From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 20 01:01:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D0FB106564A for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:01:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yi0-f54.google.com (mail-yi0-f54.google.com [209.85.218.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C6288FC0C for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:01:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yie19 with SMTP id 19so15036yie.13 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:01:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=ZYhFkDxRBzu36j8NMj7M12UZwyYW4cn7r9RbhvfZYKk=; b=TE6bglHdTjmojc1AkgC4vWDsVf7y0XoEn0Ohji/tj1fsW1+8fde6AZ1I9amXsvT/5i dP5/q0TolqrKhKkZIA0hOMOCuoYq/ZavbPeniqDU9Pa41a0hQuyP20aUgD94DYtqe7up qRKM2rfer5FfDhAKaxEqyyC1/3R3WBAP8XSo0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=Eckr2MMSf7l7YaBTQfNSIyKnth1pPYYjH9iCmX6oX47LUP145+b0bRlX/o6inlOL0b umsT8obULy1Eexw4jEBzxzlYJzfpWtpl0cbIUksPiRKNuqp2ohZcngKwDifFzeDKVV00 46CEOwqMv9l/fDguwtBKu/6WOOs35qU4nINfM= Received: by 10.151.77.10 with SMTP id e10mr1533721ybl.370.1295483792754; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:36:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from pyunyh@gmail.com ([174.35.1.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r24sm808597yba.18.2011.01.19.16.36.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:36:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by pyunyh@gmail.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:35:39 -0800 From: Pyun YongHyeon Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:35:39 -0800 To: bf1783@gmail.com Message-ID: <20110120003538.GE12030@michelle.cdnetworks.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Mike Clarke , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Which network driver for RTL8211 or 8201 NIC's? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:01:32 -0000 On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:54:54PM +0000, b. f. wrote: > Mike Clarke wrote: > > I need to replace a failing motherboard. I'm aiming to keep the existing > > Athlon CPU so I'm tied down to to a socket AM2(+) board and the > > majority of those available seem to have nForce 630a chipsets and > > RTL8211CL or 8201EL NIC's which aren't explicitly mentioned in the > > release notes > > . I see > > that the strings RTL8211C(L) and RTL8201L (but not EL) appear > > in /usr/src/sys/dev/rgephy.c and rlphy.c but the man page for the rl > > driver only mentions RealTek 8129/8139 and I'm not sure which driver is > > built from rgephy.c. > > > > Am I going to have problems if I get a motherboard with one of these > > NIC's? > > It's a bit confusing, because there are product numbers associated > with NICs, and with different individual component chipsets, and some Correct. Identifying exact model number is the one of hardest thing in Realtek controllers. I think RTL8211CL or 8201EL are not MAC controller but the PHY model name. These PHY are supported by rlphy(4) since they are not gigabit PHY(e.g. Fast Ethernet). > code is shared. Pyun YongHyeon, who has been working on the re(4) and > rl(4) drivers in -CURRENT and -STABLE recently, could probably tell > you more (I've cc'ed him). > All Realtek controllers are supported so I think you don't have to worry about that. Very recent controller like RTL8105 is not supported yet but it would be done in near future. > b.