Realtek RTL8111/8168 Lan Driver

[Conqueror]

I try to install FreeBSD by means of Intel Atom Mini ITX board by means of Realtek RTL-8111 / 8168B / 8169 LAN Chipset. On Linux, there are 2 most important tribulations by means of this LAN chipset. The Linux driver do not hold up or maintain "Wake On LAN". The IRQ Clash connecting LAN chipset and IDE controller. Is there a comparable tribulations by means of FreeBSD. How to solve the tribulations. Is there several additional tribulations in installing FreeBSD on RTL-8111 / 8168B / 8169.

[Sabastiaan]

The tribulations are merely in a multiboot scenario by means of Winbloze. Do not do to facilitate. I run this chipset on FreeBSD i386 and AMD64 and it runs extremely well in 7.1-RELEASE. Additional than I have encompassed merely SATA drives and SATA controller so perhaps my existence is simpler. You be able to basically visit the site and download the drives from the below site. It is the official site of realtek.
Realtek Drivers

[Visala28]

I am trying to install XenServer 5.0 (Centos 5 2.6.18-92) on a server by means of an entrenched Realtek RTL8111/8168 PCI Express GB lan and 2 Realtek RTL-8169 nics. The integrated r8169.ko driver is used for together types, which runs for the RTL-8169 nics additional than not the RTL8111/8168 entrenched nic. I have comprise read the posts describing the tribulations using the r8169 driver on a RTL8111/8168 nic. When I install an r8168.ko driver, detached the RTL-8169 nics and the r8169.ko driver the RTL8111/8168 nic determine to utilize the r8168.ko driver. The tribulations is when I install the 2 RTL-8169 nics and the r8169.ko driver, the RTL8111/8168 nic determine to the entire in excess of again utilize the r8169.ko driver. Is there any way I be able to utilize mutually types of Realtek nics by means of their correct driver.

[teenQ]

On reading the Realtek documentation it is seen that the r8169 driver necessity be unloaded (and put out of action) previous to the r8168 driver is used. This is moderately explicitly stated. Even longer respond Realtek make available sources for the r8101, r8168 and r8169 drivers. Every of those drivers are accomplished of supporting a scrupulous set of NICs. At the Linux Kernel Archive it is able to be seen that merely the r8169 driver has been integrated into the mainline kernel and it is that driver that Red Hat encompass back-ported to the RHEL 5 kernel (consequently the CentOS 5 kernel).

[MaCiNToSHeR]

For a number of times at present I have comprise made kABI tracking kmod packages obtainable for the r8101, r8168 & r8169 drivers, using the most recent sources from Realtek and they be able to be installed from the ElRepo repository. The kmod-r8169 driver package is not "boffed" additional than cannot remain installed -- and in utilize alongside moreover the kmod-r8101 or kmod-r8168 packages. (The latter two kmods be able to, on the other hand, co-exist.).

[Bansi_WADIA]

Your merely viable solution is to utilize the entire of one type of NIC (by means of the similar Realtek chipset). Looking intimately at your setup, I would recommend that you eliminate the r8169 based NICs and possibly replace them by means of an Intel based product if you cannot source an r8168 based NIC. For the on-board r8168 based NIC, I would then recommend that you utilize the previously mentioned kmod-r8168 package.