Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:24:15 -0700 From: Troy Beisigl <troy@i2bnetworks.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RTL8111-GR driver for FreeBSD6.4 Message-ID: <F9B43CCE-74D3-412A-B15C-8A6347581244@i2bnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905281113360.58390@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <8940FAF1-E405-4511-B16A-DD842FE460B7@i2bnetworks.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905280118540.55698@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905272226210.5125@tripel.monochrome.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905281113360.58390@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Yep. The 6.4 has the same thing. It looks like it did work. We had the Intel MB that had an Intel NIC and it was not supported on 6.4. I had ordered up the same MB with the Realtek NIC and just got it this morning. Seems to support it fine. Thanks for the posts. Troy Beisigl On May 28, 2009, at 2:14 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> says it support RTL8111 >>> but i have FreeBSD 7.1 >> >> I have a 6.4 machine (about to be retired). On that machine, man 4 >> re says it supports the RTL8111S, but does not mention the >> RTL8111GR. My guess is that > > in 7.1 it too says only about "S", i assumed that S and GR are only > different chip revisions/different functionality, maybe one have > builtin PHY other external etc. etc. but it's software compatible. > > That's usual naming scheme of chips, but of course there may be > exceptions. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > "
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