VT6102 and RTL 8100

[Thomas Nystrom]

Tuomo Latto wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> does anyone have any idea whether VIA VT6102 "Rhine II" and Realtek RTL
> 8100 Ethernet chips are supported by FreeBSD?
> The hardware list for supported chips does list 'VT86C100A "Rhine II"' but
> according to VIA website VT86C100A is actually just "Rhine" and it is
> obviously not the same chip. (The 'VT3043 "Rhine I"' chip mentioned in
> hardware list can not be found with the search function on the VIA website
> at all.)

The VIA VT6102 is supported.

The names of the Rhine-chips listed for FreeBSD is a little bit
confusing. Be prepared to get the same kind of confusion when you look
at the dmesg output during a boot....

Can't say anything about Realtek chips.

/thn

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