Da Rock wrote:
On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 10:11 +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
Da Rock wrote:
Hey, hey... I made a boo boo and ordered a unit with this nic onboard
(truthfully, I never thought I'd have any trouble since I had done this
before). Loaded 7 and couldn't find the nic. A little investigation
found that the nic was the above, and a little further found that there
was no support for it in the hcl's.
Now I do find it hard to believe there is no way around this- I found a
driver for FBSD4.5-6, is there one for 6.2 or higher? Or will this one
work? Anyone know how to install it?
The driver is only a c and a h file- Makefile is an empty file, and the
readme tells me to rebuild the kernel after removing rl and re in the
conf. Then I build the driver, and kldload it. Any idea why I'd have to
rebuild the kernel?
Cheers guys
I've seen this driver too (I've investigated for a friend who bought a
similar motherboard that otherwise works with 7). The readme describes
two "methods" of installation but the first one simply does not apply
(there is no modules directory in the download). I have not tried the
second method (looks reasonable though). Removing the rl and re from the
kernel will remove the built-in support (it could conflict with the new
driver) and create a module for the new driver. Note that you are also
asked to replace the files in the FreeBSD src directories. In fact it
is better to build as a module - building it into the kernel may well
leave you with an unbootable kernel if it is not compatible.
As I said, I have not done this (my friend will be running Linux on this
box) but as more and more recent mobos seem to use this NIC - and I may
be buying one- if you are willing to give it a try, I will be interested
in the results.
Well I just tried it- I put this out there for some feedback mainly- the
kernel rebuild is to remove the old rl and re drivers completely, and
the build for the driver is for a module.
Unfortunately the result is a failure: compatibility issues or some sort
(argument warnings, not enough args, invalid variables and functions).
My question is will I find something to work for 7? If not, will it work
on 6.2 or 6.3 (it only says 6 in the readme's)?
I hope realtek releases a driver for 7. I would not want to go back to
6.X for this.
I have a 6.3 server, and can give it a try - as far as compiling the
module, not actually using it, I don't have the NIC.
I will post the results later today.
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