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    • gregeehG
      gregeeh @TheNarc
      last edited by gregeeh

      @thenarc said in Official Realtek Driver v1.95 Binary:

      Is there a reason you don't want to use the compiled 1.95 binaries already available?

      No not really, I just thought I would try and do it myself, I suppose just as practice/learning experience. Silly when you think about it I suppose.

      What I do not understand is must the drivers be re-compiled for each version of pfSense or FreeBSD, or is it just best practice? Presently I have 1.94 drivers installed on the current stable release of pfSense (2.4.3-RELEASE-p1), so do they stop working, or cause issues, once I upgrade?

      Thanks for taking the time to reply.

      Greg

      Edit: I'm assuming the messages after the make command were normal?

      PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
      CPU N3150, 2 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 2 Realtek Gb Ethernet ports.
      UniFi AC-Lite access point

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        TheNarc
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        Nothing wrong with wanting to do it yourself. And I don't think that warning is anything to worry about. It was output before the compilation (the line beginning with "cc") even began. I believe that technically a re-compilation should only be necessary on major release changes of FreeBSD, which going from pfSense 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 will be (it's going from 10 to 11). So a re-compilation will be necessary for 2.4.4.

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        • GrimsonG
          Grimson Banned @TheNarc
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          @thenarc said in Official Realtek Driver v1.95 Binary:

          I believe that technically a re-compilation should only be necessary on major release changes of FreeBSD, which going from pfSense 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 will be (it's going from 10 to 11).

          No it's going from 11.1 to 11.2.

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          • gregeehG
            gregeeh @TheNarc
            last edited by

            @thenarc said in Official Realtek Driver v1.95 Binary:

            I believe that technically a re-compilation should only be necessary on major release changes of FreeBSD, which going from pfSense 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 will be (it's going from 10 to 11). So a re-compilation will be necessary for 2.4.4.

            So which comes first, upgrade from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 and then re-compile and install. Or, re-compile and install and then upgrade from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4. Or does it not matter.

            Sorry for all the dumb questions, just trying to understand.

            PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
            CPU N3150, 2 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 2 Realtek Gb Ethernet ports.
            UniFi AC-Lite access point

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            • gregeehG
              gregeeh @Grimson
              last edited by

              @grimson said in Official Realtek Driver v1.95 Binary:

              @thenarc said in Official Realtek Driver v1.95 Binary:

              I believe that technically a re-compilation should only be necessary on major release changes of FreeBSD, which going from pfSense 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 will be (it's going from 10 to 11).

              No it's going from 11.1 to 11.2.

              It's going from 11.1-RELEASE-p10 to 11.2-RELEASE-p11.

              PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
              CPU N3150, 2 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 2 Realtek Gb Ethernet ports.
              UniFi AC-Lite access point

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                TheNarc
                last edited by

                No problem. It shouldn't really matter, it's just that if you have the driver compiled for 2.4.4 and are running 2.4.3, it will fail to load and will use the built-in driver. Likewise, if you have the driver compiled for 2.4.3 and are running 2.4.4, it will also fail and use the built-in driver. But no catastrophic failure will occur.

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                  TheNarc @gregeeh
                  last edited by

                  @gregeeh Thanks @Grimson, I should have checked. So in that case, possibly the driver will still work in 2.4.4. I think it's probably still best practice to re-compile, and I plan to. But I'm not familiar enough with FreeBSD development to be sure.

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                  • gregeehG
                    gregeeh @TheNarc
                    last edited by

                    @thenarc said in Official Realtek Driver v1.95 Binary:

                    No problem. It shouldn't really matter, it's just that if you have the driver compiled for 2.4.4 and are running 2.4.3, it will fail to load and will use the built-in driver. Likewise, if you have the driver compiled for 2.4.3 and are running 2.4.4, it will also fail and use the built-in driver. But no catastrophic failure will occur.

                    Great, thanks for clearing that up.

                    PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                    CPU N3150, 2 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 2 Realtek Gb Ethernet ports.
                    UniFi AC-Lite access point

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                    • GrimsonG
                      Grimson Banned @gregeeh
                      last edited by

                      @gregeeh said in Official Realtek Driver v1.95 Binary:

                      It's going from 11.1-RELEASE-p10 to 11.2-RELEASE-p11.

                      Nope. 11.2 is at p3 currently, p11 doesn't even exist yet for 11.2.

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                        breakaway
                        last edited by

                        Hi TheNarc - Did you manage to compile v1.95 driver for pfSense 2.4.4 yet?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          See: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/135850/official-realtek-driver-binary-1-95-for-2-4-4-release

                          Steve

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                            fkoczan
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                            I have made FreeBSD 12 package.
                            https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ch4Z_w7gpbrpavQ4KhPUXUzYhRyzqnye/view?usp=sharing
                            I dont consider it my work - I have just packed it in one archive. It is stable for me on 12.0 p3 more than
                            "sed -i -e 's/TAILQ_FOREACH/CK_STAILQ_FOREACH/g' if_re.c"

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