Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:11:23 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> To: Greg Mars <authentec@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8111B LAN Chipset Message-ID: <20080120160405.E14916@delplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <47928642.2090707@gmail.com> References: <47928642.2090707@gmail.com>
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, Greg Mars wrote: > I'm buying parts for a computer and want to make sure that the core > components are as freebsd friendly as possible. So far, I've decided on a > core 2 quad q6600 and I'm choosing the motherboard now. Me2 (unless I wait for a newer generation of CPUs). > However it seems many > of the popular motherboards have Realtek ALC888 as built-in audio and Realtek > 8111B as built-in LAN. > I read at: > > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/i386/article.html > > that the sound should work but I couldn't find any info on the LAN. > Does anyone on the list have any experience with it? > > By the way, I'm going to run FreeBSD 7. I also want a cheap PCI/e NIC that works well with drivers back to FreeBSD-4 like my plain PCI bge and em NICs do. I doubt that any popular motherboard will have anything better than a cheap PCI/e NIC. Bruce
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