On 6/11/08, Pyun YongHyeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 03:11:22PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:08:05PM +0200, Fernando Apestegu?a wrote: > > > I sent this mail to freebsd-questions but I got no answer. I hope you > > > can help me. > > > > > > I got a computer with an RTL8168/8111 PCI Express NIC. It is shown in > > > pciconf but it is not seen by FreeBSD 7. I'm using i386 arch. > > > > > > I have re and rl drivers compiled in the kernel (stock GENERIC kernel, > > > actually). > > > > > > What do I need to make the NIC work properly? > > > > CC'ing PYUN YongHyeon, who should be able to help, since he helps > > maintain the driver. :-) > > I don't know which revision of RealTek controller you have. Just > knowing "pciconf -lv" is not enough. Since 7.0 didn't recognize > your controller I guess it could be newer revision from RealTek. > There is a WIP version that try to add support for newer > controllers. In order to try the WIP version you have to update to > latest 7-stable first and apply the following patch. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/re.HEAD.20080610 > > The patch still have some issues but it should detect/recognize > your controller.
It makes sense what you say about the new revision cause the whole computer is quite new. In any case I will paste the "pciconf -lv" output just to be sure of the controller I have. I already have the 7-stable system installed with the kernel sources installed from sysinstall. Do I need any update of the source code? Thanks in advance. > > > > > I'd recommend you start by providing pciconf -lv output here. > > > > -- > > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > > > > -- > Regards, > Pyun YongHyeon > _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
