Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:20:13 +0200 From: Jonas Lund <whizzter@gmail.com> To: Frank Reppin <frank@undermydesk.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [if_re.c] INTEL mini/itx DE945GSEJT Message-ID: <436c7eda0908050820g5a610a9dk6b1b1cf20afe2be8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A78C0B5.8080808@undermydesk.org> References: <4A78C0B5.8080808@undermydesk.org>
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If you've just purchased a new board i think you could try it out as you install it. Apart from the mentioned things boards usually contains the same chipsets as other boards so chances are it'll work. And if not directly then under some compat mode (Altho could be with reduced speed) And if realtek does provide source for their drivers i'd prolly not be too worried. The shitties drivers i've used was some crap produced by some random chineese chip-shop that had delay(10000) or something alike it inside kernel-code (That's right.. it waited 10 seconds in kernel for no apperant reason!) but the code was functional with this removed. 2009/8/5 Frank Reppin <frank@undermydesk.org>: > Hi all, > > just purchased the above mentioned board: > > http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GSEJT/D945GSEJT-ov= erview.htm > > and this board claims to come with a so called: > > =A0Realtek 8111D > > network (10/100/1000m) chipset onboard. > > Digging in -current and google.com/ncr revealed that this certain board/n= ic > seems to be not supported by the -CURRENT- if_re.c provided > by FreeBSD. Some further investigations reveals that OpenBSD claims to > support this (most prolly) precious chipset (8111D) within their 4.5 > release: > > =A0http://www.openbsd.org/45.html > =A0(searching for 8111D will point you to re(4)) > > My question(s) is(are): > > =A0a) does anyone run this board without flaws on fbsd-current > =A0 =A0 with its intergrated 8111D NIC > =A0 =A0 ( my 'failover' option is to run this board using xl thanks to > =A0 =A0 =A0 it's pci slot) > > =A0b) if a) doesn't apply - how did you get it working on current/stable > =A0 =A0 without another driver > > =A0c) OpenBSD mentions this one ( 8111D support ) in their release notes > =A0 =A0 for a _stable_ version ( 4.5 )- but I cannot even see support for > =A0 =A0 this specific device in FreeBSD trunk/head > > =A0d) realtek itself does provide drivers for even FreeBSD (sources)... > =A0 =A0 ... are there any experiences using those drivers > > To make a long story short/and to be honest... > > ... I'd like to see native support in at least -current. > > TIA, > > frank reppin > > -- > > http://www.undermydesk.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >
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