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    [help] realtek 8111e won't detect

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      biatche
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      i have a board with onboard realtek 8111e, it won't detect.

      i've tried below with the current snapshot

      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,32983.0.html

      still doesn't detect.

      will pfsense include this driver in their kernel, gigabyte boards are very common…

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        biatche
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        now i just found that dmesg | grep re0

        shows

        re0: <realtek 8111="" 8186="" b="" c="" etc…="" ...<br="">not sure if that helps...

        kldstat shows if_re.ko is loaded
        ifconfig | grep re doesn't show any re0 interface......

        im using gigabyte GA-880GMA-USB3 board with 2x intel gigabit nic which detect fine.

        nothing in webgui -> interfaces -> assign
        just em0 and em1 which are my intel nics.</realtek>

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          wallabybob
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          Please post the complete output of # dmesg | grep re

          The re driver probably had a complaint about the device it attempting to take control of. The rest of the output should give some clue about the complaint.

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            biatche
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            [2.0-RC3][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(3): dmesg | grep re0

            re0: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet=""> port 0xde00-0xdeff mem 0xfd4ff000-0xfd4fffff,0xfd4f8000-0xfd4fbfff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci4
            re0: Using 1 MSI messages
            re0: Chip rev. 0x2c800000
            re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000
            re0: Unknown H/W revision: 0x2c800000
            device_attach: re0 attach returned 6</realtek>
            

            [2.0-RC3][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(5): kldstat

            Id Refs Address    Size     Name
             1    2 0xc0400000 1162dc4  kernel
             2    1 0xc1563000 195b4    if_re.ko
            

            [2.0-RC3][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(6): uname -a

            FreeBSD pfSense.localdomain 8.1-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p4 #0: Wed Jun 29 19:58:31 EDT 2011     sullrich@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8  i386
            
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              wallabybob
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              @biatche:

              [2.0-RC3][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(3): dmesg | grep re0

              re0: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet=""> port 0xde00-0xdeff mem 0xfd4ff000-0xfd4fffff,0xfd4f8000-0xfd4fbfff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci4
              re0: Using 1 MSI messages
              re0: Chip rev. 0x2c800000
              re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000
              re0: Unknown H/W revision: 0x2c800000
              device_attach: re0 attach returned 6</realtek>
              

              That is your problem: the re driver says it doesn't recognise the hardware revision in the chip and refuses to attach to the device, hence ifconfig won't report interface re0.

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                biatche
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                so what do i do? shrug

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                  biatche
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                  http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/8.2R/if_re.c
                  http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/8.2R/if_rlreg.h

                  anybody kind enough to compile this for me? much obliged.

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