On Friday 28 November 2008 17:14:33 Fernando Apesteguía wrote:
Hi,
I forward my orginal mail to freebsd-questions. I hope someone can
shed some light here...
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From: Fernando Apesteguía [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Subject: FBSD 7.1 BETA2 and RTL8168/8111 problem
To: FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
I recently installed FreeBSD 7.1 BETA2 on my system. During
installation using FTP option, I could notice the following:
After some random time (two, five or six minutes, for instance) the
installation stalled and sysinstall lost the connection. I was taken
back to the Select FTP site screen, and I had to configure my NIC
again. Then, the install resumed and I got a usable system (MINIMAL +
docs + manpages)
But the problem persists. From time to time, it seems the kernel can't
see the NIC. It happens during normal operation and no message is
shown in /var/log/messages. ifconfig doesn't show my 're0' device, so
I can't run dhclient on it and I have to reboot. I have to say that
sometimes, even when I reboot, the NIC (RTL8168/8111 PCI Express) is
not present.
This device works fine in the same computer with either Vista or
Fedora 9, though I have to say I had similar problems with earlier
versions of Fedora (device disappearing or not present after boot),
but after a kernel upgrade everything run smoothly.
Does FreeBSD use the same driver than Linux does? Anybody else with
this problem?
Hi Fernando,
I have seen this problem on my machine as well with both 7.X and
8.0-current.
I am using a RTL8111C chip on a ICH9 GigaByte GA-48X-DS5 motherboard.
If the problem you are experiencing is the same as mine, the clue will
be in
the dmesg. If you take a look, you may see an error message saying something
about a MAC without a PHY (I cant remember the exact message). The motherboard
I have has 2 ethernet ports on it, and randomly it would be missing one or
both of them.
I gave up on trying to get mine to work and turned off the ethernet
option in
BIOS and installed an Intel Pro/1000 based card. I have found the em driver to
be rock stable.
Peg
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