Realtek re(4) driver

[Farhan Khan]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Steven Hartland <killing at multiplay.co.uk>
wrote:

>
>
> On 11/04/2018 22:01, BERTRAND Joël wrote:
>
>> Rodney W. Grimes a écrit :
>>
>>> SO if you want to submit your pciconf -lv,
>>> PLEASE include the dmesg output for the device.
>>>
>>         I don't know if it's enough as I cannot reboot with FreeBSD
>> officiel
>> driver. I use Realtek one :
>>
>> Mar 24 21:35:06 pythagore kernel: re0: <Realtek PCIe GBE Family
>> Controller> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem
>> 0xf7d00000-0xf7d00fff,0xf0000000-0xf0003fff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci2
>> Mar 24 21:35:06 pythagore kernel: re0: Using Memory Mapping!
>> Mar 24 21:35:06 pythagore kernel: re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
>> Mar 24 21:35:06 pythagore kernel: re0: version:1.94.01
>> Mar 24 21:35:06 pythagore kernel: re0: Ethernet address: d8:cb:8a:7d:10:59
>> Mar 24 21:35:06 pythagore kernel: re0: Ethernet address: d8:cb:8a:7d:10:59
>> Mar 24 21:35:06 pythagore kernel: re0: link state changed to UP
>>
>>         This adapter doesn't work as expected on diskless workstation with
>> kernel driver. No problem with Realtek driver.
>>
>> re0 at pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x78511462 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x0c
>> hdr=0x00
>>      vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
>>      device     = 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
>> Controller'
>>      class      = network
>>      subclass   = ethernet
>>
>> I know you said you couldn't do this, but it may well be very useful to
> compare this to the output when using the built in FreeBSD driver as it may
> highlight a key difference.
>
> I'm thinking given the ages of the Realtek driver we could be looking at a
> different operational mode, different MSI-X count etc.
>
> Here's some other links with potentially relevant info:
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/replacing-realtek-re-driver.55861/
> https://unixblogger.com/2011/10/18/the-pain-of-an-realtek-rt
> l8111rtl8168-ethernet-card/
>
>     Regards
>     Steve
>
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Hi all, I would love to assist and perform testing in any way I can. I have
2 devices running Realtek devices. One is a 4-port NIC. If we can
narrow-down the issue and create a reproduceable failure, I might be able
to hunt through the code to help identify the problem (I am primarily
tapped on rtwn(4), but I would not mind lending an extra pair of eye-balls)

Laptop machine running 12.0-CURRENT:

re0 at pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x21de103c chip=0x813610ec rev=0x08
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
    device     = 'RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet

Think Server running 11.1-RELEASE-p8:

re0 at pci0:4:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x012310ec chip=0x816810ec rev=0x07
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
    device     = 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
re1 at pci0:5:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x012310ec chip=0x816810ec rev=0x07
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
    device     = 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
re2 at pci0:6:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x012310ec chip=0x816810ec rev=0x07
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
    device     = 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
re3 at pci0:7:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x012310ec chip=0x816810ec rev=0x07
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
    device     = 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
pcib9 at pci0:8:0:0: class=0x060401 card=0x30a517aa chip=0x88931283 rev=0x41
hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Integrated Technology Express, Inc.'
    device     = 'IT8893E PCIe to PCI Bridge'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI