Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:24:36 +0200 From: Lokadamus <lokadamus@gmx.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with RealTek 8201 / rlphy Message-ID: <4CAE1E74.2090802@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <4CAE1B80.3050905@msen.com> References: <4CADFA53.2060207@msen.com> <4CAE1488.4090503@gmx.de> <4CAE1B80.3050905@msen.com>
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Am 07.10.2010 21:12, schrieb Mark Moellering: > On 07-Oct-10 2:42 PM, Lokadamus wrote: >> Am 07.10.2010 18:50, schrieb Mark Moellering: >>> I am installing FreeBSD 8.1 on an MSI wind notebook, which has a >>> RealTek 8201 wireless chip. The kernel acknowledges the chip as >>> rlphy0 on mii but I have no idea of how to actually configure it. >>> It shows up as miibus/rlphy in kldstat and as dev.rlphy.0 >>> It does not show up under ifconfig >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> Mark Moellering >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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" >>> >> Have you read this? >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-wireless.html > I have. I have no problem setting up wireless interfaces on other > computers where there is a known/accepted driver and an ifconfig entry. > > If I try and create the wlan0 device using "# ifconfig wlan0 create > wlandev rlphy0" I get the following > # ifconfig : SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured > > I have read through a variety of man pages and I can't figure out how > to tell ifconfig there is a device rlphy0 which attaches to sysctl - > dev.rlphy.0 > > I have found an entry under the miibus man: > > A generic driver has been included for all PHYs that > are not handled by a specific driver, this is possible because > all 10/100 > PHYs implement the same general register set along with their > vendor spe- > cific register set. > > but I can find no info on how to use that driver or get it to show up > under ifconfig. If I list all interfaces under ifconfig, I just get > re0 and lo0 > > Thanks for the reply. > > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Help this? http://www.listware.net/201008/freebsd-questions/56703-re-realtek-81398201l-ethernet-phy-driver.html
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