RTL8111C driver for FBSD7

[Da Rock]

On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 09:18 -1000, Al Plant wrote:
> Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Da Rock wrote:
> >> On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 10:11 +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> >>  
> >>> Da Rock wrote:
> >>>    
> >>>> Hey, hey... I made a boo boo and ordered a unit with this nic onboard
> >>>> (truthfully, I never thought I'd have any trouble since I had done this
> >>>> before). Loaded 7 and couldn't find the nic. A little investigation
> >>>> found that the nic was the above, and a little further found that there
> >>>> was no support for it in the hcl's.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now I do find it hard to believe there is no way around this- I found a
> >>>> driver for FBSD4.5-6, is there one for 6.2 or higher? Or will this one
> >>>> work? Anyone know how to install it?
> >>>>
> >>>> The driver is only a c and a h file- Makefile is an empty file, and the
> >>>> readme tells me to rebuild the kernel after removing rl and re in the
> >>>> conf. Then I build the driver, and kldload it. Any idea why I'd have to
> >>>> rebuild the kernel?
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers guys
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>> I've seen this driver too (I've investigated for a friend who bought 
> >>> a similar motherboard that otherwise works with 7). The readme 
> >>> describes two "methods" of installation but the first one simply does 
> >>> not apply (there is no modules directory in the download). I have not 
> >>> tried the second method (looks reasonable though). Removing the rl 
> >>> and re from the kernel will remove the built-in support (it could 
> >>> conflict with the new driver) and create a module for the new driver. 
> >>> Note that you are also asked to replace the files in the FreeBSD src 
> >>> directories.  In fact it is better to build as a module - building it 
> >>> into the kernel may well leave you with an unbootable kernel if it is 
> >>> not compatible.
> >>>
> >>> As I said, I have not done this (my friend will be running Linux on 
> >>> this box) but as more and more recent mobos seem to use this NIC - 
> >>> and I may be buying one- if you are willing to give it a try, I will 
> >>> be interested in the results.
> >>>     
> >>
> >> Well I just tried it- I put this out there for some feedback mainly- the
> >> kernel rebuild is to remove the old rl and re drivers completely, and
> >> the build for the driver is for a module.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately the result is a failure: compatibility issues or some sort
> >> (argument warnings, not enough args, invalid variables and functions).
> >> My question is will I find something to work for 7? If not, will it work
> >> on 6.2 or 6.3 (it only says 6 in the readme's)?
> >>   
> > I hope realtek releases a driver for 7. I would not want to go back to 
> > 6.X for this.
> > I have a 6.3 server, and can give it a try - as far as compiling the 
> > module, not actually using it, I don't have the NIC.
> > I will post the results later today.
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> I have replaced 8111c.  Use Tealtek 8169 1000.pci cards on FreeBSD 7/8 
> I saw reports on this list about 8111c being a bad nic.
> So I changed and the 8169 is really great.

Yeah, me too now. I tried building the ndis driver, the driver for the
realtek 8111c- all NG. I think someone is going to have to build this
properly at some stage. Apparently the driver is only supposed to work
in 6 but I couldn't get it to work. As for the ifconfig up settings, I
was using sysinstall...