#10155 closed enhancement (invalid)
Support for newer Realtek network interface controllers RTL8111 C/E/D
| Reported by: | sleid | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | general | Version: | |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | RTL8111E |
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Description
The current re(4) Realtek Ethernet adapter driver supports the 8139C+/8169/816xS/811xS/8101E chips, but lacks support for newer Realtek network interface controllers such as RTL8111 C/E/D, the RTL8168 series and some other.
This is unfortunate as the RTL8111E and RTL8111D controllers found their way (in singles or in pairs) into the current families of GigaByte motherboards (such as GA-X58A-UD9/7/5/3R, GA-H55M*, …), and RTL8111C found its way into Asus motherboards (such as P6T), and quite likely into other newer products.
More than 70 modern motherboards use RTL8111E (ITX motherboard with Atom D525).
An updated re driver source for FreeBSD 8.0 is available from the Realtek's web site ( http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/ ) and claims to add support for chips and chipsets:
RTL8111/RTL8111B/RTL8111C/RTL8111CP/RTL8111D(L)/RTL8111DP/RTL8111E RTL8168/RTL8168B/RTL8168C/RTL8168CP/RTL8168D/RTL8168E RTL8169S/RTL8169SB/RTL8169SC RTL8101E/RTL8102E/RTL8103E/RTL8401E/RTL8105E
I tested the new Realtek driver with RTL8111E on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE, works well.
Any chance of importing the updated driver (or adding support) on Freenas ?
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Change History (2)
by , 14 years ago
| Attachment: | rtl_bsd_drv_v180.tgz added |
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comment:1 by , 14 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
WrongTrac.