Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:28:32 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Velja Kalik" <vkalik@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Realtek 8101E NIC and FreeBSD 4.11 Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCKEEDCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <425876.97873.qm@web31005.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Velja Kalik > Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:29 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Realtek 8101E NIC and FreeBSD 4.11 > > I guess all would be easy if I had used FreeBSD 5.x or 6.x, but > all nodes have to be 4.11 (comercial compiler on system for > FreeBSD 4.x) so its not like I can choose other verions :) NIC is > integrated Realtek 8101E (PCIEx). > > No reply from Bill Paul or Yves... > I would suggest you budget some money to pay a driver developer to back-port the NIC driver. Even then your going to have a bit of trouble finding someone to do it unless you are offering a lot of money. Unless you are doing this for some kind of mass-produced device, it would likely be cheaper to just disable the NIC and use a supported one. Ted
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