i386/180852: re0 not working with 9.1-RELEASE

[Ville Koskela]

>Number:         180852
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       re0 not working with 9.1-RELEASE
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul 25 19:20:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ville Koskela
>Release:        9.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD koralliriutta.kvi.mine.nu 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243826: Tue Dec  4 06:55:39 UTC 2012    root at obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
- Had a working 8.0-RELEASE installation on my network gateway. Decided to make a fresh install with 9.1-RELEASE i386. 

- Started install: onboard LAN died. Switch won't light up the 1GB light and re0 cannot get IP from DHCP. (onboard NIC, Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet)

- Did ton of reinstalls, tried tricks with bios, ifconfig etc. 

- Finally tested amd64 version of the 9.1-RELEASE, lights from LAN-port died and even switch won't show a light telling the cable is there. 

- i386 and amd64 versions both keep on telling that the status is "no carrier" while cable is just like it has always been. 

- Decided to install Windows Vista home premium, but Windows kept telling "device cannot start (code 10)", but after installing latest Realtek-drivers the LAN came back to life. Everything works perfectly and 1GB light is showing at the switch. 

- Tried reinstalling 9.1-RELEASE i386: LAN died again. 

- Took uname -a 

- Installed Vista and latest drivers again, LAN came alive again. 

- Started installing 8.4-RELEASE i386: LAN works like a charm. 

Seems there is a problem with the re driver in 9.1-RELEASE. I asked help for my problems at the freebsd-forums. Thread can be found at: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=228061
>How-To-Repeat:
Install 9.1-RELEASE
>Fix:
Install 8.4-RELEASE

>Release-Note:
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