Realtek re(4) driver
Steven Hartland
killing at multiplay.co.uk
Tue Apr 10 23:06:03 UTC 2018
Try:
http://12244.wpc.azureedge.net/8012244/drivers/rtdrivers/cn/nic/0007-rtl_bsd_drv_v194.01.tgz
May or many not work depending on if its a per client download URL
On 10/04/2018 23:50, Dieter BSD wrote:
> Multiple people have found that FreeBSD's re(4) driver for Realtek
> Ethernet chips has problems. Something like a rcp(1) with another
> FreeBSD box merely runs slower due to the stalls, but if the other end
> has buggy network code and/or if the transfer is forced to use UDP
> (Unreliable Data Protocol) data is lost. :-(
>
> Rumor has it that Realtek has a driver that works properly with FreeBSD.
>
> FreeBSD's developers are apparently unable to:
> a) Fix the existing FreeBSD re(4) device driver so that it works correctly.
> b) Replace the existing FreeBSD re(4) device driver with Realtek's driver.
> c) Make Realtek's driver into a port/pkg.
> d) At least add a warning to the re(4) man page, with the URL for
> Realtek's driver.
>
> Therefore every user with Realtek Ethernet chips are forced to somehow
> discover that Realtek has a working driver, then somehow obtain a copy
> of this mythical driver, get it to compile and build a custom kernel.
> They then need to write a test suite and verify that Realtek's driver
> does in fact work properly for their applications.
>
> I am currently suffering data loss due to this. Therefore I am
> attempting to obtain a copy of the mythical Realtek device driver.
> I managed to find
>
>> http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=4&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
> But it does not work for me. It has a listing for
>
>> Description Version Update Time File Size Download Site 1
>> FreeBSD 7.x and 8.0 1.94 2017/9/15 93k Global
> The machine with the re ports is running 10.3, hopefully the 7&8 code
> will compile and work on 10. But the real problem is that clicking on
> "Global" does not work. Some browsers do nothing. Firefox creates
> a new window with http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/
> which is going backwards. I was expecting something like a tar file
> containing the source code.
>
> I also tried google, and emailing a FreeBSD user that runs the Realtek
> driver, but both pointed me to the above non-working URL. I'm
> told that seamonkey works, but...
>
> So my question is: could someone please tell me the URL that points
> *directly* to the mythical Realtek device driver? (without
> the broken javascheist garbage)
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