> Having solved the [somewhat stupid] partitioning problem, the next > important step in getting a fully functional laptop is to get networking > up. It has a Realtek rtl8111 chip, but this is never picked up by the OS > ("no adapter"). > > Here's the apparently relevant section of syslog > > KERN: rtl81xx: init_driver(0x81122370) > KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) bus_alloc_resource(3, [24], 0x0, 0xffffffff, 0x1,0x2) > KERN: add_memory_type_range(2528, 0xf0004000, 0x20000, 0) > KERN: set MTRRs to: > KERN: mtrr: 0: base: 0xa0000, size: 0x20000, type: 0 > KERN: mtrr: 1: base: 0xc0000, size: 0x40000, type: 0 > KERN: mtrr: 2: base: 0xda980000, size: 0x40000, type: 0 > KERN: mtrr: 3: base: 0xda900000, size: 0x80000, type: 0 > KERN: mtrr: 4: base: 0xf0000000, size: 0x10000000, type: 0 > KERN: mtrr: 5: base: 0xe0000000, size: 0x20000000, type: 1 > KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) MSI count : 226 > KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) bus_alloc_resource(1, [0], 0x0, 0xffffffff, 0x1,0x6) > KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) Chip rev. 0x2c800000 > KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) MAC rev. 0x00000000 > KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) Unknown H/W revision: 0x2c800000 > > I assume that last line is the problem (nothing further seems to happen). > My naíve guess is that this isn't very serious (or...?). Is the > interface > actually likely to have changed? Or is it probably just a matter of > recomipling with that revision added? That driver are based on FreeBSD 9.0 look over at FreeBSD and se if some one have the same problem :) When it comes to network driver I usualy look there first, can be that they have fixed it over there but in there main branch.. -- MVH Fredrik Modèen