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Date:      Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:55:28 +0900
From:      Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        Lukas Razik <freebsd@razik.name>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Issue with 7.0-RELEASE and Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Message-ID:  <20080811015528.GB50045@cdnetworks.co.kr>
In-Reply-To: <200808110000.58666.freebsd@razik.name>
References:  <200808110000.58666.freebsd@razik.name>

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On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:00:58AM +0200, Lukas Razik wrote:
 > Hello!
 > 
 > I've a GigaByte GA-X48-DQ6 Motherboard with a "RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit 
 > Ethernet NIC" and I've read that 7.0-RELEASE / amd64 should recognize these 
 > cards (by the "re" driver) but it doesn't in my case.
 > 
 > #uname -a :
 > FreeBSD  7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 10:35:36 UTC 2008     
 > root@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
 > 
 > #pciconf -lv :
 > [...]
 > none2@pci0:4:0:0:       class=0x020000 card=0xe0001458 chip=0x816810ec 
 > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
 >     vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
 >     device     = 'RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC'
 >     class      = network
 >     subclass   = ethernet
 > [...]
 > 
 > So, does FreeBSD 7.0 work with these NICs or am I out of luck?
 > 

It looks like your hardware would be second generation of PCIe
RTL8168/8111. Try latest 7 stable which might have support for your
hardware.

 > Regards and Many Thanks for your help!
 > Lukas

-- 
Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon



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