re0 in HP dx2400 not useable.

[Al Plant]

Johan Hendriks wrote:
> Hello all 
> 
> I have a new HP dx2400 Desktop PC.
> 
> It has a Realtek network interface but FreeBSD does not get it going.
> 
>  
> 
> This is what I get with dmesg
> 
>  
> 
> re0 <RealTek 8168/8111B PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xe800-0xe8ff 
> 
> mem 0xfebff000-0xfebfffff,0fdff0000-0fdffffff irq18 at device 0.0 on
> pci2
> 
> re0 Unknown H/W revision: 3c000000
> 
> device attach: re0 attach returned 6
> 
>  
> 
> pciconf -lv
> 
>  
> 
> re0 at pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x2a73103c chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02
> hdr-0x00
> 
> vendor = 'Realtek Semiconducter'
> 
> device = 'RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
> 
> class = network
> 
> subclass = Ethernet
> 
>  
> 
> This is on the last snapshots from both 7 and 8 (amd64)
> 
> I do not know if the messages are the same on 7 or 8
> 
> FreeBSD 7 release does not detect the device at all
> 
>  
> 
> regards,
> 
> Johan Hendriks
> 
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Aloha,

On my FreeBSD 8 boxes re0 is for RealTech nic card 8169 SB Pci0 1000 TX
Works flawlessly. These are add in cards not on mobo.

I recall that 8111 has problems reported in the list months ago.
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