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Date:      Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:37:20 +1200
From:      "Stefan Schablowski" <stefan.schablowski@prolificx.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Realtek RTL8169 - no driver attached
Message-ID:  <048DAE2206FF0D45844991688ABAD6480129CBD7@Mercury.nz.prolificx.com>

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Hi all,

I would like to install FreeBSD 6.2 on a i386 system that includes a
Realtek RTL8169 network card, but when booting from the install CD or
from the installed system, there seems to be a problem with the driver:

> dmesg
...
pci0: <network, ethernet> at device 13.0 (no driver attached)
...

> pciconf -l -v
...
none0@pci0:13:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x816910ec chip=3D0x816910ec rev=
=3D0x10
hdr=3D0x00
  vendor   =3D 'Realtek Semiconductor'
  device   =3D 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
  class    =3D 'Network'
  subclass =3D ethernet
...

> kldload if_re
kldload: can't load if_re: File exists

I've been running a FreeBSD server in production for over a year now and
this is the first time ever I even have to think about hardware. The
card itself is a cheap no-name card.

What am I doing wrong ?

Thank you very much,

CU Stefan



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