Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:33:53 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8111C? Message-ID: <20080919133353.71c939ad@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <48D3D0A8.7070504@mindling.com> References: <48D3D0A8.7070504@mindling.com>
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--Sig_/ke=O.RHfivUkvbwg/uQWLfE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:17:44 -0700 Sebastian <sebastian@mindling.com> wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I'd like to confirm my understanding of current status on this NIC. > It seems, based on some searching, the current Realtek driver in > FreeBSD doesn't support the 8111C, and that although the > vendor-supplied driver _may_ work for older 5.x and 6.0 releases (if > one can get it compiled, I couldn't), it doesn't work in 6.3 or 7. So > the RTL8111C is effectively not supported. True? >=20 > I picked up a nice little Atom board to use as a low-power NAS, and=20 > unfortunately just assumed the onboard Realtek NIC was supported.=20 > Unfortunately I don't have a PCI slot on this mobo to use a different > NIC. >=20 > Is anyone working on this driver? :) Have you checked this out: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Soldiers who wish to be a hero Are practically zero, But those who wish to be civilians, They run into the millions. --Sig_/ke=O.RHfivUkvbwg/uQWLfE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAkjT4oIACgkQBvaKIJWWCO3AxACXS6682NIXRuNE2rPNKeZT8efs igCfdSURWHVrzDEh8NIkioDNP7ki+JI= =SjdZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/ke=O.RHfivUkvbwg/uQWLfE--
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