From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 3 03:06:45 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0BEF09AF for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 03:06:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-x22f.google.com (mail-pb0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D618C1F12 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 03:06:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f47.google.com with SMTP id um1so15114065pbc.34 for ; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:06:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=OVgh/67yqF7IEenATKlvtmJi2Qal6n7GPPezk+psffs=; b=YP03iVxiqo0U/I06EShSUQXDckPrYJ8UVpWL84ls/b61Xt8SslE4psG4rnxOXdRLG9 tnHzjgSKHcvIY+44s9SmyEsPdhC7FZlNXNDz1bY0UiQ6QDZju1BlIpDs2vqpMmyEwRlk esvnVkJAHVwjnJPqkhtL5jE78ySww51jTgjIqwgBgAX4UT8KtrwdgCx6Q3k3DGkfQBlt C/YB1EoBfvN6AQ3WuNCUhENTJkKGEfddW5maEJgJ9Eyx+tma36YtFz9M1GVOJ1I7Kf+O W7OWw7WvDmZiby8jKBePpdohXfedVybcgCZV3MG7NdkysFSjvs8LVDvG22tDhYs3BuJD eVuw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.4.130 with SMTP id k2mr92037987pak.95.1388718404446; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:06:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.92.71 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Jan 2014 19:06:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 21:06:44 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RTL8111/8168B not negotiating 1GB From: Adam Vande More To: "Sam Fourman Jr." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: FreeBSD Current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:06:45 -0000 On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > Hello list, > > I have a Asus Sabertooth 990FXv2 motherboard, and a run of the mill > NetGear DGS2205 desktop gig switch > > with linux my Ethernet can negotiate at 1GB but with FreeBSD it can not > if I force the device to 1000baseT with ifconfig it does not work. > > > uname -a > FreeBSD NewBSD 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #1 r260188M: Thu Jan 2 > 04:27:49 CST 2014 sfourman@NewBSD:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > > > re0@pci0:10:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x85051043 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x09 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.' > device = 'RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > > > root@NewBSD:/usr/home/sfourman/Desktop # ifconfig > re0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=8209b > ether 60:a4:4c:60:d5:a7 > inet 192.168.1.31 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > inet6 fe80::62a4:4cff:fe60:d5a7%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > nd6 options=29 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > status: active /etc/rc.conf is important here as well as the complete steps and output which provoked this response: "but with FreeBSD it can not if I force the device to 1000baseT with ifconfig it does not work." In the given output, autoselect clearly selects 100Mb connection, the question is why. -- Adam