On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 09:18 -1000, Al Plant wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > I have replaced 8111c. Use Tealtek 8169 1000.pci cards on FreeBSD 7/8 > I saw reports on this list about 8111c being a bad nic. > So I changed and the 8169 is really great.
Yeah, me too now. I tried building the ndis driver, the driver for the realtek 8111c- all NG. I think someone is going to have to build this properly at some stage. Apparently the driver is only supposed to work in 6 but I couldn't get it to work. As for the ifconfig up settings, I was using sysinstall... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
