Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:18:54 -0700 From: Sebastian <list@mindling.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8111C? Message-ID: <48D5226E.7010407@mindling.com> In-Reply-To: <200809191758.m8JHwmak010862@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200809191758.m8JHwmak010862@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Sebastian <sebastian@mindling.com> wrote:
> > I'd like to confirm my understanding of current status on this NIC. It
> > seems, based on some searching, the current Realtek driver in FreeBSD
> > doesn't support the 8111C, and that although the vendor-supplied driver
> > _may_ work for older 5.x and 6.0 releases (if one can get it compiled, I
> > couldn't), it doesn't work in 6.3 or 7. So the RTL8111C is effectively
> > not supported. True?
> >
> > I picked up a nice little Atom board to use as a low-power NAS, and
> > unfortunately just assumed the onboard Realtek NIC was supported.
> > Unfortunately I don't have a PCI slot on this mobo to use a different NIC.
>
> What vendor ID and product ID, exactly?
> ("pciconf -lv" will tell.)
>
Thanks for all the responses. I've made a little progress as a result.
The computer is an MSI Wind barebone unit with "MS-7418" on the mb.
Link: <http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=Wind_PC&class=npc>;
The NIC is an RTL8111C, and here's the output of `pciconf -lv` on FreeBSD 6.3:
none2@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x41801462 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
class = network
subclass = ethernet
After reading the responses here, I tried the 7.1-beta live CD. It detects the
NIC, and the output of the above is changed slightly (new name):
re0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x41801462 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
class = network
subclass = ethernet
I was able to bring up the interface using the live CD, and at first glance it
seems to be working (pings ok), but I didn't stress-test it.
So if all else fails, I will continue using 7.1. But first, since I'm trying to
use FreeNAS, which is FreeBSD 6.3, I thought I'd try copying the driver from 7.1.
The module (if_re.ko) appears to load successfully at boot time, however the NIC
is still not shown in dmesg and unavailable as re0. I admit I don't know if this
should even work (7.1-compiled module on 6.3 kernel). I may be missing something.
This machine will run off a CF card, hence the desire to use flash-friendly
FreeNAS. I do have some experience with NanoBSD, so if I can't get FreeNAS to
work I'll pursue that with 7.1.
Thanks for any further insights you might have!
Sebastian
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