kern/109642: [re] re(4) does not support 3 port 8169 but the offical RealTek driver does

[Corey Smith]

>Number:         109642
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [re] re(4) does not support 3 port 8169 but the offical RealTek driver does
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 27 20:10:06 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Corey Smith
>Release:        6.2-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD minivp1 6.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p1 #0: Tue Feb 27 12:20:49 EST 2007     root at minivp1:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP  i386
>Description:
I have a 3 port Realtek interface that does not work with the version included with FreeBSD 6.2 or -CURRENT but does work under the driver made by RealTek.

Using the driver rtl_bsd_drv_v172.tgz from realtek's website...

rl0: <Realtek RTL8169(s) Gigabit Ethernet Adapter> port 0xf600-0xf6ff
mem 0xfdfff000-0xfdfff0ff irq 18 at device 9.0 on pci0
rl0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
version:1.72
rl0: Ethernet address: 00:30:18:ab:68:f6
rl0: Ethernet address: 00:30:18:ab:68:f6
rl1: <Realtek RTL8169(s) Gigabit Ethernet Adapter> port 0xf400-0xf4ff
mem 0xfdffd000-0xfdffd0ff irq 19 at device 11.0 on pci0
rl1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
version:1.72
rl1: Ethernet address: 00:30:18:ab:68:f7
rl1: Ethernet address: 00:30:18:ab:68:f7
rl2: <Realtek RTL8169(s) Gigabit Ethernet Adapter> port 0xf800-0xf8ff
mem 0xfdffc000-0xfdffc0ff irq 16 at device 12.0 on pci0
rl2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
version:1.72
rl2: Ethernet address: 00:30:18:ab:68:f8
rl2: Ethernet address: 00:30:18:ab:68:f8

rl0 at pci0:9:0:   class=0x020000 card=0x10ec16f3 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
   vendor   = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
   device   = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
   class    = network
   subclass = ethernet
rl1 at pci0:11:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x10ec16f3 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
   vendor   = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
   device   = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
   class    = network
   subclass = ethernet
rl2 at pci0:12:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x10ec16f3 chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
   vendor   = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
   device   = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
   class    = network
   subclass = ethernet
>How-To-Repeat:
Current rl(4) driver does not support my NIC
>Fix:
Using the driver rtl_bsd_drv_v172.tgz from realtek's website...

Available this URL:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=4&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

Any chance the changes in 172 could be merged into FreeBSD?
>Release-Note:
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