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    • I
      IggyB
      last edited by

      hi,

      can anyone help me with this?

      what is the proper way to load a freebsd realtek nic driver compiled for pfsense? if_re.ko

      i compiled the driver i obtained from realtek website using freebsd 10.3 in virtualbox on linux host

      thank you

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        IggyB
        last edited by

        so far

        i fetched if_re.ko to /boot/kernel
        chmod 0555 if_re.ko && chown root:wheel if_re.ko

        added if_re_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf

        is this the right way? can anyone help. thanks

        kldload says.

        kldload if_re kldload: can't load if_re: module already loaded or in kernel

        : kldstat
        Id Refs Address            Size    Name
        1    8 0xffffffff80200000 225edc0  kernel
        2    1 0xffffffff8245f000 64c68    if_re.ko
        3    1 0xffffffff82611000 7577    aesni.ko
        4    1 0xffffffff82619000 29eb    coretemp.ko

        is there a way to check what driver version is loaded.

        EDIT! i checked boot log by doing more /var/run/dmesg.boot

        and i found

        re0: <realtek pcie="" gbe="" family="" controller="">port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0x81300000-0x81300fff,0xa0100000-0xa0103fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2
        re0: Using Memory Mapping!
        re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
        re0: version:1.92

        re1: <realtek pcie="" gbe="" family="" controller="">port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0x81200000-0x81200fff,0xa0000000-0xa0003fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
        re1: Using Memory Mapping!
        re1: Using 1 MSI-X message
        re1: version:1.92

        This product is covered by one or more of the following patents:
        US6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625.

        Does this confirm that driver 1.92 i compiled from realtek website is in use?</realtek></realtek>

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          VAMike
          last edited by

          @IggyB:

          Does this confirm that driver 1.92 i compiled from realtek website is in use?

          What did the dmesg say before you tried to switch drivers? Was it the same version?

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            IggyB
            last edited by

            @VAMike:

            @IggyB:

            Does this confirm that driver 1.92 i compiled from realtek website is in use?

            What did the dmesg say before you tried to switch drivers? Was it the same version?

            Not sure, i will unload the realtek driver and have a look now. Will let you know

            EDIT!
            Default built in drivers.

            re0: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" g="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0x81300000-0x81300fff,0xa0100000-0xa0103fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2
            re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
            re0: turning off MSI enable bit.
            re0: Chip rev. 0x4c000000
            re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000
            miibus0: <mii bus="">on re0
            rgephy0: <rtl8251 1000base-t="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
            rgephy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow

            re1: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" f="" g="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0x81200000-0x81200fff,0xa0000000-0xa0003fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
            re1: Using 1 MSI-X message
            re1: turning off MSI enable bit.
            re1: Chip rev. 0x4c000000
            re1: MAC rev. 0x00000000
            miibus1: <mii bus="">on re1
            rgephy1: <rtl8251 1000base-t="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
            rgephy1:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow</rtl8251></mii></realtek></rtl8251></mii></realtek>

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              That's exactly how I've done it previously, though not with the re driver.

              Looks to be loading correctly to me. What was the reason for doing that?

              Steve

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