Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:00:45 -0700 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for newer Ethernet chips in RE(4) driver? Message-ID: <20101008170045.GA25411@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <201010081731.04127.Mark.Martinec%2Bfreebsd@ijs.si> References: <201010081731.04127.Mark.Martinec%2Bfreebsd@ijs.si>
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On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 05:31:03PM +0200, Mark Martinec wrote: > The current re(4) Realtek Ethernet adapter driver supports the > 8139C+/8169/816xS/811xS/8101E chips, but lacks support for newer > Realtek network interface controllers such as RTL8111 C/E/D, > the RTL8168 series and some other. > Actually re(4) supports much more controllers than that. Man page needs updating to reflect this. > This is unfortunate as the RTL8111E and RTL8111D controllers > found their way (in singles or in pairs) into the current families > of GigaByte motherboards (such as GA-X58A-UD9/7/5/3R, GA-H55M*, ...), > and RTL8111C found its way into Asus motherboards (such as P6T), > and quite likely into other newer products. > RTL8111C/D/DP are supported. Because there are too many variants there might be some revisions which are not supported yet but I didn't see any other reports that request supports for newer RealTek controllers. > An updated re driver source for FreeBSD 8.0 is available from > the Realtek's web site ( http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/ ) > and claims to add support for chips and chipsets: > > RTL8111/RTL8111B/RTL8111C/RTL8111CP/RTL8111D(L)/RTL8111DP/RTL8111E > RTL8168/RTL8168B/RTL8168C/RTL8168CP/RTL8168D/RTL8168E > RTL8169S/RTL8169SB/RTL8169SC > RTL8101E/RTL8102E/RTL8103E/RTL8401E/RTL8105E > Specifically I don't know RTL8104E/RTL8105E controllers but others would be supported by re(4). > I tested the new Realtek driver with RTL8111E on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE, > works well. > Does stock re(4) fail to recognize your controller? If yes, please send me dmesg output(pciconf output is useless for RealTek controllers). > Any chance of importing the updated driver (or adding support I don't see any reason importing their driver. > for newer chips in some other way) into CURRENT so that it > could find its way to the 9.0 ? > As I said if your controller is not supported by re(4), show me more information about your controller.
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