Help loading compiled driver

IggyB · Jan 5, 2017, 3:56 AM

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

IggyB · Jan 5, 2017, 5:44 AM

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>

VAMike · Jan 5, 2017, 2:01 PM

@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?

IggyB · Jan 6, 2017, 6:03 AM

@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>

stephenw10 · Jan 10, 2017, 6:30 PM

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