: it seems that the chip revision, which is the same as Andrew, is > recognized here. > > # pciconf -r pci0:10:0 0:0xff > 816910ec 02b00017 02000010 00004004 > 00002001 e8005000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 08001558 > 00000000 000000dc 00000000 40200113 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 f7c20001 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > > # ifconfig re0 > re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=1b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING> > inet6 fe80::290:f5ff:fe28:cfa8%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet 192.168.1.20 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > ether 00:90:f5:28:cf:a8 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > => note: here is the status after waiting a long time or rebooting. > > > As for Andrew, it may be noted that i do not encountered this kind of > problem under GNU/Linux (i tested with two live CDs), NetBSD (1.6.2 > through 2.0.2) and Windows Server 2003 Ent-Ed. > > Because of this particular problem, i can't currently use this machine > in a usefull way, so any advice are welcome too ! :) It wants to say i > can test and apply patch(es) without problem, if any. > > Thanks, > Could you try this patch: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-March/013107.html -- Oleg. ================================================================ === Oleg Bulyzhin -- OBUL-RIPN -- OBUL-RIPE -- oleg@rinet.ru === ================================================================
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