Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:07:12 +0200 From: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> Cc: Sebastian <list@mindling.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8111C? Message-ID: <20081001170712.GA1391@phenom.cordula.ws> In-Reply-To: <340a29540809302126m6196e828u4e8949cc092847bb@mail.gmail.com> 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>
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On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:26:14PM -0600, Andrew Falanga wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Sebastian <list@mindling.com> 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: <RealTek 8168/8168B/8168C/8168CP/8111B/8111C/8111CP PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> 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: <MII bus> on re0 rgephy0: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211B media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0 rgephy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto $ ifconfig re0 re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1460 options=389b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM, WOL_UCAST,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC> 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 <full-duplex>) 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/
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