if_vr(4) and DFE520-TX
John Baldwin
jhb at freebsd.org
Mon Jan 14 20:50:32 UTC 2013
On Monday, January 14, 2013 6:52:18 am Ruslan Makhmatkhanov wrote:
> YongHyeon PYUN wrote on 14.01.2013 10:15:
> > On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 06:49:13PM +0400, Ruslan Makhmatkhanov wrote:
> >> Ok, I got some details. It's an DFE-520TX (/C1 or rev. C1). I crafted an
> >> patch attached, but whenever kldloading the modified if_vr, I got this:
>
> [...]
>
> >> I also tried to apply VR_Q_NEEDALIGN quirk, but nothing is changed. Any
> >> hints?
> >
> > I recall D-Link was one of notorious vendor which used to
> > completely change its chip set in later revisions without notice. So
> > I'm afraid the controller you have may not be a VIA manufactured
> > one.
> > Could you take a picture of the chip set of controller and let
> > others see it? I guess it could be a RealTek 8139 or 8139C+.
>
> Here they are. Both front and back for the case (see no traces of
> RealTek though):
>
> http://s2.postimage.org/9nvkrlpqx/IMAG1040.jpg
> http://s2.postimage.org/4qi06hnrt/IMAG1041.jpg
Did your cards come in a box with a driver CD? The manual I found online
claimed the CD contains drivers for Linux. Those might be useful for
determining which chipset these adapters use.
--
John Baldwin
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