Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:50:53 +0400 From: Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8169 on FreeBSD 5.4: no carrier. Message-ID: <b7052e1e050819225070b547a4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <57189.145.248.192.30.1123665610.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> References: <42F93030.2050509@thesnodgrass.com> <10303.145.248.192.30.1123662749.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> <b7052e1e050810020041527145@mail.gmail.com> <57189.145.248.192.30.1123665610.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net>
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On 8/10/05, Julien Gabel <jpeg@thilelli.net> wrote: > >> Regrettably, i always encountered this problem. I spoke about that > >> since the middle of 2004, and didn't really receive feedback on this. > >> I try a lot of things but none worked better than the other. > >> > >> To not forget about it, i filled a bug report on this particular > >> problem, see PR kern/80005 for more details. > >> > >> The last thing i want to give another try is to upgrade to RELENG_6, > >> since i currently follow the RELENG_5 branch. But i am not *very* > >> confident about that... > >> > >> Sorry not to have better answer to give you. >=20 > > IIRC, I have a RTL8169S-based D-Link gigabit network card at home and > > it works with FreeBSD just fine. >=20 > Yes, i know it simply works for a lot of users. It doesn't mean that it > is the case for all users... i am of those. Just realized that with ACPI disabled, this card does not work with FreeBSD 5.4 (at least in my machine), with ACPI enabled - it does. Hope this information will help somebody. --=20 Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E"
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