From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 1 04:19:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72646106567A for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 04:19:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D3DB8FC1A for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 04:19:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2366384rvf.43 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:19:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:date:from :to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=DZLrCo0GCO82vaOq598IEBqxoIJVQA2PAL4RWs5NpCg=; b=jES2/rdzdJC6AjHRpIwHRbSM48HPCsPo3FBFHSqCBYmxHOwye0UNpQiasce1SGx37o P6a0LVKNsNhkkwCITJ8xeFbGcltyWoVSEWBvUaPoo8QmNlcpT0EYmzcT0ZNnF7Ej3ddK SXptWng0hdURv6ntd7cbHNJ2KyJaQ44OBA288= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=YqSfRiDx/DBB6DkFkT7/tXqs7VMTwAZryAtBuVNUiYRlpmxfHfWvM7DYMmqemYfmSH 5QHzkiQOwH7t+Rp/XWGyG0JtXo0hhYe0MO1T1yEIqse8+IA5ukOL3L1DXQbc8P7bY9zv ZfiobEpDWPPPCNHB43QuBdKcaMqfAYBcripFg= Received: by 10.141.29.8 with SMTP id g8mr3170052rvj.62.1220242789957; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:19:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ( [211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g31sm9492600rvb.7.2008.08.31.21.19.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:19:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (localhost.cdnetworks.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id m814JiaQ048639 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:19:44 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id m814JiBF048638; Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:19:44 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:19:44 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Tony Sim Message-ID: <20080901041944.GB48568@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <5fb5cdcd0808312001k419cd735r55c37a15f5f76ab5@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5fb5cdcd0808312001k419cd735r55c37a15f5f76ab5@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions on how to use the Head files Pyun YongHyeon has created for re driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:19:50 -0000 On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 12:01:16PM +0900, Tony Sim wrote: > Hi. I've recently purchased a laptop that, by the looks of windows drivers > that came with it, was made by Realtek. I THINK it might be 8168c, but > regardless, freebsd 7-rel failed to detect it. > Have you tried to run it on latest 7-stable or CURRENT? I guess re(4) on 7-stable may recognize your controller. If not please let me know. > I've tried to use ndisgen to get a .ko module, but it only > half-worked; now freebsd detects the card as a realtek 8168/8111 and can be > found on ifconfig, but it's status is not UP nor DOWN. When I tried to > change the status to UP, the entire system crashed. > > I've also tried downloading the driver from realtek homepage, but it won't > compile (and does not have a folder with .ko file, as the Readme.txt claims) > > A google search got me to an archived post: > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2008-06/msg00186.html > > and from the looks of it, he has created more patches since the posting: > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/ > Now re(4) has all the changes in the directory above so you don't need to manually patch them if you run 7-stable/CURRENT. > except me being a newbie, I can't figure out what to do with this file. The > responses from the testers were quite favorable, so I'm very excited about > the find. Can someone help me figure out what i'm supposed to do here? I'm > guessing these are patches, but patches to which files? and how do i apply > these? > > thank you very much for reading so far. -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon