Realtek RTL8169 - no driver attached

[Stefan Schablowski]

Hi all,

I would like to install FreeBSD 6.2 on a i386 system that includes a
Realtek RTL8169 network card, but when booting from the install CD or
from the installed system, there seems to be a problem with the driver:

> dmesg
...
pci0: <network, ethernet> at device 13.0 (no driver attached)
...

> pciconf -l -v
...
none0 at pci0:13:0: class=0x020000 card=0x816910ec chip=0x816910ec rev=0x10
hdr=0x00
  vendor   = 'Realtek Semiconductor'
  device   = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter'
  class    = 'Network'
  subclass = ethernet
...

> kldload if_re
kldload: can't load if_re: File exists

I've been running a FreeBSD server in production for over a year now and
this is the first time ever I even have to think about hardware. The
card itself is a cheap no-name card.

What am I doing wrong ?

Thank you very much,

CU Stefan



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