From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 25 02:08:12 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F6A0349C9E for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49sk241kTFz4Mpj for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 397B2349A59; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:08:12 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 393C4349AE2 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com) Received: from echo.brtsvcs.net (echo.brtsvcs.net [208.111.40.118]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49sk2338ljz4N3Y for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:08:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com) Received: from chombo.houseloki.net (65-100-43-2.dia.static.qwest.net [65.100.43.2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "chombo.houseloki.net", Issuer "brtsvcs.net CA" (verified OK)) by echo.brtsvcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E96A38D16; Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:08:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2602:41:642b:630:890b:ed43:f6ce:c9be] (unknown [IPv6:2602:41:642b:630:890b:ed43:f6ce:c9be]) by chombo.houseloki.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0E443A451; Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:08:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: RealTek 2.5 GbE (RTL8125) support? To: Chris Gordon Cc: questions@freebsd.org References: From: Mel Pilgrim Message-ID: <9a813afd-682a-4099-ef42-6fad667f18ba@bluerosetech.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:08:02 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49sk2338ljz4N3Y X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com designates 208.111.40.118 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.32 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx:relay3.brtsvcs.net]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.98)[-0.978]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[bluerosetech.com]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.99)[-0.988]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.05)[-0.055]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36236, ipnet:208.111.40.0/24, country:US]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:08:12 -0000 On 2020-06-18 16:43, Chris Gordon wrote: > > >> On Jun 18, 2020, at 10:40 AM, Mel Pilgrim >> wrote: >> >> Are RealTek 2.5 GbE NICs () supported? I don't see RLT8125 parts >> listed in if_re(4) or if_re.c, and that appears to be the only >> driver for RealTek gigabit NICs? > > I don't know if that specific chipset is supported, but based on > experience with re(4) 1 Gbps NICs, I would avoid it like the plague. > I have several home "servers" with on board re(4) NICs (disabled in > firmware now, so I can't get the specific chipset). I would have > random connectivity problems such as samba shares randomly > disappearing or systems becoming unresponsive over the network, > especially during a file transfer (size didn't matter). While > annoying, I never spent the time to get to the bottom of it. One day > I actually paid some attention to /var/log/messages and saw frequent, > random link state changes (DOWN then UP) across all of the machines. > From some googling, this seems to be a common issue. Replaced them > all with some Intel em(4) NICs and things have been solid since. > > Hope that helps. I appreciate your feedback, but I'm not sure how complaining about other hardware is answering whether or not this one is supported?